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This edition includes... 31st annual Biker Fest, Bike Shed London,
VanderHeide Motorcycle’s ‘Gentleman’s Racer’ & Custom Show Emirates 2017
31st annual Biker Fest, Lignano
Sabbiadoro, Italy, May 18 - 21
AMD World Championship Prizes
Ema Custom Shop (Pistoia) -
H-D XL 1200 (Best in Show Italian
Motorcycle Championship)
Thousands of bikers descended on Lignano
Sabbiadoro, on the beautiful Adriatic coast of Italy,
an hour north of Venice, for the 31st annual Biker
Fest from 18th to 21st May.
Sponsored by Bridgestone, the event is the brainchild
of father and son team Moreno and Micke Persello,
creators of the original Chopper and Custom Show
at Padua back in the 1990s and publishers of leading
Freestyle winner:
Asso Special Bike (Como) - ‘ATOMIC SNAIL’
Modified H-D winner:
Luca Turata (Verona) - H-D 1340
Bagger winner:
Biker Sheriff (Treviso) - H-D Road Glide Special
Old Style winner:
Bob (Czech Republic) - H-D Sportster
Café Racer winner:
Mastercycles (Treviso) - Honda CB 750
Streetfighter winner:
Rebuffini M. (Bergamo) - H-D V- Rod
Metric winner:
Brunetti Elvis (Udine) - Honda CB 400
Scrambler winner:
Ferri da Miglia (Verona) - BMW R 45
Best Emerging Customizer:
Free Sound Customs (Lucca)
www.AMDchampionship.com
Italian custom lifestyle magazine Biker’s Life.
For the 6th year, the ever-popular Biker Fest played
host to the climax of the 12 city/event Italian Bike
Championship, and as the AMD World
Championship of Custom Bike Building Official
Affiliate event for Italy, saw no less than four builders
win 1,000.00 euro expenses to compete at ‘AMD
XIII’ at ‘INTERMOT Customized’ in Cologne,
Germany, in October 2018.
Over 100 bikes in total were on display at the
impressive Terrazza Mare. Classes included Freestyle,
Modified
Harley-Davidson,
Metric,
Streetfighter/Sportsbike, Cafe Racer, Scrambler,
Bagger and Old Style, and the three ‘Best in Show’
winners and ‘Public Vote’ pick scooping the ‘AMD’
prize money being put up by the show.
With a larger vendor presence at the event this year,
an expanded additional “customizer” vendor area
was set up opposite the Terrazza (in addition to the
usual vendor lot at Luna Park) where there were
opportunities for builders and custom shops to
present their work - a new feature last year, this was
again judged to be a great success.
Public attendance this year is put at over 35,000
riders, with exhibitors including Custom Chrome
Europe, Motorcycle Storehouse, Free Spirits, Italian
suspension specialists Andreani and Bitubo, Asso
Special Bike, and motorcycle manufacturers such as
Harley-Davidson, Indian Motorcycle, BMW, Honda,
Aprilia, Ducati (Scrambler) and Moto Guzzi.
www.bikerfest.it
VM Motorcycles (Udine) -
H-D WLA 750
Gallery Motorcycles & H-D Luce
(Brescia) - ‘H-D Legend’
Lari Motori (Vicenza) -
‘Robin’ 1999 Buell (19th in the AMD
World Championship, Cologne 2016)
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