American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 226 May 2018 | Page 12
TERMO
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INTERMOT ‘Customized’ 2018
Hall 10, Cologne Exhibition Center, October 3-7
This year’s INTERMOT industry
expo will again see the
mainstream motorcycle industry
descend on Cologne, Germany,
for a celebration of all things
“parts, performance and
passion” that drew some
210,000 visitors in 2016.
Most of the major manufacturers will
have booths there, from Honda,
Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki,
through to European manufactures
such as BMW, Ducati and Triumph. The
show caters to all sectors of the
motorcycle industry, from scooters, dirt
bikes and electric vehicles, right
through to all kinds and displacements
of on-highway vehicles with, it being a
northern Europe expo, the visitor
demographic being avowedly high
mileage and large displacement.
This throws the major INTERMOT
development of the past few years into
fast focus. Harley-Davidson has always
been an exhibitor there, and nowadays
the Indian Motorcycle presence is
increasing as the custom market - V-
twin and all other platforms - takes
center stage as the fastest growing
part of the show.
This year sees an increased hall size for
INTERMOT ‘Customized’, the ‘Show-
within-the-Show’ concept with which
INTERMOT has very quickly
established Hall 10 as the primary
international headquarters event for
the custom motorcycle and custom
parts, accessory and performance
industry.
It will again be the host venue for the
AMD World Championship of Custom
Bike Building and, being one of the
best visited halls of the six in use (it is
adjacent to the three primary public
entrances to the expo complex), then
if the 2016 hall traffic estimates
repeat, at least 140,000 people will
see ‘AMD XIII’.
www.amdchampionship.cpm
www.intermot-cologne.com
XIII AMD WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP OF
CUSTOM BIKE
BUILDING TIMETABLE
MONDAY OCTOBER 1
“Move-in” day
TUESDAY OCTOBER 2
Press day and World
Championship preview
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3
International trade and VIP visitor
OCTOBER 4-7
Public admission
SATURDAY OCTOBER 6
Judging day
Japanese customizer Suicide Customs scored a convincing first place in the
12th AMD World Championship
* Registration desk
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 7
Awards ceremony at 3:00 pm
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CENTRAL BOULEVARD
ICC
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