American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 227 June 2018 | Page 8

Italian Motorcycle Championship - ‘Biker Fest’
The 7th annual Italian Motorcycle
Championship took place at the 32nd
Biker Fest in Lignano Sabbiadoro,
Udine, Italy, from May 10-13. The
Italian Championship is the
culmination of a fifteen-event network
of custom bike shows held throughout
Italy and promoted by Italian custom
magazine Biker’s Life.
This year saw a change of venue for
the custom competition, moving away
from the Terrazza a Mare to the
Aquasplash Water Park, allowing more
space for the bikes, and situated next
to the demo rides area and main Luna
Park vendor space.
Close to one hundred bikes from
across Italy competed in Freestyle,
Modified Harley-Davidson, Metric,
Streetfighter, Cafe Racer and
Scrambler classes, with the Best in
Show and three additional winners
receiving 1,000 Euro expenses
towards competing at the 13th annual
AMD World Championship of Custom
Bike Building at INTERMOT, Cologne,
Germany, from October 2-7, 2018.
Best in Show was Abnormal Cycles’
‘Mistica’, powered by a twin-cylinder
1919 MAG engine, in a frame based
on a 1930 Moto Guzzi Sport 13 that
features numerous hand-crafted parts.
Also traveling to Cologne in October
will be Bepy Moto Service’s
‘Apoghenesis’, a heavily customized
Moto Guzzi California 1100 with a
one-off frame, swingarm and front
end.
‘Barralesta’ by Toro Moto is a 1985
BMW R65/3 Cafe Racer with an
expanded 860cc engine, hand-beaten
sheet metal bodywork and ad-hoc
electric system, which can be
Toro Moto, ‘Barralesta’
Abnormal Cycles, ‘Mistica’
Gianni Pellegrino, ‘ZeroUno’
Bepy Moto Service, ‘Apoghenesis’
controlled from a mobile phone via
Bluetooth.
Gianni Pellegrino’s ‘ZeroUno’ is a
Ducati Monster modified for rear
wheel steering. The front handlebar
steering is made up of a double return
lever, so that the rear wheels can work
with 20-degree steering.
www.bikerfest.it