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MC XIII Cesis Custom Bike Show
Latvia, July 21, 2018
he fourth annual MC XIII Cesis
Custom Bike Show took place in Pils
Park at Cesis in Latvia in July,
overlooked by the impressive ruins
of Cesis Castle, with the event taking place
in conjunction with the annual town
festival, which regularly draws 60,000
visitors over three days.
Competitors from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
entered 34 bikes, aiming for three Best Custom
awards plus Best Old Timer, Best Engineering and
Best Paint.
Judging was by an expert jury and competitor vote,
and in addition there was also a Best Public award.
This is the first year a show from the Baltic states has
been an AMD World Championship official affiliate,
and the winner received 2,000 euro expenses to
compete at the AMD World Championship of Custom
Bike Building at INTERMOT Customized in Cologne,
Germany, from October 3-7.
Killer Custom from Lithuania was judged Best
Custom with “Mutant”, a heavily modified 1998
Softail Standard featuring a handmade custom front
end with leaf spring fork, custom 17” wheels, one-
off handlebars, gas tank and exhaust.
They are no strangers to the World Championship,
having previously competed in 2013 in the Modified
Harley-Davidson class.
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Killer Custom from Lithuania came first with
“Mutant”, a heavily modified 1998 Softail Standard
Second place was won by local builder
Konstantins Kobzevs
Third placed Juris Nelke’s Honda
CX500 Cafe Racer was highly rated by
the expert jury
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