American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 239 June 2019 | Page 32

™ Biker Fest XXXIII Udine, Italy, May 9-12 he 33rd Biker Fest at Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy, (May 9-12) hosted the Italian round of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building Show Affiliate Series - the 8th annual Italian Motorcycle Championship. The culmination of a fifteen-event network of custom bike shows held throughout Italy and promoted by Italian custom magazine Bikers Life, the Italian Motorcycle Championship regularly produces star performers for the 'AMD'. In 2018, at INTERMOT Customized, the largest national contingent of competitors were the 18 builders from Italy who entered 21 bikes in total – over a fifth of all the bikes entered - with eight of the Italian builders taking a trophy home for scooping a podium place in one or other of the classes. This Italian Motorcycle Championship was again held at the Aquasplash Water Park, T Gallery Motorcycles' "Deeva", Best in Show was based around a 1920 Harley-Davidson JD engine, custom frame and glass oil tank "La Veloce" by Hazard Motorcycle features a 1947 WL 45 engine with 1964 XL Sportster cylinders and heads 32 AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - JUNE 2019