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™ adjacent to the demo rides area and main Luna Park vendor space. Forty-seven bikes from across Italy, together with Mayerl Motorcycles visiting from Austria, competed in Freestyle, Modified Harley-Davidson, Metric, Streetfighter, Old Style, Bagger, Cafe Racer and Scrambler classes. The Best in Show and three additional winners will be receiving 1,000 euro expenses towards competing at the 14th annual AMD World Championship of Custom 2016 Retro Modified World Champion PDF Motociclette's "Brough Superior" homage Bike Building at INTERMOT, Cologne, Germany, from October 7-11, 2020. Best in Show was Gallery Motorcycles' "Deeva", based around a Harley-Davidson 1920 JD engine, one-off custom frame and exhaust, glass oil tank and with Jonich wheels and disc brakes. Also winning travel expenses and an invitation to Cologne were "La Veloce" by Hazard Motorcycle, featuring a WL 45 Flathead engine with Ironhead top end, handmade frame, bars and exhaust, PDF Motociclette's "Gatsby", a 1930s Brough Superior homage using a modified 1980 Ironhead engine, handmade gas and oil tanks, exhaust, handlebars, fenders and air filter, and Metal Dreams' "Biker's Life Project" Kawasaki Z900RS, featuring extensive aluminum bodywork, Rizoma brake levers and footpegs, Free Spirits handlebars and stainless steel BS exhaust. www.bikerfest.it "Biker's Life Project" by Metal Dreams included extensive hand fabricated aluminum bodywork 'Republic of Texas' Rally is new AMD World Championship Affiliate Austin, Texas, June 13-16 The 'Republic of Texas' biker rally is the latest custom bike show event to affiliate with AMD as an official qualifier for the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building - the three-day show will be presented inside the Russ Brown Builders’ Tent with rolling art, custom bikes and builders. The 'ROT' is putting up over $10,000 in cash and prizes in three classes, with the winner of the FreeStyle class receiving $10,000 ($2,000 on site and the balance at the World Championship) in expense money to compete in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building at INTERMOT Customized, Cologne, Germany, in October 2020. In an innovative move, the 'ROT' is including a 10' x 10' booth space in the $50.00 registration fee (plus 2 x 4-day tickets) for the iconic AMD "anything goes" Freestyle Class - where the only limitation is the www.AMDchampionship.com builder's imagination. In another forward looking move, the class structure will also include a Garage Builders Open Class and two Custom Street Class divisions. The Garage Builders Open Class is for fabricators who primarily wish to show in order to promote their business, rather than compete - also ideal for any 'Garage Builder' wanting to show off their talents and maybe prepare for more serious competitions in future. The $25 registration fee for this class also includes two 4-day tickets and a 10' x 10' booth space. The two divisions of Custom Street Class are designed to offer contemporary and 'Retro' opportunities. For Division One, the start point for the build must be a 1985 or later major OEM engine and frame as base (or 1984 EVO and later H-D platforms). The build must maintain original engine cradle configuration, but the neck may be cut to rake or stretch frame. Hard tail sections and wide tire alterations are permitted. The second Custom Street Class division is for 1984 or earlier OEM engines (no replica engines) in custom or stock modified frames. Anyone interested in entering should contact Bob Kay at [email protected] www.ROTRally.com AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - JUNE 2019 33