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Custom Bike Show Twin Club, Norrtälje,
Sweden, June 1st 2019
Twin Club MC celebrated its
50th anniversary by staging the
45th annual Custom Bike Show
at Norrtälje, Sweden, featuring
200 bikes entered in six classes.
This was the fifteenth year of affiliation
for the longest established AMD World
Championship of Custom Bike Building
affiliate event, and over 7,000 visitors
and 4,000 bikes from around Europe
braved the rain and came to enjoy a
weekend that is internationally
renowned for the quality of bikes seen
there.
Competing builders travelled from
across Scandinavia and Europe, with
bikes coming from Switzerland, France,
Latvia and the Netherlands as well as
Wild Card: Peter Forsberg,
Brooklyn Choppers Garage,
Gävle, Sweden – "Aerium"
AMD World Championship prize
winner Peder Johansson of Hogtech,
selected three AMD prize winners, who
will all be making their World
Championship debut next year.
Charlie Swordson, from Falun, Sweden,
Charlie Swordson,
Falun, Sweden
the regular attendees from Sweden,
Denmark, Norway and Finland.
Reflecting the increasing international
flavor of the event, 30% of the
exhibitors and half of all winners were
from outside Sweden.
Three separate judging systems are
used to determine the winners, with a
jury of industry professionals deciding
on three World Championship affiliate
prizes, with the competitors deciding
the class prizes, and a Public Choice
winner, fittingly won this year by Twin
Club President Micke Sandberg for his
Harley chopper.
Following the success of the merged
"Modified Standard" (including all OE
stock models) and "Racer" classes
introduced last year, these were
retained and an additional "e-
Custom" prize introduced for electric
powered bikes. Three bikes were
eligible for the prize, which was won by
Anders Theo for Aliquis A1E, a street
legal electric racer, also featuring hub-
center steering.
This year's jury, which included Indian
Motorcycle's Director of Product
Design Ola Stenegard, renowned
photographer Michael Lichter and
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Mikka Takala, Finland – "Personal Jesus"
Daniel Andersson,
Borlänge, Sweden
– "Darton"
is better known for his work on cars,
but won the jury's first place vote for
his classic Swedish style long fork
Harley-engined chopper. Second place
went to Mikka Takala from Finland for
his Harman girder front end Harley
chopper "Personal Jesus", and third
place to Daniel Andersson from
Borlänge, Sweden, for his Norton 961
engined cafe racer "Darton".
All three winning builders win
expenses to compete at the 14th
annual AMD World Championship of
Custom Bike Building, which will take
place at INTERMOT Customized in
October 2020.
The entry which attracted most interest
at the show, however, was Custom
class winner "Aerium", built by Peter
Forsberg of Brooklyn Choppers
Garage, of Gävle, Sweden - a
steampunk styled "art bike" which
runs on compressed air.
The jury was impressed enough with
the innovation shown to offer Peter a
"wild card" invitation to Cologne in
addition to the three World
Championship prize winners.
Our thanks, as always, to Twin Club MC
for their meticulous organization,
Custom Chrome Europe, Motorcycle
Storehouse and Zodiac International
for their support of the event, and the
City of Norrtälje authorities for their
biker-friendly attitude and use of the
Central Park for the event.
www.AMDchampionship.com