American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 245 December 2019 | Page 12

BAUM Fest
BRIEFS Barcelona, 4-6 October 2019
NEWS
Following the news that long-
time MIC stalwart Tim Buche
was to retire from his posts as
the head of the American
motorcycle industry
organization, it has now been
confirmed that Erik Pritchard
has assumed the role of Chief
Executive Officer and President
of the MIC and its 'sister'
organizations - the Specialty
Vehicle Institute of America
(SVIA), the Motorcycle Safety
Foundation (MSF), and the
Recreational Off-Highway
Vehicle Association of America
(ROHVA). Pritchard joined the
associations as general counsel
in March 2014 following more
than a decade supporting the
associations as outside counsel
on a variety of litigation and
non-litigation matters. He was
named President of SVIA and
ROHVA in 2017.
The U.S. Women's World Trophy team
won at the 2019 FIM International
Six Days Enduro (ISDE); the American
XC Gear team won the Club division;
the U.S. Junior World Trophy team
finished runner-up. The 94th edition
of the off-road competition, the
longest-running world championship
in motorsport, took place at the
Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
in Portimao, Portugal, in November.
The USA last won the World Trophy
title in 2016, its first ISDE world title.
The USA had not won the Women's
World Trophy title since 2007, the
year that division debuted.
H-D is sixth in market share
terms in Germany, having sold
9,826 units in the ten months to
October. BMW is market share
leader (27.05%), having sold
23,906 units. Harley's top seller
in Germany YTD has been the
Street Bob (the 18th most
popular motorcycle in Germany,
1,182 sold), followed by the
Sport Glide (836 units sold) and
the XL 1200 X (756 sold). Harley
has six models among the 50
most popular in Germany
through October 2019.
H-D was in seventh place in market
share terms in the UK in October,
selling 374 units; the Low Rider S (42
units) was its top seller. The custom
style market is -7.9 YTD through
October (7,049 units). The largest
sector in the UK is 'Naked' style bikes
(31,140 units sold YTD, +2.2%), and
in October, the Royal Enfield
Interceptor INT650 was top dog (136
units sold).
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The 8th annual BAUM Fest (Barcelona
Art and Urban Movement) took place
at Fira Barcelona from October 4-6, in
conjunction with the 22nd Barcelona
Tattoo Festival, attracting 18,000
visitors over the three days.
The event featured airbrush art, BMX
stunt riding, skateboarding and urban
dance competitions in addition to a
custom bike show which attracted 50
entries from across Spain (plus
Chopper Kulture, who travelled from
Hecklingen, Germany) to participate in
Freestyle, Retro Modified, Café
Racer/Scrambler and Modified OEM
classes.
Prizes were sponsored by Zodiac
International and Custom Design
Studios (USA), with CDS's Kirk Taylor
participating in the jury alongside
Francesco Mattioli (CrazyOils, Italy),
Pete Pearson (Rocket Bobs, UK), Frank
Burgera (Harley-Davidson University,
Spain) and AMD's World
Championship Director Neil Blaber.
Best in Show was D's Motorcycles'
"Honda 1500 Super Sport", a 1977
GL1000 Goldwing café racer featuring
a BMW front and rear end, Valkyrie
1500 flat-six engine, Weber carbs from
a Porsche 911 and a remote control
operated monocoque allowing the
seat and tail to lift, allowing access to
the electronics.
Previous AMD World Championship
competitors Derbidson and AC Calella
Custom won the Freestyle and OEM
Modified classes respectively,
Derbidson's "Trescientos", based
around a 1999 Indian Powerplus
engine, handmade rigid frame and
bodywork, and AC Calella's "Breaking
Limits" 2003 Sportster café racer,
having taken 5th place in the 2018
AMD World Championship Café Racer
class.
All three winners received "wild card"
invitations to compete in the
forthcoming AMD World Championship
at INTERMOT Customized, Cologne,
October 6-11, 2020.
www.baumfest.com
OEM Modified
class winner AC
Calella Custom
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - DECEMBER 2019
Pablo Perez of D's Motorcycles took the Best in Show prize
with "Honda 1500 Super Sport"
Francesco Mattioli (left) and Kirk Taylor (right) were
part of the international jury
Derbidson's
"Trescientos" won the
Freestyle class
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