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AMD World Championship 2020 -
Over 70 Bikes From 20 Countries
Already Slated to Compete
Following news last month about
the growth of the AMD World
Championship of Custom Bike
Building's Official Affiliate event
program, as we enter 2020, the
year of the 14th World
Championship ('AMD' XIV), there
is news of further growth in the
number of pre-entries for the
October 2020 Championship.
At the time of writing there are still
nine months to go before entries for
the 'AMD' close, and there are already
up to 60 'Builders' and over 72 bikes
from over 20 countries (including four
builders and their bikes from the USA)
slated to compete in the five classes at
INTERMOT Customized, Cologne,
Germany, (October 6 to 11).
This is well above the comparable
stage for any prior year, with 53
confirmed entries and another 19
Affiliate event winners receiving
automatic entry - either for their
Affiliate event winning bike or a new
build – 2020 looks set to be another
banner year. Plus, if 2018 is anything
to go by, more than half the bikes this
year will have been built specifically to
make their global debut at the 'AMD'.
This year will see the first significant
refinements to the World
Championship class structure for a
decade. The primary class from which
the competitors (and selected prior
competitors and VIP judges) will
choose their 2020 World Champion
will again be the Avon Tyres
Freestyle class, and Avon are again
offering free tires to builders for
competing bikes.
The Modified Harley-Davidson
class has been renamed Modified
American V-twin class to allow Indian
models that meet the criteria to
compete head-to-head with Harleys
for the first time.
The start-point must be a 1984 or later
Harley-Davidson, or 'Gilroy', 'Kings
Mountain' or later/current Indian
engine and frame as the basis. The
stock frame geometry must be
maintained; the only modifications
allowed are smoothing of welds and
other moldings, sheet metal additions,
tab and/or bracket relocation or
removal and arising smoothings/
moldings (such as exhaust bracket
relocation for example).
Swingarm/rear end changes, of any
kind, including replacement
swingarms, are permitted; fat or skinny
rear end conversions are permitted; as
is frame or rear end lowering or
raising, provided the basic stock frame
geometry is unchanged. Case internals
can be replaced, along with cylinders,
heads and internals. Turbochargers,
superchargers, NOS kits etc. are
permitted. Screamin' Eagle/JIMS and
Gilroy Indian era S&S engine cases are
permitted. Frames/cases can be from
two different models (from the same
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'RISE OF ANARCHY'
by Anarchy Custom, Romania -
9th place in the Avon Tyres
Freestyle Class at the 2018 AMD
World Championship -
full story pages 32/33...
JAN 2020
ISSUE #246
J&P ULTIMATE
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