American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 251 June 2020 | Page 22

Timing is Everything - AMD Affiliates
in Spain and Czech Republic
In a case of remarkable timing, the first weekend of March saw two AMD World Championship of
Custom Bike Building Affiliate Shows go ahead in Europe (in Spain and the Czech Republic) - just days before
the real potential severity of the coronavirus became fully and publicly apparent - that weekend was the last on
which any motorcycle events took place in Europe. We are pleased therefore to present our report on them both…
Motorama Madrid March 6-8 2020
A FFILIAT E
Words by
Neil Blaber
Pictures by
Alvaro Cabezas,
custommachines.es
One of the newest events to become
an AMD World Championship of
Custom Bike Building affiliate event
was Motorama Madrid, which took
place at the Pabellon de Cristal, Casa
de Campo, over March 6-8.
The timing of the event was really
tricky - with the concerns about
coronavirus already swirling around
the Spanish capital, not surprisingly
the attendance was down on previous
years, but the show still drew an
excellent crowd of around 28,000
fans.
Spain has always been a great market
for bikes at the 'AMD', and the
Motorama custom bike show featured
30 bikes from 20 competitors in
Custom, Performance Custom and
Cafe Racer classes, with prizes
sponsored by Custom Chrome
Europe.
The organizers invited two well
known 'AMD' stalwarts to act as
judges - Noel Connolly (Flame-Art
Design, Ireland) and Lasse Sundberg
(Roth Engineering, Sweden), with me
in my 'AMD' ShowMaster capacity as
Chairman to mediate between them if
there were disagreements.
The bikes also had to complete a run
test on an outdoor circuit during the
event in order to be eligible for a prize.
Custom class winner and Best in Show
was Old Custom Flames' "Setente y
Siete" ("77"), a 1977 FLH 1200
Shovelhead, featuring a handmade
springer front end and swingarm,
handmade gas tank with inset
gauges, one-off forward controls and
numerous other handmade parts
finished in bronze and brass.
Builder Ricky C. Lopez won an
invitation and travel expenses to
compete at the 2020 AMD World
Championship at INTERMOT
Customized, Cologne, Germany, 6-11
October.
A very competitive Performance
Custom class was won by TooHard
Motor Co with "Throwback", a 1998
Triumph Trophy 1200 scrambler with
modified frame featuring a Triumph
Daytona 675R swingarm, Öhlins
shocks, Triumph Bonneville Bobber
tank and seat, and Triumph Thruxton
1200R wheels.
Sueca Iron Performance Cycles won
the Café Racer class with "Bolt D'Or",
a 1982 Honda CB900 with modified
frame, custom wheels, Yamaha
inverted forks and brakes, Barnett
clutch and Öhlins shocks.
www.motorama.es
Best in Show and Custom class
winner was Old Custom Flames'
"Setente y Siete" ("77"), a 1977
FLH 1200 Shovelhead.
Sueca Iron Performance
Cycles won the Café Racer
class with "Bolt D'Or".
Performance Custom class winner
TooHard Motor Co with
"Throwback".
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