World Championship of Custom Bike Building
The World Championship of Custom Bike Building (dt .: World Cup in custom bike building ) is an annual competition in Sturgis in the United States , the magazine's American Motorcycle Dealer is organized (AMD).
The main event takes place at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally , which with around half a million visitors is the largest motorcycle event in the world alongside Daytona Beach Bike Week .
German participation
- 2005
Habermann-Performance ( Langenau , Baden-Württemberg ) became European champion with the Bike Caligo in 2005. At the subsequent World Cup, it was voted 17th.
- 2006
Thunderbike ( Hamminkeln ) was able to achieve second place in the main freestyle class at the 2006 World Championships with the Bike Spectacula . At the previous European Championship, it took first place.
- 2008
Thunderbike was again European champion with the Open Mind and fifth in the freestyle class at the subsequent World Championship. TGS Motorcycles finished third this year with the Seppster 2 Ice Racer .
- 2009
TGS Motocycles ( Witzmannsberg ) was able to achieve ninth place in the world championship. Thunderbike became European champion in the "modified Harley " class with Build a Billy , a motorcycle built live at the custom bike fair in Bad Salzuflen .
- 2012
Thunderbike (Andreas Bergerforth) became world champion in the freestyle class with the PainTTless . Uwe Ehinger came second in the "Modified Harley" class.
Classes
- Freestyle (World Championship) - The Freestyle class accepts all motorcycles with every imaginable modification. The winner of this class becomes the official world champion .
- Modified Harley-Davidson - The frame and engine must be from the manufacturer Harley-Davidson. Anything is allowed for other modifications and designs .
- Production Manufacturer - This class includes motorcycles from small series of at least 50 pieces / year.
- Metric World Championship - Foreign motorcycles compete in the Metric class .
qualification
Manufacturers of custom bikes can qualify by winning one of 13 annual events (e.g. Cologne Custom Championship at Intermot , Cologne) all over the world. European champions are automatically qualified for the world championship and receive reimbursement of travel expenses as prize money , so that smaller manufacturers also have a chance to participate.
Winners of the following event can qualify for the European or World Championship:
- Arneitz Custom Show - Faaker See , Austria
- Bigtwin Bikeshow & Expo - Rosmalen , The Netherlands
- Cool Breaker Custom Show - Yokohama , Japan
- Gold Coast Bike Week - Carrara, Queensland, Australia
- Cologne Custom Championship - Cologne , Germany
- Irish Motorbike & Scooter Show - Dublin , Ireland
- Llunatica Benicassim - Benicàssim , Spain
- Mad Builders Custom Show - Jocotepec, Mexico
- Moscow Custom & Tuning Show - Moscow , Russia
- Moto Clube Faro Bike Show - Faro, Portugal
- Motor Bike Expo Verona , Italy
- Swedish Custom Bike Show - Norrtälje , Sweden
- Viva La Clusaz! - La Clusaz , France
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dealer-world.com
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.thunderbike.de/de/bikes/spectacula_galleries.php
- ↑ http://www.thunderbike.de/de/bikes/openmind_makingof.html
- ↑ http://www.tgs-motorcycles.de/cms/index.php?Galerie-TGS-Bikes:Seppster%26sup2%3B_Ice_Racer ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.tgs-motorcycles.de/cms/index.php?Galerie-TGS-Bikes:Seppster%26sup3%3B_Speed_Junkey ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.arneitzcustomshow.de/
- ↑ http://www.bigtwinbikeshow.nl/
- ↑ http://www.cool-breaker.jp/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.irishmotorbikeshow.com/
- ↑ http://www.llunatica.org/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.motorbikeexpo.it/
- ↑ http://www.custombikeshow.se/
