Custom Motorcycle Mayhem at Mainz/Germany: With one of the biggest and most extraordinary Bikeshows, the CCE Dealer Show and European Championship of Custombike-Building, the 2009 edition of the CUSTOM CHROME EUROPE DEALER SHOW once again topped last years record results in terms of attending dealers, visitors and bikeshow-participants – not to forget the glamourous guest-stars from the US and Germany: Arlen Ness, Marcus Walz and Fred Kodlin. 140+ motorcycles signed in before the event and 116 competitors presented their bikes at Mainz/Germany and made ii the most international bikeshow of Europe and the definite highlight in the European bikeshow calendar.
80 Freestyle, 13 Custom Chrome Motorcycles, 23 Modified Harley-Davidson, 6 Competitors of the CCE „Europe’s Next Top Model“ contest and numerous new bikes presented by CCE partners at their booths. Europe’s market leader in customparts-distribution again has teamed up their show with the AMD European Championship of Custombike-Building to create one of the best Custombike-Shows Europe has to offer. 116 awesome custombikes from all over europe and United Arab Emirates participated, competing for three tickets to the World Championship at Sturgis/South Dakota in August 2009 and prices worth something in excess of 30.000,00 €!
“The quality seen in these bikes is just incredible“, stated both Custom Chrome Europe President Holger Mohr and AMD Show host Chris McGee. In 2009 the show saw the second-biggest number of participating bikes coming from 16 different countries. All three top bikes were international entries, with VERONA BIKE EXPO winner Luigi “Gigi“ Esposito of Big Twin Napoli scoring the most points to win the prestigious EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP title.
The “Panster“ is completely handcrafted by the Big Twin Team: Boardtrack “Made in Italy“! The twisted „Indian Larry“ style frame tubes came from Penz Performance: Ever since Anita used “the real thing“ for her Tiki-Chopper, they know how to bend them. The rest of the frame was forged in view of the volcano mount Vesuvio, routing it tightly around the 883 Sportster engine which has been upgraded with 1200 cc cylinders, heads and „Panhead“ covers. In full racing trim, the engine drive pulley is supported by external bearing, the S&S Super-G is breathing through the air horn, exhaust pointing against the airstream. The most eye-catching detail of the “Panster“ certainly is the strange springer fork: Substituting the straight suspented “fork“ against a curved piece, following the radius of the tire, certainly makes even the hardcore customizers look twice. Sheet metal inserts strenghten the much longer part, otherwise, suspension might act completely different. Two more tech-tricks are not visible at first glance: To have the twisted frame tubes out in the open, the tank moved to the left side of the rear frame, just into the triangle which forms the wheel suspention. Rigid, like on a Boadtracker, of course. The fuel is fed to the S&S carb through a fuel pump hidden under the engine. As the tubes are solid steel, there’s no room for the oil either. So where to put it? If you take a closer look to the primary case, this Sportster primary looks a bit „pregnant“. Which is the point: Welded from original two primary drives and perfectly matched, the oil resevoir is hidden INSIDE the primary casing which features an enclosed 2.5 litre of oil. Tricky!
Second place went to Sturgis-experienced former World Champion 2007 Stellan Egland of SE-Service: His BMW-engined entry is a completly one-off radical design which has never been seen before! Third place went to Andy Niemi from Flying Choppers/Finland with his super-clean Swedenchopper „Cloud 9“ which caught the exe with its pure 70s style lines!Bikeshow-winner Luca Andreoli had also reason to celebrate: As European Champion „Big Twin“ already won his Sturgis-Ticket at Verona, so he will qualify to go to Sturgis too!
This year´s “Special Guests“ included legendary bikebuilder ARLEN NESS, world renowned Custombike photographer MICHAEL LICHTER and TED SANDS of Performance Machine, one of the new brands that is listed in the new, again bigger, new 2009 CCE catalogue. ARLEN NESS was awarded with a special exhibition at the event AND received a Custom Chrome Europe “Lifetime Achievement Award“ for his outstanding work. He spent hours signing his autograph to dealers and the public. Arlen Ness is only the third person to receive the Custom Chrome Europe “Lifetime Achievement Award“ at the Custom Chrome Europe Dealer Show, several boxes of books were sold almost at once and and autograph cards became rare on Sunday. Visitors and customizers alike stood in line for Arlen’s signature and to see images from the Arlen Ness Museum. Michael Lichter and “Motographer”, Horst Rösler, acted as curator of the exhibition. Arlen Ness and Victory-Europe National Sales Manager/Branch Manager Jan Breckwoldt presented a Ness-design “Limited Edition“ Victory and European Ness-Motorcycle distributor “Bad Boys Cycles” of Chamoson/Switzerland (www.bbcc.ch), now European importer for Arlen Ness Motorcycles, supported the show with a “Speedliner” and “Highliner” bike. Arlen picked 3 of his favourite Bikeshow participants for a special “Arlen Ness Pick”. The short documentation of his career is now to be seen at www.custom -chrome-europe.com, along with the bikeshow-winners and “Europe’s Next Top Model” winners.
The “CCE Dealer Show” was attended by more new brandnames than ever before: Performance Machine, Legend Air, Freedom Performance, Cycle Visions, Thunderbike, Cyron, West Eagle and Joker Machine parts are now listed in the CCE 2009 catalogue and the Spring Update, which came out at the same time as the massive 1.360 pages hard cover book, featuring more than 2500 new products starting from complete kit bikes down to the smallest part to restore, modify or to pimp-up stock Harley-Davidson models.
“We are looking forward to the year 2009 with great confidence, from the response to this show, we don’t see signs of crisis at all“, said CCE Managing Director Holger Mohr, “Bolt on and Ride“ is our theme for 2009 and the new products for all Twin Cam riders and our Custom Chrome Motorcycle line is running great. RevTech introduced TWO completely new engines PLUS the two European top-customizers Fred Kodlin and Marcus Walz have already built bikes around the 125 cubic incher! The Custom Chrome Europe Motorcycle line will be extended by one outstanding machine, winner of the „Europe’s Next Top Model” competition. We are meeting European emission standards and the changing trends with new products and fast availability.“ With approximately 3.000 visitors on Sunday, plus the 1.500 CCE-dealers and vendors from all over the world, the event was a huge succes for both CUSTOM CHROME EUROPE and the custombike motorcycle market in general!“Bolt on & Ride” is this years theme at Custom Chrome Europe and Custom Chrome – and the CCE staff will prove just that!
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AMD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 RESULTS
AMD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP “FREESTYLE CLASS“
1.PANSTER, Big Twin Motors (Italy), DHL&CCE 5.000 € Voucher for Sturgis Transport
2.Harrier, SE-Service, (Sweden), DHL&CCE 5.000 € Voucher for Sturgis Transport
3.Cloud 9, Flying Choppers (Finland), DHL&CCE 5.000 € Voucher for Sturgis Transport
4.Ventidue („22“), Andreoli Motorcycles (Italy), BELT DRIVES Ltd – 2″ OPEN DRIVE KIT S/T 90-06 POLISHED
5.Speed Demon, SPS, Netherlands, PROGRESSIVE SUSPENSION – AIR DRAGGER/AIR RIDE KIT w/COMPRESSOR
6.Clearspeed, Riverside Motorcycles (France), D N A – SPRINGER FRONT END FORK
7.— (No Bikename), Anders Göth, (Sweden), S&S – TOOL BOX – COMPLETE w/Tools
8.Don Scalfare, Wildstyle, Czech Republic, BARNETT – SCORPION CLUTCH – FITS BIG TWIN MODELS 90-97
9.Chenz’e Arrenda (No surrender), Bobber Cycles, Italy/Sardinia, FREEDOM EXHAUST – EXHAUST SYSTEM – INDEPENDENCE – SHORTY BLACK
10.Seppster 3, TGS-Motorcycles, Germany, MOTOGADGET – MOTOSCOPE SPEEDOMETER TINY BLACK / POLISHED RING
CUSTOM CHROME BIKESHOW SPECIAL AWARDS
EUROPE’S NEXT TOP MODEL
1.Indian Summer, Revolution Choppers (COMPLETE BIKE KIT of the Winning Bike)
2.Good Art, Goldwing Specialisten (REV TECHT POLISHED SOFTTAIL 6-SPEED 2.94 TRANSMISSION)
3.The Sinner, Choppers World (REV TECHT POLISHED SOFTTAIL 6SPEED 2.94 TRANSMISSION)
4.Hot King, Bikers Store (REV TECHT POLISHED SOFTTAIL 6SPEED 2.94 TRANSMISSION)
5.Big Bop, Only Machine, (REV TECHT POLISHED SOFTTAIL 6SPEED 2.94 TRANSMISSION)
6. Martin, Only Machine, (REV TECHT POLISHED SOFTTAIL 6SPEED 2.94 TRANSMISSION)
ARLEN NESS PICK
1.Clearspeed, Riverside Motocyclettes, France (500,– € Ness Voucher)
2.— (No Bikename), Anders Göth, Sweden, (200,– € Ness Voucher)
3.Chinongas, Len Kodlin, Germany (100,– € Ness Voucher)
JAMMER OLD SCHOOL AWARD
1.Lost Knuckles, Classic Bikes, Germany, (TTS Voucher € 1000,00 + Special Trophy by Ed Martin)
2.Krazy Racer, Krazy Horse, England, (LePERA – TRIBAL LARGE SOLO SEAT – Black + ACCEL VOUCHER ($250) Special Trophy by Ed Martin)
3.K-Racer, Christoph Madaus, (MMB SPEEDOMETER 48SM 0-220KM/H CHROME / WHITE LIGHT + ACCEL VOUCHER ($250) + Special Trophy by Ed Martin)
CUSTOM CHROME PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD
1.Serpentinata, Sasse van Essen, Germany, (DNA – WHEEL SET – MAMMOTH 21×3,5 – 18×5,5)
AMD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Modified Harley Class, (Judged by the AMD Juryboard)
1.Build a Billy, Thunderbike, Germany, (BSL – EXHAUST SYSTEM – SHOTGUN BAKER E3 EXH. 70MM S/S POL.)
2.La Fenice, Custombike, Gerrado Chillico, Italy (DAYTONA TWIN TEC – TWINTEC EVO IGNITION KIT)
3.49er, Franz Wielath, Germany (B2 – MOTORCYCLE MEGALIFT (SCISSOR) 400KG)
CUSTOM CHROME MOTORCYCLES (Judged by the AMD Juryboard)
1. Instellar Overdrive, TGS Motorcycles, Germany, (SUPERTRAPP – EXHAUST SYSTEM PHANTOM PIPE BLACK SOFTTAIL MODELS 2007 up
2. Vampiria, Big Twin Motors, Italy, (ZIPPERS – THUNDER MAX – EFI CONTROLLER ECM w AUTOTUNE – CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM
3. Doc’s Toy, Mainhattan V2 Parts, Germany (KURYAKYN – CHROME BLOODGRVE HYPERCHARGER EVO 93-99)
