The Canadian Championship of Bike Building

This year marked the entry of Canada into the ranks of nations participating in the affiliate program of AMD’s World Championship of Custom Bike Building. The event was sponsored Belt Drive Betty, the driving force behind Canada’s “The Busted Knuckle Chronicles”, parts supplier Mid-USA Canada and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Fairview Campus.

The event was held the 2nd and 3rd of September during Canada’s long Labour Day Weekend. Thousands of Canadian bikers rode across the length and breath of the vast land to the sleepy, small prairie town of Wembley, Alberta. Bikers from as far away as Vancouver to the West and Nova Scotia to the East traveled to Wenbley to see what their countries builders had to offer.

Judging involved close scrutiny.

The judging was first done as a builder to builder list. Each builder was asked to rate each entry, leaving out their own bike, and a list of the top rated 6 bikes was presented to the celebrity judging panel for a final review.

The final judging was left to a panel of four industry celebrity judges including Canadian Master Builder Tom Langton from British Columbia, Discovery Channel bike builder Chica from California, Peter Jonsson from Sweden’s MCM Magazine and International Biker Photojournalist TBear representing Bikernet.com and the Horse/Backstreet Choppers Magazine and American Iron Magazine from New York.

TBear was also the trophy girl.

First place winner featured on Bikernet.

The 1st place Champion ˆ Brent Law of Cycle Boyz, received a $2,500 cash prize, a custom made gold ring by Dark Side Designs set with Alberta Ammonite and his entry,accommodations and transport to the 2007 AMD Pro Show World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, SD

In the end, the judges unanimously chose the first place winner to be a cool old skool bobber built by Brent Law and his talented crew from CycleBoyz from Brandon, Manitoba. This bike blew the judges away with its clean lines and it’s abundant attention to detail.

Second place went to Unlimited Choppers Jeff Kazakoff of Beaverlodge, Alberta for their adaptation of an extended Softail featuring a 1965 Panhead engine.

Trick Factory Winner, Tim Lajambe.

Third place was taken away by Tim Lajambe of Trick Factory from New Westminster, British Columbia for their sweet rendition of a California Bar Hopper done in bright orange with ghosted yellow flames.

Heather from Canada and the Canadian Champ.

As the first place winners, CycleBoyz will be invited to attend the AMD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF CUSTOM BIKE BUILDING to be held at the THUNDERDOME in Sturgis, South Dakota during Bike Week 2007 next August.