Now, I’m sure that I don’t need to give you any details about Sturgis, SD and what’s going on over there each year.
I know I came a bit late with this post, but I guess its better late then not at all.
Furthermore, I think it would be a waste of your time and of space on this page to start talking about what happened over there between the 7th and 10th of August and whatnot, space that we could fill with some details about the competing bikes and their builders and of course, the 2011 winners for each category.
I believe that, most of you already know the winners for each class this is why I’ll try to present also the other competitors’ bikes so to be able to make our own comparison and try to figure out in which direction is the custom bike design heading.
To be fare (even though it takes a lot of editing) I’ll show you all the competitors, for each class, in alphabetical order, a feast for the eye – 80, one of a kind custom bikes!
We’ll start off with the
MODIFIED HARLEY DAVIDSON CLASS
Some specs for the competing bikes in this category as provisioned in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building regulations:
“Stock frame and stock or Screamin’ Eagle engine cases. The stock frame/Harley platform geometry must be maintained; the only modifications allowed are weld smoothing and other moldings and 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. Turbo chargers, super chargers, NOS kits etc are permitted. Frames and cases can be from two different Harley-Davidsons.“
ITALY
Builder: Samuele Reali
Bike: Union (HD “U”) jammer old school class and modified Harley class @ Custom Chrome International Championship | North America
USA
Builder: Paul Wideman and Nichole Grodski
Bike: Damage Case (’50 HD EL)
SLOVENIA
Builder: Dreamachine Motorcycles
Bike: Black Stripe (’03 HD VROD)
GILLILAND CUSTOMS
USA
Builder: Robert Gilliland
Bike: Sudden Impact (’85 FXR)
USA
Builder: Steven Iacona
Bike: Challenger (’96 1200 XL)
USA
Builder: Satya Kraus
Bike: Nick’s Bad MF (’00 HD FXDX)
USA
Builder: Leo Tancreti
Bike: Meat Plow (’68 HD FL)
USA
Builder: Perry Nelson Custom Choppers
Bike: Betty Bike (’99 HD Softail)
USA
Builder: Huck Hemphill
Bike: One Bad Ass Bagger (’07 HD RG)
UK
Builder: Shaw Speed & Custom
Bike: Nascafe Racer (’07 HD 1690cc)
UK
Builder: Shaw Speed & Custom
Bike: XLST3 (2011 1200XL)
USA
Builder: JC Coen, Jimmie Lee Coen, Manny Mercado
Bike: AMFU ( ’83 FX)
USA
Builder: Norm Wilding
Bike: Forty Eight Bobber Trike (’10 Forty Eight XL1200X)
USA
Builder: Norm Wilding
Bike: Nightster Bobber Trike (’10 Nightster XL1200L)
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PERFORMANCE CUSTOM CLASS
Some specs for the competing bikes in this category as provisioned in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building regulations:
“A class designed to showcase customs of all or any kind, of any platform or drivetrain, air-cooled or liquid-cooled (or even alternative energy) bikes, where the primary intention of the customizer is to improve performance and/or showcase his/her performance engineering and techniques. Open to ‘streetable’ performance work, drag strip, circuit racing, off-road racing or ‘Bonneville’ race projects and bikes. Open to ‘metric’, Whitworth/AF, and SAE measure bikes. Open to all kinds of performance engineering and enhancement techniques, including super charging, turbo charging, NOS etc.“
USA
Builder: Jamie Luczak
Bike: White Rice (’06 Suzuki Hayabusa)
USA
Builder: Jim Giuffra / AFT Customs Girls
Bike: Sentoh (2011 Honda 836)
USA
Builder: H. Giovanni
Bike: El Patron (’03 Suzuki Volusia)
USA
Builder: H Giovanni
Bike: El Vaquero (’77 Honda GL 1000)
USA
Builder: Bryan Fuller and crew
Bike: Rodan (’69 Honda CB 750)
USA
Builder: Garwood Custom Cycles
Bike: Interstate Battery Racing (’08 GSX 1300R)
USA
Builder: Joshua Lee
Bike: Cool Blue (’07 Suzuki GSXR 600)
USA
Builder: Joshua Lee
Bike: Nipped & Tucked (’01 yamaha YZF R6)
USA
Builder: Shaun Ruddy
Bike: Black Cat Racing Special (’11 Victory Vegas)
USA
Builder: Rafik Kaissi
Bike: RK Spring Frame (’11 RK Spring Frame)
SWITZERLAND
Builder: Urs Wisler
Bike: Nosferatu (’08 Triumph Speed Triple 1050)
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PRODUCTION MANUFACTURER CLASS
Some specs for the competing bikes in this category as provisioned in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building regulations:
“Entry must be based on a production motorcycle with multiple units of the model projected or produced annually. Any modifications are accepted. Class is designed for entrants whose principal business is manufacturing production motorcycles – evidence of this may be requested before an entry is accepted.“
USA
Builder: Dave Welch
Bike: Hardcore 120 (’07 CHPP Hardcore 120)
USA
Builder: Dave Welch
Bike: Stacked (’11 CHPP Luxury Hardcore)
AUSTRALIA
Builder: Convict Motorcycles
Bike: Convict Escape
USA
Builder: Dar, Tim, Bryan, Justin
Bike: RLX (’11 RLX)
USA
Builder: Dar, Tim, Bryan, Justin
Bike: Incognito Bandito (’12 Brass Balls Digger)
USA
Builder: Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Bike: Mayhem (FLHX Street Glide)
USA
Builder: Mike Kiwi Tomas
Bike: Kiwi Chieftain 1950′s (’11 kiwi flathead 84ci)
USA
Builder: Ralph Randolph
Bike: Cheap Shot (’11 Cheap Shot)
USA
Builder: PowerSport Institute Students
Bike: Students Pride (’04 Big Dog)
USA
Builder: JC & Jimmie Lee Coen and Bill Conway
Bike: El Thirty Three (’11 El Segundo)
USA
Builder: Zero Engineering
Bike: Type 6
USA
Builder: Zero Engineering
Bike: Type 9
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FREESTYLE CLASS
Some specs for the competing bikes in this most sought after category as provisioned in the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building regulations:
“One-off, ground up customs. Any design or modification is accepted.“
USA
Builder: Jim Giuffra / AFT Customs Girls
Bike: Asumati (’11 Honda VT750ST)
SLOVENIA
Builder: Dreamachine Motorcycles
Bike: Morsus
ITALY
Builder: Carlo Colombo
Bike: 199R
USA
Builder: Paul Wideman
Bike: Incognegro (’66 HD)
GERMANY
Builder: Johann
Bike: To Die For
POLAND
Builder: BT Chopper
Bike: Bit of Freedom (’11 HD Shovelhead)
IRELAND
Builder: Ger Conlon
Bike: Rattle & Hum (’90 HD 1340)
USA
Builder: George Stinsman
Bike: Excelsis Deo
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Builder: Mario Kyprianides
Bike: Just Add Violence (’65 panhead)
USA
Builder: Greg Green
Bike: Pro Shadow (honda shadow 750)
USA
Builder: Lock Baker
Bike: Daddy Go Hard
EAST SHORE INNOVATIONS
USA
Builder: Kully Millage (18 years old)
Bike: Dewey ( ’77 ironhead sportster)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Builder: Alexander Fetisov
Bike: Skywalker’s Caddy
ITALY
Builder: Mirko Perugini
Bike: Tazio
ITALY
Builder: Marco Cinquini
Bike: Stargate
GARETH RUDDY & MURRAY KUSTOMS
UK
Builder: Gareth Ruddy / Murray Kustoms
Bike: Brothel Creeper (650cc)
USA
Builder: Steve Hollon
Bike: Sanctified
JOHN REED
USA
Builder: John Reed
Bike: Gold Yamaha (’80 pre-production TR1 Yamaha)
JAPAN/USA
Builder: Kenji Nagi
Bike: Orange Passion
USA
Builder: Satya Kraus
Bike: Bolide
KUSTOMS INC
USA
Builder: Gary & Julie Maurer
Bike: No Reservation
KYNE’S KUSTOMS / FULL MOON CUSTOMS
USA
Builder: Troy Kyne / Full Moon Customs
Bike: Predasaurus
USA
Builder: Kent Weeks, Ron Holcomb, Brad Latham, Richard Roesler
Bike: Hydra-ride – diesel powered
UK
Builder: Larry Houghton
Bike: Son of a Gun (’51 BSA 500 db32 Goldstar) Championship winner @ Custom Chrome International Championships | North America
CANADA
Builder: John Cosentini
Bike: Indian Larry Tribute Bike (’05 Yamaha Roadstar 1600)
OGAWA DESIGNS
USA
Builder: Ogawa Designs / Air Tech
Bike: Tanzanite (’04 Y2K)
USA
Builder: Shaun Ruddy
Bike: Toe Cutter
GREECE
Builder: Christos Kofitis
Bike: Chimera (BMW R60)
CANADA
Builder: Frederic Vaillancourt
Bike: Blade
NETHERLANDS
Builder: René van Tuil
Bike: Ode to a Legend (’10 Revatu boardtracker)
USA
Builder: Tim Baxter
Bike: 2011 Custom
ARGENTINA
Builder: Leandro Torrontegui
Bike: Speed Century
USA
Builder: Rafik Kaissi
Bike: RKS
CANADA
Builder: Philip Roquebrune
Bike: Minautore (’65 panhead)
ROTH ENGINEERING
SWEDEN
Builder: Lasse Sundberg
Bike: 1668 (Husqvarna 550cc)
USA
Builder: Scott Laitinen & Ben Beck
Bike: Nitemare (1600 roadstar)
SWEDEN
Builder: Stellan Egeland
Bike: Slugger (BMW Flat twin 1200cc)
USA
Builder: Steven R Bates, Sr
Bike: Mean Green
JAPAN
Builder: Ken Tabata
Bike: Tavax 2011V
SUA
Builder: Jason Ferguson
Bike: Antique-Ness (1968 XLCH)
USA
Builder: Jason Ferguson
Bike: Firedog (1969 / Triumph)
USA
Builder: Harley Van Kirk
Bike: El Shovelle
FRANCE
Builder: Bernard “Buck” Massart
Bike: SpaceSter (1987 XL1200)
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… AND THE WINNERS ARE … WERE … STILL ARE…WELL
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MODIFIED HARLEY DAVIDSON CLASS RESULTS
1st PLACE – 281 points
ABNORMAL CYCLES | Samuele Reali | Bernareggio, ITALY
UNION – HD “U” 74ci
detailed bike specs
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2nd PLACE – 151 points
IACONA CUSTOM CYCLES | Steven Iacona | Brooklyn, NY, USA
CHALLENGER – ’96 HD1200 XL
detailed bike specs
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3rd PLACE – 137 points
SHAW HARLEY DAVIDSON | SHAW SPEED & CUSTOM | Holmes Hill, East Sussex, UK
NASCAFE RACER – ’07 HD 1960cc
detailed bike specs
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4th PLACE – 128 POINTS
AMFU – ’83 HD FX SHOVEL 80ci
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5th PLACE – 97 POINTS
XLST3 -2011 hd 1200cc
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PERFORMANCE CUSTOM CLASS RESULTS
1st PLACE – 121 POINTS
AFT CUSTOMS | Jim Giuffra | Jackson, CA, USA
SENTOH – HONDA 836
detailed bike specs
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2nd PLACE – 71 POINTS
FULLER HOT RODS | Bryan Fuller and crew | Atlanta, GA, USA
RODAN - 1969 Honda CB750
detailed bike specs
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3rd PLACE – 49 POINTS
RK CONCEPTS | Rafik Kaissi | Round Rock, TX, USA
RK SPRING FRAME – YAMAHA 450 cc
detailed bike specs
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4th PLACE – 33 POINTS
INTERSTATE BATTERY | USA
INTERSTATE BATTERY RACING - 2008 GSX 1300 R
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5th PLACE – 29 POINTS
716 CHOP SHOP | USA
WHITE RICE - Suzuki GSXR1000
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PRODUCTION MANUFACTURER CLASS RESULTS
1st PLACE – 134 POINTS
DARWIN MOTORCYCLES | Dar, Tim, Bryan, Justin | Oklahoma City, OK, USA
RLX – 2011 RLX / S&S 13ci X-Wedge
detailed bike specs
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2nd PLACE – 61 POINTS
KIWI INDIAN MOTORCYCLE CO | Mike Kiwi Tomas | Riverside, CA, USA
KIWI CHIEFTAIN 1950′s – 2011 Kiwi Flathead 84ci
detailed bike specs
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3rd PLACE – 59 POINTS
ZERO ENGINEERING | Las Vegas, NV, USA
TYPE 6 – 2011 S&S 96ci
detailed bike specs
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4th PLACE – 46 POINTS
THREE TWO CHOPPERS | USA
EL THIRTY THREE - 2011 El Segundo / S&S V111
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5th PLACE – 40 POINTS
ZERO ENGINEERING | USA
TYPE 9 – 2011 S&S 96ci
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and, last but not least, the most representative category of this competition that gives builders total “freedom of speech” ….
FREESTYLE CLASS RESULTS
1st PLACE – THE BIG WINNER – 562 POINTS
TAVAX ENGINEERING | Ken Tabata | Yao City, Osaka, JAPAN
TAVAX20011V - 2010 S&S SH93 – took 3 and a half years to build!
detailed bike specs
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2nd PLACE – 487 POINTS
LAMB ENGINEERING | Larry Houghton | Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
SON OF A GUN - 1951 BSA 500 db32 Goldstar
Championship class winner @ Custom Chrome International Championship North America
detailed bike specs
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3rd PLACE – 423 POINTS
KRAUS MOTOR CO | Satya Kraus | Cazadero, CA, USA
BOLIDE - 2011 Kraus Motor Co./&S Shovelhead / 93″
detailed bike specs
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4th PLACE – 390 POINTS
V TWIN MECHANIC | FRANCE
SPACESTER - 1987 HD XL1200
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5th PLACE – 330 POINTS
RK CONCEPTS | USA
RKS - 2011 Buell 1200
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6th place – 327 pts | GARAGE 65 | ITALY | STARGATE
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7th place – 317 pts | SE SERVICE | SWEDEN | SLUGGER
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8th place – 279 pts | FITIL METAL WORKS | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | SKYWALKER’S CADDY
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9th place – 271 | JOHN REED | USA | GOLD YAMAHA
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10th place – 263 pts | ROQUECHOP DESIGN | CANADA | MINAUTORE
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THE MEN
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all photos and info taken from http://www.amdchampionship.com/
