Festival! Sun! Success! -
Never before has there been so many exhibitors, never before has there been such a high class of the motorcycles in the show. Creativity and quality in conjunction with any Finish retrodesign of high quality was the hallmark of this year's Custom Bike Show. A top weather also helped to attract more than 12,000 visitors to Norrtälje. A show that had all the best.
Today's big winner was Minna Heikkinen from Bro, Stockholm, her red chopper took voters and jury by storm. First she won the class of HD Choppers, the class with most participants. Then she also won the Jurys Grand Price and Minna will therefore be the ones to represent Scandinavia at the World Championships of Custom Bike building in Sturgis, USA, in august later this year. Minna is historic as the first woman ever to participate in the World Championship.
Today's second hit was the new exhibition class Modified Harley Davidson, which got just under 50 exhibitors and meet the organizer Twin Club all expectations of participants.
- The class has come to stay at the Custom Bike Show, said Twin Club's prize-award presenter Marlon Larsson, who along with his hat is a given element on the show. The class turns to more modern motorcycle where the foundation should be a frame and an engine block from HD .
The Exhibitors competed in eight classes, best paint and peoples choice. In addition, Custom Bike Show are also a affiliate to the World Championship of Custom Bike Building, where three winners are qualify to the European and World Championship. Nearly 300 motorcycles were participating, all of high caliber, so the voters and the jury had many difficult choices.
The audience was also participating in the voting, and here they quickly found their favorite in Peter Forsberg from Gävle with a charger powered piece of art on two wheels. Basically an HD with a stunning design of the charger, carburetor arrangements by God's grace with an advanced ignition system, a unique engine construction. On the petrol tank was a painted instruction for any racing, where the last instruction was "Pray". Besides the Peoples choice, Peter was also winner in the Custom class.
Finland and Finnish culture and craftmanship showed their best side when six of today's prices went east. Finland dominated the classes Classic Custom and Chopper by taking home second and third prize in both classes. The best was for Stefan Phikälä from Chemical Choppers, Imatra who received third prize in the Custom Classic. Stefan also won third prize from the AMD jury which send him to the final of European Motorcycle Building.
Custom Bike Show is for the sixth year an affiliate and semi final to the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, which means that the winner of the AMD Jury is sponsored by Twin Club MC of 5000 .- Euro to be able participate in the World Championship final, and 2nd and 3rd place sponsored by 1500 .- Euro each to participate in the European Championship 2011.
Robin Bradley who is representing the AMD World Organization made a speech where he said that the Custom Bike Show is one of the coolest and best-organized exhibitions in World Championship competitions and the organizers Twin Club is one of the best.
Besides all the wonderful motorcycles Twin Club offered music with Crucified Barbara and Tres Hombres ZZ Top Tribute. Did you not listen to music, there was a wide range of goods and services in more than 60 different businesses and organizations which were represented. Here you could buy anything from a t-shirt to a ready Chopper.
With this, we once again welcome younext year and hope that you had a nice weekend along with us in Twin club MC!
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