Success for the Custom Bike Show!
Extra everything! With extra taste! With visitor record and Scandinavia's best motorcycle builders in the City was this year's Custom Bike Show everything you could wish for. In the best summer heat, Norrtälje was invaded of 8000 motorcycles and over 15 000 visitors who came to take part of this year's Show.
The first Saturday every year is Custom Bike Show in Norrtälje, a center for Swedish and Scandinavian motorcycle builders. Here is the launch of all new construction and the country's famous actors are in place. This year, the number of European exhibitors and visitors, were more than ever.
Nearly 300 motorcycles participated in the exhibition, an area with a very high standard. Most of the motorcycles had an awesome shape and design with technological solutions of very high class. This, together with a fantastic paint-job created the conditions for a winner bike.
One who fulfilled all that was rookie of the year, the Finlander  Lasse Tirkkonen from Kuusankoski outside Helsinki.
First, he became the winner of the tough competition in the HD chopper class. The class was this year the largest and where the challenge is hardest. Lasse won the price for best paint-job and finished the year awards by winning the today's big trophy, The People’s Choice.
Half of the winners this year were foreign guests, three first prizes went to Finland – except from Lasse Tirkkonen was the first prize in the Classic Custom to Lavi Avikainen winner in the Custom was Samuel Heikkinen, both from Helsinki.
Two first prizes also went to Norway. First prize in the chopper class went to Brage Fossum from Trondheim and the other Norwegian winner was Paul Stenersen from Oslo, who won the Trike class with his Harley.
The Swedish winners were found in the Modified Harley Davidson class where all the winners came from Sweden. Won did Sarah Lindberg Aspes MC in Västerhaninge. The class for old bikes was won by Bjorn Synnergren from Stenungsund with an Indian from 1948.
 Although this year's Custom Bike Show is the Scandinavian part of the World Championship of Custom Bike Building. Two winners are selected by an international jury, with support from the organizing society Twin Club have the opportunity to participate in the World Cup Finals in Sturgis in August this year.
This year's finalists were Lasse Sundberg and Stellan Egeland. Lasse's Bike is a graceful chopper with a distinct retro-style built with an "ancient" Husqvarna engine and a long front fork. Stellan Egeland's building is a unique self-construction with hub steering.
Motorcycle Construction has a nearly 50 year tradition in Sweden, and is therefore a pioneer, followed closely behind the U.S. where the culture took off in the 50th century. To rebuild or build your very own motorcycle has not been obvious, but interest has always been there. Sweden has been a trend-setter in the culture and there is a "Swedish style" in the world.
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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