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2011 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building Results

2011 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building Results.AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building top 3 winners2011 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike BuildingThe results are in for the 2011 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building held at Sturgis, SD, and looking over the winners, it’s plain as day the world has changed dramatically from only a few years ago. The stretched out, fat tire bikes have given way to all sorts of bikes, visually radical to be sure, but often aimed at performance instead of static display and some even focused on keeping costs to a minimum.

2011 AMD World Championship Freestyle 1st Place – Tavax Engineering of Japan

Consider the 1st place winner TAVAX2011V from Tavax Engineering of Japan. Sure, it’s a radical styling statement, but there are no super tall or super fat tires, just 17 inch Marchesini wheels and Dunlop tires on both ends. Lots of sculptured aluminum but a single shock rear suspension and out front the suspension begins at the axle as a leading link fork, which then changes via a pair of links into a springer fork. It’s really focused on the metal work with a bit of interesting engineering.

2011 AMD World Championship Freestyle 2nd Place – Lamb Engineering U.K.

The 2nd place bike, Son of a Gun from Lamb Engineering of the U.K. started with an eBay 1951 BSA single and Talon motocross wheels. Builder Larry Houghton found most everything either in a friends scrap bin or on eBay and fabricated and machined the components. Total cost, including the gold paint, was under $9000.

2011 AMD World Championship Freestyle 4th Place – V-Twin Mechanic of France

Jumping to 4th place is Spacester, an interesting much modified 1987 Sportster XL1200. It has Suzuki wheels plus builder fabricated discs with scooter calipers and some rather smooth bodywork. Maybe a Sportster will look like this in the year 2030.

Here’s the rundown of all of the winners:

World Championship Freestyle Class ResultsBusiness NameBike NameCityCountryBuilder Name1stTavax EngineeringTavax 2011VYao City, OsakaJapanKen Tabata2ndLamb EngineeringSon of a GunSalisbury, WiltshireUnited KingdomLarry Houghton3rdKraus Motor CoBolideCazadero, CAUSASatya Kraus4thV-Twin MechanicSpaceSterLa Fontaine, PavieFranceBernard “Buck” Massart5thRK ConceptsRK SRound Rock, TXUSARafik Kaissi6thGarage65StargateViareggioItalyMarco Cinquini7thSE ServiceSluggerSkogasSwedenStellan Egeland8thFitil Metal Works / Moscow H-DSkywalker’s CaddyMoscowRussian FederationAlexander Fetisov9thJohn ReedGold YamahaMorgan Hill, CAUSAJohn Reed10thRoquechop DesignMinautoreBrownsburg-Chatham, QuebecCanadaPhilip RoquebruneModified Harley-Davidson Championship sponsored by Harley-Davidson – ResultsBusiness NameBike NameCityCountryBuilder Name1AbnormalCyclesUnionBernareggioItalySamuele Reali2Iacona Custom CyclesChallengerBrooklyn, NYUSASteven Iacona3Shaw Harley-DavidsonNascafe RacerHolmes Hill nr Lewes, East SussexUnited KingdomShaw Speed & CustomProduction Manufacturer Championship ResultsBusiness NameBike NameCityCountryBuilder Name1Darwin MotorcyclesRLXOklahoma City, OKUSADar, Tim, Bryan, Justin2Kiwi Indian Motorcycle CoKiwi Chieftain 1950′sRiverside, CAUSAMike Kiwi Tomas3Zero EngineeringType 6Las Vegas, NVUSAZero EngineeringPerformance Custom Championship ResultsBusiness NameBike NameCityCountryBuilder Name1AFT CustomsSentohJackson, CAUSAJim Giuffra / AFT Customs Girls2Fuller Hot RodsRodanAtlanta, GAUSABryan Fuller and crew3RK ConceptsRK Spring FrameRound Rock, TXUSARafik Kaissi