The 21st Bike Show Competition located in Rosmalen, in the Southern part of The Netherlands, organized by leading European custom bike magazine Bigtwin, saw over 100 participants coming from all over the continent.
In the Bigtwin Bike Show, all customs are competing in a single class with the 6 winners picked by an international panel of judges: Cory Ness (Arlen Ness Enterprises), Barry (Motor Technica, Belgium), Kenji Nagai (Cycle Craft), Horst Rösler (Freelance reporter / photographer) and Onno Wieringa (Freelance reporter / photographer)
Sponsored by Zodiac International, Harrison Billet, JR Promotions/WCC and Vulcanet, the event winners received over € 6000,00 in prize money and gifts.
Just a few hours ago they were called to receive their trophies. In exclusivity, I got the pictures of the 6 top winners. (photography copyright Onno “Bersek” Wieringa for Cyril Huze)
1st Place: Destiny Cycles with a 70’s Swedish style Panhead chopper and a breathtaking (or psychedelic) paint job (notice the crazy/beautiful engine treatment)
2nd Place: German builder Michael Naumann with a slim & clean Harley Shovelhead rolling on a pair of 26″ wheels from Rick’s Motorcycle.
3rd Place: Young Dutch bike builder Paul Van der Gullik who works for Dutch shop L&L Choppers with a custom featuring numerous one-off parts and a 2004 Sportster drivetrain.
4th Place: Larry Houghton from UK Lamb Engineering with a superb JAP replica powered Bobber style bike.
5th Place: Dutch builder Piet Smit with his rather extreme bike featuring a stock Royal Enfield engine cradled in very unusal frame with swooping lines. Not surprisingly, the bike is called “Olympic”
6th Place: Bike Builder Slaba Milan from Czech Republic MS Tuning with a Buell powered bike inside a home-made frame.
5th place is interesting & weird.
First place looks like something Rick Fairless would do
(Only Rick would / has done it better, my opinion only) !!!
The rest are nice, except 5th place. What the heck is that thing ???
I would not even clasify that in the “Art for art’s sake” catagory
Always interesting to see what the europeans are building.
Not the best of Europe, yet. Soon. Cyril is on it.
change the seat and pipes on #4 and I’d ride that..The rest look like they wouldn’t make it 5 miles without some kind of skin damage either to the bike or rider
Great to see creative new stuff.
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Nordics and Japanese rule the custom bike scene on a global stage. They are just more passionate about it, and it shows. US, and especially Socal are quiet these last couple years. Good to see the custom scene continuing to evolve.
That german fifty two bike with the I beam down tube is sweet l
Cool stuff!
I don’t think anything Rick Fairless has done would match the detail of Vic Jefford’s Carousel.
Really like the little Bullet.
Well done to Larry Houghton.
ik vind die motor van die …oh sorry English …L&L choppers cool!
Nice Job Larry!, Beautiful motor.
They all look well done.
Olympic is the most strikingly interesting thing I’ve seen in some time. It immediately jumped out at me as something pleasing to the eye. I don’t know if it would make a rider, but definitely something I’d enjoy having sitting in my house.
long live the longbike !!!!!!!!!!
Sakra Milane,gratulace k 6 místu!!!Super!! Tomáš TMT
really like the top three..
i think vic jeffords (is one of the best builders in england..probably the best 🙂 ) have seen some of his bikes for real..the attention to detail is top class stuff..