Verona, Italy is famous for being the setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” with a lot of tourists visiting a 14th-century residence with a tiny balcony overlooking a courtyard said to be “Juliet’s House.” But each January Verona is the epicenter of the custom culture thanks to the Motor Bike Expo attracting 160,000 visitors eager to admire the new creations of the best Bike Builders from all over Europe.
This year’s edition (January 20-21-22) featured about 500 customs bikes on the floor with 68 of them participating to the Custom Chrome Bike Show, part of the Motor Bike Expo, and whose results qualify builders for the Italian Championship Of Custom Bike Building. Below, a gallery of the main winners (some could not be photographed in studio during the show) Photos @ H. Roesler for C. Huze.
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1 Place Rocket Bob’s, (Great Britain). Speed Weevil, Bonneville Racer
2 Place Blech & Drüber (Austria) Karpatenhund
3 Place Maik Morato Guell (Spain/Catalan) Bonsai Ironhead
JAMMER OLD SCHOOL CLASS
1 Place Verner Motorcycles V.Ortis, (Italy) WLA
2 Place Old Empire Motorcycles (England) Typhoon
3 Place Boccin Custom Cycles (Italy) Sacred Chop
MODIFIED HARLEY CLASS
1 Place Rocket Bob’s, (Great Britain) “Gas’d Rat”
More Bikes after the jump.
REVTECH CLASS
1 Place HD Pavia (Italy) RevTech-Boardtracker
2 Place Asso Special Bikes (Italy) Radikal
3 Place MS Atrix (Italy) Black & Low
FXRs CLASS
1 place Hard Nine Choppers, Dany Schneider (Switzerland) FXR$
2 Place Ottodicuori/ODC (Italy) Crusher/ODC FXDX
Show-Organisation and Nominations (and contestants tie-breaker): “Motographer” Horst Rösler
Judges:
Blue Miller, 100% Biker
Kia & Maggie, Easyriders Germany
Kirk Taylor, Custom Design Studios
Cory & Zach Ness
Chris Long/Hot Bike
Micker Persello, Biker’s Life
Dimitri from RuRiders
Onno Wiringa (Read and Ride)
Neil Blaber, Showmaster AMD and Bikeshow Consultant (www.show-master.co.uk)
Awesome sleds.
Thanks Cyril. 🙂 x
Damn nice bikes!
Some of the best custom bikes are produced in Europe. Something we all knew…
Lots of creativity.and of great metal work.
Love them all.
A lot of work and patience.
no you can’t do much with a Sportster in its stock frame, but otherwise you can do some very sweet things.
Wow great diversity in those pic’s ,amazing. one always thinks of going to the USA to see the best shows. Europe which is easier to visit (just twice as far away) is certainly a great option now
Well will ya lookee that . Them godawful elitist eurosnobs beat us at our own game . Again !
Crazy kiwi,
What do you mean “Europe is easier to visit”? Unless you have CRAZY intentions – the US is the easiest place on earth to visit. Next time try North Korea…
What he means is true Sigi . At this point with the POS;OTUS in charge visiting the US has become a risky venture at best because there is no telling who he’ll try and include next on his banned list be it under the pretense of national security or personal vendetta . Suffice it to say with family members in USCIS / CBP : Travel to the US at the present is not recommended regardless of reason or country of origin
PB Zappa, Yeah, keep on smokin that shit and spewing lies.
#83
beautiful: frame, color, mid-ship motor, stance, wheels.
wish my lot in life supplied pocket change for toys like this. (it doesn’t.)
The Bonsai Ironed is way above average. Well done!
Not sure I’m seeing anything that can be tagged as Euro Style or the need to go Italy to see anything ground breaking.
great pix. thanks for the article!
Nothing ‘groundbreaking’, then? Guess you missed the photos of Karpatenhund or Speed Weevil or Bonsai or even the Typhoon Ducati or just didn’t understand them. 🙂
where is the the style it all just looks like to much detail or clutter for the sake of it.What happened to clean lines and stripped back simplicity and light weight?.No front brake is just a sad joke like old fashioned tyres and drum brakes.I know that they are show bikes but everybody slagged of the so called billet barges but they all looked like you could ride them (disc brakes modern tyres powerful motors)this so called return to the old style just strikes me as as posing for the sake of it and cost just the same as anything bespoke.The bikes that look like you could ride them are the revtech and fxr classes plus gasrat
those are some cool bike stands.
still waiting for someone to integrate the exhaust into the handle bars . If no one is ever gonna ride it , what’s the difference ? ( asbestos gloves sold separately ! )
All I have to say is “Awe” “Wow” “WTF”? These Designs and Designers are just from another Milenium. SIGFREED, have you heard the US has a New Sheriff. Visiting US is only going to be allowed from only Countries where Trump has Holdings!