This year’s Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building - held every year since 2004 during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, every August, in the Black Hills of South Dakota - was won for the first time by an American.
Dave Cook is a custom motorcycle engineer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He runs Cook Custom Choopers and the Rambler is the bike that brought him the highest success in his career. The bike is powered by an air-cooled 550cc four-cylinder engine from International, meaning that V-Twins have gone out of fashion when it comes to high awards.
Kris Krome Customs of Freeland, Michigan won second place with the bike called Re-flex-tion and which was built around a Triumph T120 motor, while third place went to Krugger Speedshop from Belgium. The Overmile bike and its S&S engine made quite an impression as well.
Hit the jump for the press release and picture gallery of the winning bikes.
Former world champion bike builder Stellan Egeland designed and built what he calls The Harrier, an amazing machine that came in second in the European Championship of Custom Bike Building and which will compete at this year’s World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis.
Being powered by a Boxer twin engine taken straight off a BMW R1200, I guess we can say that this is the best of a Swedish bike (given the builder’s nationality) featuring a German engine so far. We’re expecting this combination to grow into a more and more radical one with each year that passes, although by looking at the bike…
This week, the European capital of fashion, Milan, was the shooting place of the 2009 Harley-Davidson & Playboy pics in the photo gallery. Actually, the two big names have teamed up for a contest addressed to all Italian motorcycle owners being at least 21 years of age. These will have to register at www. anightwith.it and so have the possibility both to win a ride with the Harley-Davidson VRSC and meet Italy’s playmates. June 29 is the big day for the lucky winner, who will also end up in the actual magazine, which isn’t necessarily an advantage.
We know how small the chances are that you actually read this last phrase due to the tempting photo gallery, but we’ll have to say that this is just a preview. Harley and Playboy are capable of much more and we want to see it happen.
Those who have long been planning that one special motorcycle trip might very well start writing a 250 word essay describing their idea of the ultimate on- or off-road riding adventure, route and destination as well as why they’re keen on accomplishing it and on what riding experience they’re relying in order to do so. Yes, you’re supposing well; Buell will select a winner and offer him/her a brand new Ulysses XB12X, parts and accessories and travel money so that the respective essay would become reality. Afterwards, the bike is for the winner to keep.
Conditions required indicate that submitters must be legal U.S. 50-state residents at the time of the entry, at least 18 years of age and poses a valid motorcycle license.
Take your time and plan everything well because submissions are accepted until June 23rd.
Motorcycles will be part of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance for the first time this year. The event on August 16 will showcase British bikes, including the Legendary Vincent HRD V-Twins nicknamed “Gunga Din” and the John Edgar “Rollie Free” bike.
BMW Motorrad is in the process of gathering ideas for building new exciting motorcycles that would wear their emblem in the future. The best part about it is that they want your ideas and, apart from bringing a contribution to the motorcycle industry evolution, there are material prizes as well, the biggest being 2000 Euros.
All that an innovative mind has to know is in this small questionnaire that BMW put together:
The 13th Annual Southwest Police Motorcycle Training and Competition Event Held in Phoenix, Arizona showed once again how skilful the guys in uniforms are in maneuvering those big Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Even if spending the full working schedule on the seats of their bikes, the policeman participating sure did their homework before signing in for the competition. Just take a look at this perfect run.
The Movito Electric Scooter is a green and yet fancy small two-wheeler that recently won NASA’s Create the future Design Contest. Tai Chiem is the man behind this innovative project featuring a carbon-cutting in-wheel electric motor located within a modular base that can be detached to form a two-seat vehicle. Most likely that’s what impressed NASA people.
We’ve recently been proud to announce that we have teamed up with No Fear Energy to reward the best comment of this month so as time is running out, it’s recommended for us to mention that there might be some stiff competition for the No Fear gift pack valued at $100.
This includes:
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2 – No Fear T-shirts (one of each style)
1 – No Fear Bloodshot Hat
1 – 12-pack of the new No Fear Bloodshot Energy Drink
1 – Sticky Bumps Surf Wax
1 – Lamb of God’s latest CD “Wrath” releasing on Feb. 24
The end of this month will see us selecting the best comments that you’ve posted and with a little bit of luck, we might just contact you to give the good news. So keep on bringing the best of you until March 31st in order to increase your winning chances. Good luck!
Active visitors of TopSpeed are offered the opportunity to win a prize from ’No Fear’ as part of a much more complex promotion that they have organized.
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People can win a trip to a motocross event or MMA event or a Hawaiian surf trip. Here’s how the contest goes. No Fear Energy has launched its first-ever under the tab code promotion—Earn Some Cred. You crack open specially marked cans of No Fear Energy drink, find the code under the tab, enter that code at earnsomecred.com and start earning cred for No Fear gear or if you’re lucky, win one of the VIP trips I mentioned above.
The TopSpeed contest
All comments submitted on our website until March 31st will be carefully read and compared in order for us to indicate the best comment of the month and congratulate the winner with a No Fear gift pack valued at $100.
The giveaway pack includes:
2 – No Fear Hoodies
2 – No Fear T-shirts (one of each style)
1 – No Fear Bloodshot Hat
1 – 12-pack of the new No Fear Bloodshot Energy Drink
1 – Sticky Bumps Surf Wax
1 – Lamb of God’s latest CD “Wrath” releasing on Feb. 24
So what are you waiting for? Post comments to the news and reviews you like most and if you’re good, you’ll hear from us pretty soon.
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