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.

• We have visitors from neighboring countries, Russia, the Baltic States, Germany, Holland, Austria and Italy, "said Twin Club President Micke Sandberg
• We also have exhibitors from those countries and it shows that interest in our event is great even outside Sweden, "continues Micke

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. One of the in “bike builder circles” unknown Lasse came to Norrtälje with a classic HD-chopper. His motorcycle was the big winner and the audience's favorite of the day.

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.

This year's exhibition was dominated by participants from Europe,  the exhibition is now very  well known as it attracts competitors, even  all the way from Austria. 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.

The event, with a mix of exhibition and festival, is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, and is organized by the society Twin Club Mc in Norrtälje. This year's audience of nearly 15 000 visitors, a record and puts Norrtälje at the map of the year's most important motorcycle happenings.

• It has been a fantastic day, we had about 8,000 bikes through the entrances and around 15 000 visitors to the show, "said press officer Uffe Karlsson.
•  The event has continued and the audience has been able to see many of the currently best motorcycle constructions and at the same time feel the music performances and everything else that happens on the area, continues Uffe

  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.

•  Sweden and Scandinavia have during the last 5-6 years been successful in the World Cup and we think its fun to show the world that the Swedish motorcycle builders are world class. Especially fun is the fact we have sent the World Cup-winner on a few occasions, "said Mike Sandberg

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. Custom Bike Show is one of the events in a good way of managing the culture and contributes to the lifestyle and makes an impression on the rest of the motorcycle world in the world!

CONTAKT: 
Press officer – Uffe, uffe@custombikeshow.se  +46 70-910 49 94

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Custom Bike Show™, A mecca of custom motorcycles in Norrtälje June 4, 2011

Chopper, Custom, Classics-winners och World Champion participator will be appointed and a party will be held.
Custom Bike Show will take place June 4, 2011 in Norrtälje. One of Europe’s largest exhibitions for customized motorcycles and a party that must be experienced.

The “capitol” of Roslagen invites to the largest party, in the form of motorcycle exhibition, live music and lots of attraction for people at all ages, of the year.
Among others performs Gil Edwards & The Knuckleheads at the big stage in the park and in the harbor a ”Top fuel team” and ”Motor cycle stunts” runs their shows during the day.

For the 37:th time since 1971 it once again is the day of Custom Bike Show.

The exhibition normally has 400 exhibitors and visited by 7000 motorcycles and 15000 visitors.
Bikers and visitors from all over Sweden and Scandinavian but also from Europe and rest of the world will come to Custom Bike Show.

Winners will be appointed in the classes of HD-Chopper, Chopper, Custom, Classic Custom, Classics, Modified Harley-Davidson, Trike, Best paint job and People’s Choice.
For the 7:th year and new for this year, a jury will nominate two Scandinavian contribution to the final of ”World Championship of Custom Bike Building” 2011 in Sturgis, USA.

Organizer of the event is Twin Club Mc which is one of the oldest motorcycle clubs in Sweden.

For more information about Custom Bike Show and Twin Club Mc check out www.twinclubmc.se or www.custombikeshow.se.

Adress: Twin Club Mc, Box 212, 761 23 Norrtälje, 0176-157 90 or info@twinclubmc.se.

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Custom Bike Show, Norrtälje - june 5 - Festival! Sun! Success!

Never before has there been so many exhibitors, never before has there been such a high class of the motorcycles in the show. Creativity and quality in conjunction with any Finish retrodesign of high quality was the hallmark of this year's Custom Bike Show. A top weather also helped to attract more than 12,000 visitors to Norrtälje. A show that had all the best.

Today's big winner was Minna Heikkinen from Bro, Stockholm, her red chopper took voters and jury by storm. First she won the class of HD Choppers, the class with most participants. Then she also won the Jurys Grand Price and Minna will therefore be the ones to represent Scandinavia at the World Championships of Custom Bike building in Sturgis, USA, in august later this year. Minna is historic as the first woman ever to participate in the World Championship.

Today's second hit was the new exhibition class Modified Harley Davidson, which got just under 50 exhibitors and meet the organizer Twin Club all expectations of participants.
 - The class has come to stay at the Custom Bike Show, said Twin Club's prize-award presenter Marlon Larsson, who along with his hat is a given element on the show. The class turns to more modern motorcycle where the foundation should be a frame and an engine block from HD .

The Exhibitors competed in eight classes, best paint and peoples choice. In addition, Custom Bike Show are also a affiliate to the World Championship of Custom Bike Building, where three winners are qualify to the European and World Championship. Nearly 300 motorcycles were participating, all of high caliber, so the voters and the jury had many difficult choices.

The audience was also participating in the voting, and here they quickly found their favorite in Peter Forsberg from Gävle with a charger powered piece of art on two wheels. Basically an HD with a stunning design of the charger, carburetor arrangements by God's grace with an advanced ignition system, a unique engine construction. On the petrol tank was a painted instruction for any racing, where the last instruction was "Pray". Besides the Peoples choice, Peter was also winner in the Custom class.

Finland and Finnish culture and craftmanship showed their best side when six of today's prices went east. Finland dominated the classes Classic Custom and Chopper by taking home second and third prize in both classes. The best was for Stefan Phikälä from Chemical Choppers, Imatra who received third prize in the Custom Classic. Stefan also won third prize from the AMD jury which send him to the final of European Motorcycle Building.

Custom Bike Show is for the sixth year an affiliate and semi final to the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, which means that the winner of the AMD Jury is sponsored by Twin Club MC of 5000 .- Euro to be able participate in the World Championship final, and 2nd and 3rd place sponsored by 1500 .- Euro each to participate in the European Championship 2011.

Robin Bradley who is representing the AMD World Organization made a speech where he said that the Custom Bike Show is one of the coolest and best-organized exhibitions in World Championship competitions and the organizers Twin Club is one of the best.

Besides all the wonderful motorcycles Twin Club offered music with Crucified Barbara and Tres Hombres ZZ Top Tribute. Did you not listen to music, there was a wide range of goods and services in more than 60 different businesses and organizations which were represented. Here you could buy anything from a t-shirt to a ready Chopper.

For more information about Custom Bike Show and Twin Club Mc check out www.twinclubmc.se or www.custombikeshow.se.

Adress: Twin Club Mc, Box 212, 761 23 Norrtälje, 0176-157 90 or info@twinclubmc.se.

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Custom Bike Show, june 5!

The First Saturday in June is the Custom Bike Show in Norrtälje - it has always been - and will be this year too! Bikers-season always begins with a visit to Societetsparken in Norrtälje.
This year is the 36th exhibition, and many have been visitors from year one! 300 exhibitors will compete in front of more than 10 000 visitors in the audience.
Custom Bike Show is a large and established festival of motorcycle lovers from all over Scandinavia and this year it is expected many far awayvisitors from all over Europe.

New this year is a new exhibition class, a "Hall of Fame", Chopper Dave - a living legend in biker world included in the jury and the band, Crucified Barbara on stage!

This year we are competing in 9 classes: HD Chopper, Chopper, Trike, Custom Classic, Custom, Classic, Best Paint and Peoples Choice, moreover, Custom Bike Show also race in the World Championship of motorcycle building. The common requirement for all classes is that the vehicle can be driven in normal traffic to and from the exhibition.
Extreme show bikes only are built as works of art and not to run may not participate. Otherwise there are no limits and winners appointed partly by the exhibitors themselves may be involved in assessing the motorcycles, a jury composed of professionals in the industry are included and so get all the audience to join and vote for their favorite!

* New class this year is the Modified Harley-Davidson - Slightly modified Harley-Davidson with the original frame and engine block as the basis. The new class is aimed at everyone who built on or changed his Harley Davidson, but for the sake of having built a brand new bike from scratch.

* For all the old winners will be its own forum - a "Hall of Fame" - no utställarklass but a Cultural Forum - Twin Club would like to see winners from previous years of their dams bikes and let them face their audience again, more details on the website www . custombikeshow.se where you can pre-notification of a cultural interest,

* Chopper Dave (USA) on a visit and a member of the jury. Chopper Dave is a living legend in the chopper circuits and have the last 20 years devoted himself full-time to bikes and hojbygge. He has created interest around the building based on the older Harleys (before 1984). Dave has worked with include Jesse James of West Coast Choppers in Long Beach, but is now working in-house and has an active page on the web.

* This year's music catalog is Crucified Barbara who play both in high society and fired at the party in the evening, the group mixes thrash metal, sleaze and hard rock.

Also this year include Custom Bike Show is included as an affiliate of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building ", which means that the winner of the Jury prize sponsored by Twin Club MC with € 5000 to set up the bike in the World Cup final which takes place in Sturgis ( USA) in August this year. 2nd place and 3rd place sponsored with € 1500 was to set up the European Championship finals in Mainz (Germany). All other classes there is a price table with goods worth well in excess of 400 000 .- USD.

Custom Bike Show has always been organized by Twin Club MC in Norrtälje, which is one of Sweden and Scandinavia's oldest chopper clubs. It is a well-established show which is very well known among motorcycle builders, primarily in Scandinavia but also throughout Europe and the U.S., Custom Bike Show in Norrtälje, a familiar concept.

More information about Custom Bike Show and Twin Club Mc may be easiest via www.twinclubmc.se or www.custombikeshow.se.

Address: Twin Club Mc, Box 212, 761 23 Norrtälje, 0176-157 90 or info@twinclubmc.se.

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Custom Bike Show™, European elite of custom motorcycles in Norrtälje 2009

Chopper, Custom, Classics-winners och World Champion participator will be appointed and a party will be held.
Custom Bike Show will take place June 6, 2009 in Norrtälje. One of Europe’s largest exhibition for customized motorcycles.

The “capitol” of Roslagen invites to the largest party, in the form of motorcycle exhibition, live music and lots of attraction for people at all ages, of the year.
For the 35:th time since 1971 it is the day of Custom Bike Show.
The exhibition will take place june 6, 2009 and will be a party that must be experienced.
The exhibition normaly have 400 exhibitors and visted by 6000 motorcycles and 15000 visitors.
Bikers and visitors from all over Sweden and Scandinavian but also from Europe will come to Custom Bike Show.
Winners will be appointed in the classes of HD-Chopper, Chopper, Custom, Classic Custom, Classics, Trike, Best paint job and Peoples Choice.
A jury will appoint the Scandinavian contribution to the final of ”World Championship of Custom Bike Building” 2009 in Sturgis, USA.
Organizer of the event is Twin Club Mc which is one of the oldest motorcycle clubs in Sweden and also celebrate their 40th year anniversay this year.

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Press contact Uffe  +46(0)70 9104994

Twin Club Mc
Box 212, Vårgatan 3
761 23 Norrtälje

Tel. 0176-15790 - Webb. www.twinclubmc.se - E-mail. info@custombikeshow.se