The Irish affiliate round of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building took place at the Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show, held at the RDS (Royal Dublin Society) exhibition centre in Dublin, Ireland, this past weekend.
The top prizes were awarded in both domestic and international categories, with Zodiac International sponsoring prize vouchers for the winners.
The 2011 AMD World Championship runner up Larry Houghton of Lamb Engineering in the United Kingdom won the top prize with “Circus of Speed”, a heavily modified Triumph Bonneville.
Second City Customs, also of the UK took second place with their S&S-engined chopper “The Rousler”, which featured a one-off custom frame and extensive engraving work by the legendary Don Blocksidge.
Third place went to Revatu Customs of The Netherlands with “Black Pearl”, a bike powered completely by compressed air!
The 2013 AMD World Champion Medaza Cycles was again crowned Irish Champion with new project "Road Fever" - a Ducati-derived special.
Runner up was Trevor Balbrinie with “Clipper”, based on a 1960 Royal Enfield engine, suspended in a one-off circular custom frame, with third place taken by “Jonesy” for his Sportster-engined one-off custom “Tramp”.
The show also saw the Championship’s first ever electric bike - “Strom 48” built by Noel Connelly of Flame-Art Design, which picked up the Best Custom award.
Photography by Ned Kelly, Imageart