International Motorcycle Shows 2017/18 series
The 2017/2018 dates and venues for the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows series have been announced by owner Universal Business Media – with the cut-down seven city itinerary of 2016/2017 essentially being repeated, with three timings changed (*).
In 2015/2016 there had been 10 venues – for last year Portland, Sacramento, Miami and Phoenix were dropped, with a return to Washington DC added. UBM says that research has shown that “31 percent of the IMS 2015/2016 Tour attendees purchased a new or used vehicle within 12 months of attending a show.”
This will be the 37th season for the IMS series since its inception in 1982 and will see a return for the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show, with builders competing for a cash and prize fund valued at over $100,000 in total during the Tour. Classes include Freestyle, Modified Harley presented by Harley-Davidson, Modified Custom and Modified Retro presented by Royal Enfield.
- Long Beach, CA: November 17-19, 2017
- New York, NY: December 1-3, 2017
- Minneapolis, MN: December 8-10, 2017*
- Cleveland, OH: January 26-28, 2018
- Dallas, TX: February 2-4, 2018*
- Chicago, IL: February 9-11, 2018
- Washington D.C.: February 23-25, 2018*
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| The 2017 ‘King of the Builders’ was Nick Beaulieu of Forever Two Wheels, Windham, Maine, with “The Hate Machine”, an S&S 111” engined custom chopper with a custom-made girder front end, hand-made frame with pentagram downtube and axle blocks, one-off pentagram wheels, hand-made exhaust with pentagram exhaust tips, custom tail section and aluminum gas tank and Baker 6-speed, featuring a BDL belt drive |