The World Championship of Custom Bike Building was first staged at Custom Chrome's annual dealer show at their Morgan Hill, California, headquarters, in October 2004, where it attracted 48 competitors fielding 63 bikes.

The second annual Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building was staged at Advanstar's Big Twin West Dealer Expo in Las Vegas, November 2005. The support of both these organizations in assisting with the costs of staging the first two World Championships is gratefully acknowledged. The 2005 World Championship attracted 166 top-class entries, from 110 competitors, drawn from 14 countries and was, by common acclaim, the greatest custom bike show ever staged or seen anywhere.

Last year the Championship was hosted at Thunder Road, Sturgis, over August 5th to 7th. 100 bikes were entered by 77 competitors drawn from 11 countries, and the standard of entries was acknowledged to be even higher than that of 2005.

This year saw a move to Champions Hall, our own purpose-built facility on Lazelle Street, and attracted 77 entries from 71 competitors, again from 11 countries, with a record 25 international entries. Continuing the trend of a raised standard of entries at each subsequent show, this year's competition was agreed by the competitors to be the toughest yet.

Judging of the event is done by 'peer review', in that all competitors collectively decide the World Champion, together with a select VIP panel drawn from the press and aftermarket industry, all votes counting equally towards the final result.

The event features two initiatives - the World Championship Affiliate Program, in which the winners of associated shows around the world have expenses paid to compete in the World Championship, and the Partner Program which is explained more fully in 'Partner Program.doc' which has allowed the World Championship to become financially independent rather than dependent on a single sponsor.

Affilate shows whose winners competed this year were:

Bike Expo, Padova, Italy
Canadian Championship of Bike Building, Olds, Alberta
Cool-Breaker, Yokohama, Japan
Custom Bike Show, Norrtelje, Sweden
European Championship of Custom Bike Building, Mainz, Germany
Fantasy Bike Show, Sestao, Spain
Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show, Dublin, Ireland

In addition, the winners of the Asian International Motorcyle Expo held in Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, and BigTwin Bike Show & Expo in the Netherlands will compete in the 2008 World Championship.

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Freestyle (World Championship)

This class is for one-off, ground up customs. Any design or modification is accepted. The winner of this class will be declared World Champion Custom Bike Builder for the period of one year.

Modified Harley-Davison

Frame and motor must be original equipment Harley-Davidson. Any modification to an original H-D frame and motor is accepted. Engine case must be Harley-Davidson, but modified or changed heads or cylinders are acceptable.

Production Manufacturer

Entry must be based on a production motorcycle with over 50 units of the model produced annually. Any modifications are accepted. This class is designed for entrants whose principal business is selling production motorcycles.

Metric World Championship

Entry must be built around an import metric based motor. Any modifications are accepted. The winner of this class will be declared Metric World Champion Custom Bike Builder for the period of one year.

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