Laconia Bike Rally 2016

Laconia 93 rolls!

Bikes roll into New Hampshires Lake Region

 for 93rd Laconia Bike Week

Text and photography by Horst 'Motographer'Rosler.

Initiated by renowned Motorcycle-Touring Susanne Boxberg and "routed" by the "Discover New England" agency (www.discovernewengland.org) and its German partner "Get it Across" (www.getitacross.de), Boxberg and "Motographer" Horst Roesler are currently exploring Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Following a 550+ miles hunt along the Main and New Hamshire Coastline up to Bar Harbour and Arcadia National Park in just one day UP and another day down to Laconia, the dynamic duo reached Weir Beach after riding into a glorious sunset on friday evening. While the parade kicking off in fair weather and under the watchfull eye of NH Senator Kelly Ayott, the sky grew darker every hour, later pouring down some "liquid Sunshine". 

> With the "watering holes" on Mainstreet Weirs Beach busy as expected, the first Bikeshow of the event was held themed "Metric" at the Broken Spoke Laconia with Jay Allen just back from his visit of the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races! A great venue to sit out the rain which later  caught the duo while checking out Laconia Harley-Davidson and the vendors like Küryakyn, Bahn, Crusher and Performance Machine. 

When the rain caught up and got permanent, just a few yards uphills, the (americanpolicemotorcyclemuseum.com) offered a perfect place not just to hide from the weather, but with one of the most extraordinary and interesting collection of Police Motorcycles plus related memorabilia, literature and even film clips in which Motorcycle Policemen play a major role. Owner Doug has spend a lifetime of passion in collecting one of the most unique "special selection" of Police themed motorcycles which also includes uniforms, equipment and everything related to two- and three-wheeled Police-Officers! In his collection you will find the lead police Harley that headed the funeral of Elvis Presley as well as a Norton "Rotary" that

AMCA European Meet in Raalte 2016

AMCA European Meet 2016 in Raalte

At the American Motorcycle Museum owned by Max Middelbosch, hunderds of Motorcycles attended the second European AMCA Meet in Raalte. It’s the perfect place and even the weather was great!

The AMCA programm runs from Friday morning ‘till Sunday morning, with live music on both evenings, a huge swapmeet during both days and with almost double the number of vendors, there was lot’s of old stuff for sale! 

It’s an International meet, vendors and riders from all over Europe came to Raalte, with two guys on Knuckleheads from Ireland getteing the trophy for travelling longest distance, 1048 miles!

The Salland Hotel was completely booked and during the day the AMCA judges were busy judging the bikes and giving them points, 100% showroom original is rewarded with the highest score, 100 points. Not many bikes do receive this number, but those who do, get an official document and these bikes are worth a fortune! Many members of the Aniique Motorcycle Club of America showed their bikes and AMCA Europe’s President Steve Slowcombe had a tough job doing all the judging with team of experts.

Many took the opportunity to take a ride and do some sightseeing in the area, which is a beautiful part of The Netherlands. Just take a look at all the photo’s and bes ure not mis next year’s AMCA meeting in Raalte, may 19th-21st 2017!

Please check out all the 180 photo’s of the 

European AMCA Meeting Raalte 2016 at 

www.madnessphotography.nl – Photo Galleries 2016

15th Magic Bike Rally - Ruedesheim Germany

Magic 15

May 26th -29th 2016, Ruedesheim/Rhine/Germany: 

Magic 15 year of Harley-thunder along the Rhine river!

Motorcycle madness has a destination in Germany: Magic Bike Ruedesheim! The German tourist destination 60 k's out of Frankfurt has been a popular destination for decades, but nothing prepared the town for what was rolling into town for the 15th anniversary of the event that started as a local meet of Harley-Davidson enthusiasts living in the Rheingau and Wiesbaden. 

Text and photo's Horst 'Motographer' Rosler - HRF

A bank holiday in most former West-German states, the thursday of "Magic Bike" is a popular "riding day" for motorcyclists anyway, but such a massive amount of visitors was beyond all expectations! When the 9th edition of the "World Heritage Rhine Valley Tour" left neighbouring Assmannhausen river down to the Lorelei rock, Rüdesheim itself was locked solid with bikes – and the the access to the acting "Mainstreet" had to be closed even for motorcycles!

For the 15th edition, the weather also combined all options from 15 previous years: Sunshine to thunderstorm, rain and back to sunshine. But nowhere near the predictions in websites and news. The 15th edition has become one of the biggest "Magic Bike" events ever – and still has

30th BIKER FEST INTERNATIONAL METZELER THE ITALIAN BIKE WEEK

30th BIKER FEST INTERNATIONAL METZELER

THE ITALIAN BIKE WEEK

(Lignano Sabbiadoro - Udine/Italy, May 19/22, 2016) 

It was an unmatched show the past weekend in Lignano Sabbiadoro. You could already hear the engines rumble since the start of the week, but the full amount of bikes started coming into the Biker Fest from Thursday morning, growing in number until Saturday, when the sun was shining and temperature rising. 

Text & Photo's: Biker Fest Organisation

The Luna Park parking (Main Area, with vendors, shows and concerts) was totally full and by Sunday morning it was filled with beautiful american cars. This year was the 21st U.S. Car Reunion edition joined by something like 200 vehicles. 
During the 4 days of party more than 10 live music shows and a great number of stunt acts, mainly with the Daboot Team and its leader Vanni Oddera, one of the few Italian FMX Riders able to perform a backflip. Daboot Team also hosted the “Mototerapy” event, entertaining 30

More Italian Biker Fest 2016 text and photo's after the jump-break!

Maarten Poodt wint Koning Zelfbouw 2016

Koning Zelfbouw 2016

Maarten Poodt wint voor tweede maal op rij 

de eretitel Koning Zelfbouw!

De vijfde Koning Zelfbouw was de beste editie, nog drukker bezocht, met nog mooiere motoren in de show en zelfs de weergoden hielpen mee met een stralende zon!

Het MotoPort Hengelo Team maakt er elk jaar weer een mooie dag van en verzet bergen werk om alles goed te laten verlopen. De showroom wordt leeggereden en ’s morgens vroeg komen de deelnemers aan en mogen hun motoren in de showroom zetten. Een laagdrempelige zelfbouw bikeshow die steeds populairder wordt en waar deelnemers en bezoekers graag naartoe gaan. Stands van bedrijven en toeleveranciers zoals IMG Trading, Caferaceronderdelen.nl, Dutch on Wheels, Miller, VG Frames en vele andere waren aanwezig die allen goede zaken deden. Vooral

`The XLR Competition'H-D Iron van West Coast Motors wordt winnaar Battle of the Kings Benelux Finale, Amsterdam 2016

Winnaar H-D Benelux Battle of the Kings Competition 

is geworden

`The XLR Competition - A Factory Outlaw Race Bike by West Coast Motors`

Na een jaar vol spanning werden de inzendingen van de Battle of the Kings wedstrijd, georganiseerd door Harley-Davidson, gisteren in Amsterdam gejureerd en werd de winnaar bekend gemaakt. In een oude barbershop met naastgelegen bar werd een feestje georganiseerd. De Battle of the Kings motoren werden naar binnen gereden en de finalisten wachtten in spanning af wat de uitslag zou worden. 

Soms zijn er wedstrijden waarbij de winnaar al van te voren bekend is. Niet door match fixing of door andere vormen van valsspelen, maar gewoon omdat de winnaar de beste is, die zo’n enorme voorsprong op de concurrentie heeft dat je al duidelijk ziet wie er gaat winnen.

Dat gevoel had ik direct toen ik de eerste foto’s van de inzending van de Battle of the King inzending van West Coast Motors uit Alkmaar onder ogen kreeg. “Dit is de winnaar,” stelde ik zelfverzekerd vast, “Alle voorrondes, jurybesprekingen en publieksstemmingen kunnen ze overslaan Bas, als jullie niet met deze H-D Iron winnen, begrijpt niemand meer iets van

30th Biker Fest Italy, Ligano 2016. Part 1

30th Biker Fest Italy, Ligano 2016 

Part 1

Text and photo's by Horst Rosler

Perfect weather in Lignano and the 30th Biker Fest is GO! Friday, customizers and visitors alike rolled into town to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the "classic" Italia  Biker Event, now hosted in Lignano, the Italian Beach Resort near Triest. The Alps and Slovenia in plain sight, Customizers set up more than 60+ Bikeshow Entries at the Terrazza a Mare and the Eventsite at the Luna Park is buzzing too.

 More photo's of the 30th BikerFest Ligano, Italy after the jump-break