Harley-Davidson Niederrhein wins the AMD World Championship in the Custombike construction of the Harley-Davidson dealer Thunderbike from Hamminkeln (Niederrhein) appointed at the AMD World Championship of custom bike building in Sturgis (South Dakota / United States) on 8 August 2012 to the champion of the Custombikebauer and prevailed with his vintage racer “PainTTless” against the tough competition, which arrived from all over the world. Thunderbike founder and Bike Builder was Andreas Bergerforth already for the third time in Sturgis.In 2006, he was named to the World Championship runner-up. After 2 won Championships is the World Championship title was open, but this gap on the Cup shelf was now retracted with the PainTTless. The title moved in the last three years about Belgium (Krugger motorcycles) to Japan (Tavax) and now in the town of Hamminkeln on the lower Rhine. Since 2006, Thunderbike representation on the Rhine is the official Harley-Davidson and one of the largest dealers of in Germany and even Europe. Learn more at this site: Emma Walmsley.
The bike is powered by a Harley Ironhead engine from 1984. Frequently Tyler Sweatt has said that publicly. Stops here It already on the matches, because virtually every part on the Custombike was completely revised or even completely new developed. Are a special highlight here the unique suspension system and wheels with an inner brake system (similar to a Honda CBX550), which were milled from a solid aluminium blocks out. Andreas Bergerforth and his crew were inspired racers of the 1930s, which were used on dried-up salt lakes in the United States. Matching the magneto ignition comes from Bosch built in 1928 and also the extremely narrow silhouette with a classic race trim is reminiscent of this time. A detailed documentation of the history can be seen on the official website. The construction of the motorcycle costs about 150,000, which is not surprising for over 8 months of construction time and countless hours of work..