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‘Streetboardtracker’
GETTING REAL
Another Eastern European builder to make the trip to the AMD World Championship
of Custom Bike Building at Cologne in Germany in October 2016 was Imre Dobi/Team
Ermi, of Budapest, Hungary. Making his debut in the program, Imre brought two bikes
– both classic examples of hand-craftsmanship meeting daily riding.
Imre’s Freestyle entry ‘Streetboardtracker’
started out life as a 1200cc Shovelhead, or
at least the engine did, before Imre
dropped it into a self-designed, hand-made
rigid frame and springer front end.
“I have been creating, building and customizing
ever since I can remember. This includes cars,
bicycles and anything that can roll – the ideas
have always been there, and from that inspiration
has come a lot of handcrafting to bring the ideas
to life,” Imre told AMD Magazine in Cologne last
year.
“My bike here (Streetboardtracker) is the result
of many of those ideas, ones that have been very
personal to me, and hundreds of hours of
handcrafting of the parts.
“That includes the stretched frame and the front
end, front suspension, steering, seat, chain
guards, front brake, aluminum fuel/oil tanks,
painting and countless other small details that
are not immediately noticeable.
‘ hundreds of hours
of handcrafting’
“But it’s not only about the optics - its
performance is outstanding - I can get 200 km/h
(125mph) out of it.”
Imre’s second bike, in the Retro Mod class (‘Team
Emri SVLHD) was another Shovelhead, an FLH
1400 with a modified rigid frame with own built
front end that pumps out 95 PS (93.7 hp) and
regularly ridden ‘real world’ custom.
Not many such builders, or rather builders with
such bikes, dare enter the AMD World
Championship, or any other ‘top end’ custom
bike show for that matter. But as a design,
engineering, performance and craftsmanship
showcase, we were delighted to see Imre’s hard
ridden mile-eaters in the show, and he’d be
welcome back anytime.
www.teamermi.eu
‘Team Emri SVLHD’
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