American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 229 August 2018 | Page 25

Championship winning bikes so far.
“This was the jumping-off point that
made a collaboration between Avon
and ‘The AMD’ compelling,” says Avon
Marketing Director Michiel Kramer. “As
a company Avon is proud of its heritage
and as a custom bike tire market leader
we are especially proud of our heritage
as the tire of choice for so many of the
market’s greatest and most innovative
designers and craftsmen.
“The AMD World Championship has
always been a showcase for that
heritage, so forming an alliance was an
obvious idea. We look forward to
working with the AMD team and
continuing to make a contribution to
the outstanding work and
achievements of this market’s talented
and passionate professionals and
amateurs alike.”
Speaking about Avon’s decision, AMD’s
Robin Bradley said: “We have always
been very careful about the brands and
businesses we engage with, where the
work of the custom bike building
community is concerned. Having
successfully transitioned the AMD
World Championship to Europe and
into the superb INTERMOT
‘Customized’ Hall 10 ‘Show-within-
the-Show” at Cologne, we feel we are
ready again to start allowing selected
vendors to share in what “The AMD”
means to custom bike builders.
Dave Cook (Cook Customs, Milwaukee) became the first and to date only United States AMD
World Championship winner with “Rambler” - shod with Avon 21-inchers front and rear
“We couldn’t be happier that Avon is
the first vendor we
have been able to
welcome into the
family and know that the
profile and value they will
generate for our competitor
community will help them to further
their careers and recognition of their
achievements and abilities.”
This year's ‘AMD’ will again be staged
at INTERMOT Customized, Cologne,
Germany (October 3-7)