{"id":5313,"date":"2025-07-03T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:58:41","slug":"in-the-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/in-the-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"In the pink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">Creative imaginations were let loose on a spectrum of Harley models, with the top entries showcased along the marina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Words: Jeremy Pick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Custom Bike Show at the 2025 European H.O.G.<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Rally showcased the continent\u2019s latest custom creations. Top builders and enthusiastic amateurs alike competed for trophies against the spectacular backdrop of the Pula Arena Roman amphitheatre in Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking the overall Best in Show award and first place in the Radical Custom category was Italy\u2019s Mirko Perugini of Gallery Motorcycles, Brescia, with his new build, \u201cLucifer\u201d. Based on the 1942 Harley-Davidson<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> WLA Flathead, the motorcycle shone in cream and red, with gold pinstripes glinting under the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC07229-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5147\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC07283-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5159\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Metzeler Judges Choice Award, chosen and presented by show sponsors Metzeler, went to Roberto Pellegrini of Italy with his performance bagger, a bike which also took the top prize in the Sport category. His creation is a great showcase of the current hot trend towards highly performance-oriented touring bikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Echoing an African proverb and embodying the spirit of the Harley Owners Group chapters, his eye-catching blue and orange tourer included the following inscription on a plaque under the saddle: \u201cIl diasit seul on va plus vite, ensemble on va plus loin\u201d (\u201cHe said, alone we go faster, together we go further&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall People&#8217;s Choice award, collated from the votes given by the audience at the show, went to a non-professional build: an eye-catching pink-and-chrome Sportster<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> from Germany\u2019s Britta Feldwisch, the \u201cPink Lady\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other exceptional builds taking awards included Boccin Custom Cycles\u2019, with a blend of the old and the new, representing the creativity of Venice in the form of a 1947 Knucklehead engine with a sculpted Murano glass tank, which took top prize in the Classic category; Ica Shlajferica from Croatia, who took the Cruiser category win with \u201cGentleman Jack\u201d, showing off an amazing tank with embedded whisky and cigars; and Nicola Domeneghetti, who took the win in the highly-contested Tourer category.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Overall placings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best In Show<\/strong>: Mirko Perugini, Italy<br><strong>Metzeler Judges Choice<\/strong>: Roberto Pellegrino, Italy<br><strong>Peoples Choice<\/strong>: Britta Feldwisch, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cruiser<\/strong><br>Ica Shlajferica, Croatia<br>Gorazd Bikermaniac, Slovenia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Classic<\/strong><br>Boccin BCC, Italy<br>Boccin BCC, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tourer<\/strong><br>Nicola Domeneghetti, Italy<br>Axel Scherer, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sport<\/strong><br>Roberto Pellegrino, Italy<br>Ica Shlajferica, Croatia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Radical Custom<br><\/strong>Mirko Perugini, Italy<br>Ned A, Kuwait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"5158\" src=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC07319-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5158\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"5157\" src=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JR709215-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5157\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"5156\" 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