MOTO PHOTOS: 2018 Custom Built Show, Bogotá, Colombia
A tall and tough Honda XR400 by Ace Customs that took third place
Written by Marlon Slack
I?ve got so many stories about my time in Colombia. Some of it will have to wait until the statute of limitations passes. Some of it is a blur. I was crippled by soroche, struck down by the flu and found myself in the middle of Colombia?s national holiday. A holiday that had missile-launcher-toting soldiers on DR650?s patrolling the streets. A lot of it feels like a fevered dream. But I?m here to talk about the inaugural Custom Built Show Bogotá.
It?s kind of insane to think this – but it?s the first custom show run in Colombia. In a country of nearly 50 million people and in the third biggest city in the Americas. It?s amazing to think that something like the Custom Built Show Bogotá (CBS) hasn?t been attempted before. Especially considering the amount of motorcycles in the country. A WR450 by Ace Customs. Stupidly quick
They?re everywhere. There?s people commuting. Running errands. Working. People of all shapes and sizes on every kind of bike you can imagine. Sports bikes, nakeds, trailies, smoking old two strokes and countless fluorescent police riding two up on DR250s. Motorcyclists are an ingrained part of Bogotá traffic, weaving their way between the heaving, swerving mass of cars that clog the streets.
But amazingly, custom motorcycles just aren?t a thing there. People often view a bike as a practical necessity. They?re cheap to run. Cheap to insure. They can make good ...
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