Bike lovers, artists and designers with a passion for creating one of a kind motorcycles are invited to showcase their artistic and engineering talent again this year at the Custom Bike Build Championship on 26 October 2013 during Gulf Bike Week. In 2012, over 70 bikes across 13 classes entered the competition and were crowned the best in their respective class, with an overall winner selected at the end to win the coveted Custom Bike Building Championship.

This year again, custom motorcycles entries will be judged within the class they are in. Classes consist of: Vintage, comprising of every motorcycle before 1985; 3-Wheeler; Sportbike; Streetfighter; Radical Sportbike; Stock Metric V-Twin; Stock US V-Twin; Metric Touring; US Touring; Sportster; V-Rod; Modified V-Twin; and Radical Custom. Additionally, all motorcycles will be judged to determine the winner of the Best Paint Job and the Overall Show Winner.

Bikes will be judged based on overall harmony, modifications, style, finish, paint-jobs, wiring, self-made improvements, technical work on the frame, engine, suspension and breaks, metal work, and style innovation.

Contestants participating in the Custom Bike Building Championship need to specify the selected class of their motorcycle. All competing bikes must register between 10:00am and 12:30pm on Saturday, 26 October, at the Gulf Bike Week Bike Park. Every competing vehicle has to run in order to quality for participation in the competition. Contestants need to be aware that the Chief Judge has the right to change the class of a bike should he see fit, specifically in the case of engine and frame modifications.