The 30th edition of The KICKBACK Custom Classic Show took place at the Three Counties Showground in Great Malvern in April. Set out in five event halls, over 6,000 bike lovers came to enjoy the stunt shows, burnouts, Harley-Davidson ride demos, hot rods and custom cars, and most importantly, check out the 250 or so custom bikes and classic gems on display.
KICKBACK also hosted the 2025 National Championships featuring the finest custom bikes, choppers, streetfighters, classics, and hot rods — over 200 finalists this year.
There was also a special exhibition of bikes from our friends at Butchered Classics — purists beware!
The judging took place on the Saturday with awards on Sunday. A judging panel of 12 previous winners and custom bike journalists got to work with their score sheets.
Today, we’re thrilled to showcase the winners and runners-up in each class. Also, makes sure to make your calendars for KICKBACK Shows at Gloucester Prison in July and Sammy Miller’s Motorcycle Museum in September — full details at the bottom of this article. As always, for info and tickets, visit kickbackshow.com.
BEST IN SHOW
Best in Show was awarded to Larry Houghton and his team at Lamb Engineering from Salisbury. “The Comet” is a one-off custom Norton Rotary powered custom.
BEST CUSTOM BIKE, UNCATEGORIZED
James Rogers: Triumph Twin Engine
Runner-up Larry Houghton: Norton Rotary
BEST TRACKER
Richard Bloomfield: BSA A65 (Featured here on BikeBound!)
Runner up: Tony Fishlock, Honda 650
BEST BUTCHERED CLASSIC
Ian Jevon: Kawasaki Z1000MK2
Runner up: Phil Larkin, Suzuki GT750 JPS
BEST CLASSIC BIKE
Steve Fox: Honda CB550
Runner up: Gary Jenkins, Triumph 6T
BEST CAFE RACER
Matthew Dean: 1965 Dresda Triton, Supercharged
Runner up: Stuart Crawley, Honda CB550 (Featured here on BikeBound!)
BEST STREETFIGHTER
George at Wicked Motorcycles / Paint by Jodie Griffin: Suzuki GSX-R1100 “in 2D”
Runner up: James Kelly, Kawasaki ZZ-R750
BEST CUSTOM HARLEY
Paul Bromhead: Heritage Softail
Runner up: Doug Burridge, 1942 WLC
BEST BOBBER
Lee Jones: Yamaha XVS 1100
Runner up: David Gallier, Triumph 5TA
BEST YOUNG BUILDER
Harry Whittle: Yamaha AT2
Runner up: Ella Middleton, Yamaha TDR 250
BEST HOT ROD
Andy Murrell: Ford Consul
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Upcoming Shows
KICKBACK CUSTOM SHOW
Choppers, Bobbers and Hot Rods
INSIDE GLOUCESTER PRISON
GL1 2JN
Gloucestershire UK
SUNDAY 6 JULY 2025
KICKBACK SHOW AT SAMMY MILLER’S MOTO MUSEUM
Custom Bikes and Classic Gems
New Milton Hampshire UK
BH25 5SZ
SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2025
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Web: www.kickbackshow.com
Facebook: KICKBACK: THE Custom Bike Show
Instagram: @kickback.custom.bike.show
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It was certainly a great event and beautiful motorcycles.
Better coverage than most news letters
But best in show ? It’s more klown bike .