Eternal City Moto Show 2026: Workshop Legends

At the end of September, Rome played host to the 10th edition of the Eternal City Moto Show. This year, the venue switched to the legendary Gazometro — a colossal, 90-meter iron structure sometimes known as the “Industrial Colosseum.” The show brings together some 30,000 visitors and 350+ exhibitors in a space that sprawls across 33,000 square meters — more than 350,000 square feet!

Visitors can enjoy demo rides, show bikes, aftermarket exhibits, live music, shopping, food, and more. It was a true “Motorcycle City,” with thousands of bikes and more than 7500 demo rides.

“For the Eternal City Moto Show on its 10th edition, we created ‘The City of Motorcycle’ because of its vastness (more or less 10 hectares) and the different places to visit… it has three floors, outside, on the green, in the indoor pavilions, under the portico, etc.”

Ducati had a special 5000 square-foot exhibition area, and nearly every manufacturer was in attendance: Aprilia, Benda, Benelli, BMW Motorrad, BSA, CFMoto, Cyclone, Ducati, F. B. Mondial, Harley-Davidson, Hero, Honda, Husqvarna, Italjet, Kawasaki, Keeway, Kove, KTM, Morbidelli, Moto Guzzi, Moto Morini, MV Agusta, NIU, Norton, Royal Enfield, Suzuki, SYM, Triumph, Yamaha, Zontes, and more.

Our main interest, however, are the custom bikes. As with the previous editions, there was a “chopper” section and the “Legend Workshop.” Our friend, photographer, and custom-builder Tom Boissel of Cus’Tom Motorcycles was one of the invited builders.

“The Legend Workshop section was led by Andrea ‘Dopz’ of Emporio Elaborazioni, who selected and invited all the motorcycles and builders. The motorcycles were mainly from Italian manufacturers, although some came from renowned builders (USA, Japan, Thailand, Netherlands, etc.).”

We spoke to Dopz about Workshop Legends, which includes special bikes not based on Harley-Davidsons.

“This is the second year I’m overseeing the space as creative director. The show was under a cool portico. We had 30 special bikes and three main guests for Royal Enfield: Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts, Yuichi Yoshizawa of Custom Works Zon, and Wilco Lindener of Nineteen Works.”

The Workshop Legends prize (judged by Rough Crafts, Zon, and 19 Works) went to “Royal Flowers” from Gdesign, a Royal Enfield inspired on flowers.

Workshop Legends prize: “Royal Flowers.” Credit: @action.frame.studio

Meanwhile, the Eternal Iron prize (internal jury) went to the beautiful retro Ducati Monster “Massimo” from Fuchs Workshop.

Sleek, Narrow, Cohesive: Ducati Monster 900ie Café Racer

There were also three “International Picks,” where each judge chooses his favorite build:

Rough Crafts: Ducati “Massimo” from Fuchs Garage.
Custom Works Zon: “Panta Rei” from Office Rossupuro
Nineteen Works: “303” BMW R50 from Boldi Moto

Here are the three international picks — photos by @action.frame.studio.

Other customizers included Simone Conti Moto, Bottega Bastarda, Matteucci Garage, Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche, Gpm motogarage, Manara Moto, Rosati Garage, Moto Doc Paradise, and more. This year, there was also an “Arss Mechanica” art exhibition with Alessio “Tex” Tommasetti and France “Kenturos” Bellesi, who printed their concept bikes and enriched the wall of the Workshop Legends area.

Tom says there was a large crowd from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening — a great atmosphere, lots of magazines, celebrities, influencers, beautiful hostesses, and every night, a great party with plenty of drinks.

Tom: “There was even an Italian police stand displaying various patrol motorcycles from vintage to modern models (Old Guzzi, BMW, etc.) with all the equipment (helmets, suits, etc.), and their new recruits made you want to get pulled over! 😅”

Tom was kind enough to take photos of the custom bikes in attendance. Without further ado, we present Tom’s full gallery of custom bikes from the show.