Lignano Sabbiadoro, Day 1: It's really happening!
Biker Fest 34 Italy 2020 is “ON”
What no one thought possible this year has begun:
the Italian “Biker Festival” will take place from September 17th to 20th, 2020...
It was considered a “mission impossible”, but the Persello family, long-time publishers of “Bikers Life”, “Kustom”, worked on it: on Thursday September 17th, the Biker Fest 34 in Lignano and is on three Days of racing, bike shows and custom bike fun prepared. The program has been somewhat reduced in size as the usual “crowd magnets” such as stunt shows and freestyle motocross are missing because “crowds” are not a welcome effect and other events have failed for this reason alone.
However, demo rides and stands are available as always, a stylish face mask for bikers is the new top seller and the traditional relaxed Thursday featured a fairly busy car park in the evening hours.
35 of over 70 custom bikes have already been placed in the Custom Show, including many new bikes built during the harsh Italian “lockdown” from spring to summer.
Corona distance rules are posted everywhere and you have your temperature taken at the entrance (while the September days are still hot for swimming in the sea!). Most bikers followed the rules. We'll see what happens when the crowd gets bigger!
All public regulations are followed and, given the difficult time that the western part of Northern Italy had in the spring, discipline seems to be high among Italian bikers. Bikerfest 34” will probably be a milestone in these sad times to prove what can be possible.
Believe it or not, the show is ON!
Text and image credits: Horst Rösler
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