Australian Motorcyclist Magazine

"Well, it was a difficult job but I finally chose 'Titanium V' by Paul Milbourn as my choice - and it is clear that I was not alone in my admiration for Paul's work as he went on to scoop the win in the Street Performance Class.

Paul went entirely his own way with this design. He chose a fine target on which to focus his ideas - a Moto Guzzi engine - and executed his mission of making the machine as light as possible.

The Guzzi is an often over looked and underrated platform for customization but the symmetry of its unique layout delivers possibilities that are very different to other engines.

Paul not only succeeded in his light weight mission but managed to create a truly unique and beautiful bike in the process. "

J. Peter "The Bear" Thoeming is founder and Editor Emeritus ("No care, no responsibility") of Australia's top motorcycle magazine Australian Motorcyclist.

He has been writing about bikes since he rode a Honda XL250 around the globe in the late '70s and aside from his magazine work has a newspaper column and several books on the subject to his credit. He spent years trying to build the bike that he always wanted - until Harley-Davidson finally built for him in the shape of the Sportster Seventy-Two.