AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days to Feature ‘Ran When Parked’ Raffle Bike Challenge
The “Ran When Parked” raffle ? a clever idea with a good cause behind it. Good way to raise money and teach people how to keep their motorcycle running. Not to mention it’s all part of an excellent vintage festival.
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The AMA, in conjunction with Skidmark Garage, is offering a 1975 Yamaha DT100 enduro in the “Ran When Parked” Raffle Bike Challenge at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, July 6-8 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
All of the proceeds from the raffle will go to support the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
Additional goals of the project are to successfully repair the raffle bike and teach AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days attendees the value and satisfaction of maintaining a motorcycle themselves. The project is also intended to raise awareness of the growing community garage movement. Skidmark Garage is a community garage in Cleveland, Ohio, where members pay a fee to rent a bay and tool bench stocked with hand tools, lubricants, latex gloves, baggies, torque wrenches, electrical tape, a utility blade, rags and safety goggles.
“One of the main goals of this project is to grow motorcycle ridership,” said Skidmark Garage owner Brian Schaffran. “I hope people walk away being surprised by how much fun it is to get one’s hands dirty and to learn by doing.
“The motorcycle industry’s initial growth took place when people fixed their own machines,” he said. “With the abs...
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