How's this for cool?
The Build Moto Mentor Program
is a Milwaukee-based non-profit outreach organization that pairs six
teams of high-school kids with mentors on a 100-day, after-school bike
restoration project.
Each team gets a barn-find condition Honda CB 160/175, $2,000 in
parts, and the opportunity to be judged in areas of "Performance," "Art
Bike," "Facebook Favorite," and "Best of Show." The bikes are later
raced and displayed at the Iron Horse Hotel (the program's sponsor), the
AHRMA Vintage Classic at Elkhart Lake, and the "Rockerbox" Street
Festival in Milwaukee, among others.
Apart from offering students what Build describes as "the opportunity
to learn vintage bike restoration while developing important business,
trade and interpersonal skills," the 2nd annual program also seems like a
great outlet for guys and girls who are passionate about motorcycles...
all of which begs the question: Why don't more organizations like this
exist?
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