Custom Motorcycle Builders Mix with Fans at Flying Piston Breakfast Benefit During Sturgis 75th Rally
Custom Motorcycle Builders Mix with Fans at Flying Piston Breakfast Benefit During Sturgis 75th Rally
The Buffalo Chip hosts at Exclusive Preview of “Motorcycles As Art” Show
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 8, 2014 – Join renowned U.S. and international custom builders and industry luminaries for a Meet & Greet breakfast and an advance viewing of the Buffalo Chip’s Motorcycles As Art Exhibit, curated by Michael Lichter. All 30+ custom builders will be together in one place to shake hands, sign autographs and pose for pictures with attendees. Meet the Chip’s own Rod “Woody” Woodruff, Photographer Michael Lichter, and special surprise guests.
Attendees get the inside scoop directly from the builders on the one-off customs in the 75th Rally Motorcycle As Art Show. Meet the likes of Billy Lane, Brian Klock, Roland Sands, Brian Fuller, Jim Nasi, Ken Nagai, Paul Cox, Paul Yaffe, and Shinya Kimura while bidding on an array of auction items and enjoying catered breakfast. The event, organized by The Flying Piston, takes place Sunday, August 2 at the Russ Brown Event Center on the west end of the Buffalo Chip; tickets are $20.
The theme of Motorcycles As Art this year is, “The Naked Truth.” Emphasizing bare metal customs, this invitation-only event once again showcases the most cutting edge designers, fabricators and builders of today’s custom scene. Presented in a gallery-like setting the motorcycles are surrounded this year by over 100 of Lichter’s original images encompassing his 35 years of photographing motorcycle people, events, and culture.
A limited number of tickets are on sale now for $20 each at www.buffalochip.com. All proceeds from the breakfast benefit the Buffalo Chip’s scholarship fund established to help high school graduates and U.S. military veterans pursue motorcycling as a career. Silent auction items are provided by Harley-Davidson Footwear, Revere Seats, Painter Darren McKeag, Low Brow Artist Atomic Bob, Aeromach and more.
To learn more, donate auction items, or attend, contact: Marilyn Stemp, 828-205-8482, marilynstemp@gmail.com
About The Sturgis Buffalo Chip
The Sturgis Buffalo Chip is the Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™. It is the world’s first and leading entertainment destination for the motorcycle enthusiast. Established in 1981, the venue’s high-profile, nine-day festival, known as The Best Party Anywhere™, remains one of the world’s most televised and longest running independent music festivals. Buffalo Chip guests have the freedom to party and play while experiencing world-class concerts, outrageous events, moving freedom celebrations, thrilling PowerSports and more. Located three miles east of Sturgis, SD on 600 creek-fed acres, it offers cabins, RVs, camping, a swimming hole, bars, mouth-watering food, showers, paved roads, and more to visitors traveling from all corners of the world. The Chip’s concerts are free with camping. More details are available at www.BuffaloChip.com.
About Motorcycles as Art
Every year the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s indoor Motorcycles as Art exhibition presents a changing conceptual theme that brings together the most innovative collection of groundbreaking custom bikes from today’s premier builders with artwork from the most famed moto-artists. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip and curator, famed photographer Michael Lichter, present an environment that must be seen to appreciate. Free to the public and open for just 9 days during the Sturgis Rally, take your time and walk through history in the making that is the Motorcycles as Art exhibit.
About The Flying Piston
The Flying Piston is an organization that produces charitable events to assist in raising awareness and funds for non-profits and individuals in the biker community. Contact: Marilyn Stemp, 828-205-8482, marilynstemp@gmail.com.