From Aberdeen, South Dakota these 2 pictures taken by a temperature of 36F below! where you can see 18-year old Ryan Mackey (between Carl & Matt Olsen), the winner of the AMCA Youth Program Give Away Bike, posing front of the Harley WLA bike he fabricated and built. The bike is entirely made up of parts donated from members and businesses in the Antique Motorcycle Club of America. If you want to see a daily log of his 1st built trials and tribulations, just log on to Antique Motorcycle Bulletin Board.
AMCA Winner 18-Year Old Ryan Mackey First Motorcycle Built
Published by January 21st, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.14 Responses to “AMCA Winner 18-Year Old Ryan Mackey First Motorcycle Built”
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Keep up the good work Ryan. You live in the right place for those long winter projects.
Great work, Ryan! It’s kids like you that when I see and Hear about, gives me Faith in Your Generation. Keep doing what you Love to do and HANG WITH THE WINNERS ! Most important don’t play with dope!
Looks good so far, and he’s got great teachers there to guide him through the build.
Great job on a great scoot. Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy a life of riding.
Way to go Ryan….. !!!
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Looking good so far! BadMonkeyMW’s got it right about some great teachers there to guide you..congrats again on your winning essay! Roadside
Cyril, just discovered your blog. Excellent.
Carl and Matt are top notch folks and Ryan is off to a great start. It is great that Ryan won something and had to work for it and even better when 2 guys give their time, skills and I’m sure many parts that the bike kit didn’t include unselfishly. All 3 are awesome.
nice scoot, i like your style.
good to see youngins building
Dear Ryan Gary Bang here most people have never heard of Aberdeen South Dakota. I have to say I have as I was born their 72 years ago my dad ran the old Movie theatre I would guess it is no longer their. Like you I did dream real big maybe it could be the water and it could lead to good things. Good Start and the best of Luck. Gary Bang
With Carl and Matt in your corner, you can’t go wrong. Congrats, Ryan, on the bike as well as the chance of a lifetime to work with those two. It looks like you put the time to good use!
Ryan did an amazing job in his first five weeks of shop time. We had to retube half of the back part of the frame, fit the sheetmetal and rebuild the motor. I am really happy with how the whole project worked out. Ryan plans on riding the bike to sturgis with our crew next year.
Gary,
Are you talking about the capitol theatre? It is still there, they do plays and movies once in a while. It is a cool place.
This is great! Of course I believe strongly in getting our youth into the industry and especially the vintage motorcycles. It’s important for them to understand, repect and remember where all this came from and how it has come to where it is today.
Great job, the future can be bright with talent like this.
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What type of clutch actuation are ya going for…..?
(foot or hand)
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