Motorcycle hall of fame announces 2010 inductees

Off the Wire News - General News The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame announced the Hall of Fame inductees for 2010 Feb. 17. The Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame is designed to recognize individuals or groups who have made a long-term positive impact on the motorcycle community.

Nancy Davidson

Nancy Davidson, wife of Willie G. Davidson, is recognized throughout the motorcycling community as a passionate and devoted ambassador for the sport of motorcycling. While she doesn’t ride her own motorcycle, she’s been an inspiration to her children, Bill, Karen and Michael Davidson, and countless women riders as she shared her passion and support for the sport. Nancy Davidson has attended numerous motorcycling events, including some 30 Sturgis Motorcycle Rallies – most times riding to the event from Milwaukee with her husband.

Betsy E. Lister

Betsy Lister has been working to keep bikers informed for more than 20 years. She is the founder of two Web sites – gypsypashn.com and bikerbits.info – that give bikers from all over the country information about rides, rallies, vendor opportunities, biker rights and more. She operates a third Web site providing bikers with information about insurance coverage. Over the years she has volunteered numerous hours to raising awareness for motorcycle safety and motorcycle insurance issues. While logging more than 100,000 motorcycle miles, Lister has founded organizations and rides to raise funds for a variety of charities. She is the biker poet laureate for both Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Ronald McKinley

Ron McKinley spent 20 years as a South Dakota Highway Patrolman, five of them as a motorcycle trooper. Both during his time as a trooper and since his retirement in 1991, McKinley has dedicated himself to motorcycle safety through talks, seminars and safe riding courses. He is a Motorcycle Safety Foundation instructor, serves as the safety officer for four Harley Owners Group (HOG) chapters, teaches Riders Edge safety courses, writes a monthly safety newsletter for 18 groups, has served as a volunteer state safety coordinator for Harley-Davidson Motor Company and teaches for the HOG Primary Officer Training.

Roger Schieman, Founders Award

Roger Schieman has spent countless hours keeping alive the history of motorcycling and the history of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Roger has been a member of the AMA, and as a Jackpine Gypsy for 20 years was instrumental in the operation of races in Sturgis throughout the years, but especially during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Schieman was a founding partner and board member of both motorcycle museums in Sturgis, and still volunteers his time to help make the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame a place where the history of motorcycling and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally can be shared with visitors from all over the world.

Stan Simpson

Stan Simpson’s involvement with motorcycles spans 60 years. From his first Indian Scout ride in 1949, to his present day work improving the direction of the American Motorcyclists Association (AMA), Simpson has been a force in the motorcycle industry. Stan is one of a rare breed that is fully involved with both on-road and off-road motorcycling. He won his first AMA race in 1957, was a local motocross champion, won a national Enduro and was involved in numerous International Six Day Trials (ISDT) teams. Today, Simpson serves as chairman of the board of the AMA, is working tirelessly to expand and improve the motorcycling lifestyle and tries to ride at least 20,000 miles a year on-road and 10,000 miles a year off-road.

‘Kiwi’ Mike Tomas

“Kiwi” Mike Tomas is founder of Kiwi Indian Motorcycle Company and is widely recognized as one of the most knowledgeable experts on classic Indian Motorcycles in the world. Kiwi Indian Motorcycle manufactures four new updated models of classic styled motorcycles that pay tribute to the classic Indians of years past in addition to more than 2,500 different reproduction part numbers. Tomas sponsors race teams and even competes in endurance rides to demonstrate the viability of the classic Indian in today’s world.

The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Breakfast is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City.

Breakfast tickets are available for a $35 donation, tables of eight for $300. Tickets can be purchased through the museum by calling 347.2001 or at www.sturgismuseum.com/cart/


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