Indian Motorcycle to Sponsor Annual Flood Run Charity Ride

Indian Motorcycle announced it will again serve as the title sponsor of the 2019 Flood Run on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Thousands of motorcyclists will hit the road for a ride along the Mississippi River in support of Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare.

The Flood Run has been a biannual tradition which has supported great causes since 1965. The day’s events begin at 8 a.m. with breakfast and activities at Beach Bar and Grill in Lake St Croix Beach, Minnesota, including featured guest Cameron “Cam,” a dynamic patient of Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare. Cam’s artwork will be showcased on t-shirts available for purchase at the Beach Bar and other locations along the route.

Riders depart at 10:30 a.m. The entire route covers 218 miles along the Mississippi River in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. A ride within the run, called the Gold Star Run, gives those riders who pay to complete the entire ride a special pin to recognize their accomplishment. Those not looking to complete the entire run have the ability to cross the river at other locations to form a shorter loop.

Official Flood Run booths are located at the Beach Bar and Grill in Lake St. Croix Beach, MN; the Nauti Hawg in Diamond Bluff, WI; Maiden Rock, WI; and Buck’s Bar and Grill in Minneiska, MN. Riders may pick up their wristbands or Flood Run collectables at any of these booths. Gold Star cards are sold at the Beach Bar.

Additionally, IARG, a motorcycle group for the Twin Cities area, will be hosting a raffle in conjunction with the Flood Run to benefit Operation: 23 to Zero, a non-profit which works to prevent veteran and military suicide. The prize is a 2019 Indian Scout donated by Indian Motorcycle. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at several locations along the run with the drawings to be held at the evening celebration at the Beach Bar and Grill starting at 7 p.m.

Link: Flood Run, Indian Motorcycle

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame recently named Marilyn Stemp and Steve Piehl to its board of directors.

Stemp is a pioneering figure in the motorcycle industry, founding IronWorks Magazine with her late husband, Dennis, and becoming the first female editor of a nationally circulated, mainstream motorcycle magazine. She also revived their trade magazine, Iron Trader News; edits the monthly Kiwi Indian News; contributes to several powersports media outlets; and is the founding editor of Sturgis Rider Daily. Stemp is a noted editor and writer of several motorcycle-focused books. Her consistent support for charitable efforts in the industry include the annual Biker Belles Celebration, Las Vegas BikeFest and as campaign chair for the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum’s development plan in 2014. She co-founded the Flying Piston charity events taking place in Daytona and Sturgis each year and is a National Ambassador for All Kids Bike. Stemp was inducted into both the Las Vegas Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Sturgis Museum's Hall of Fame in 2018, and in 2022 she was recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in Powersports by DealerNews.