Wounded Warrior Project Teams Up With Motorcycle Enthusiasts For Love Ride Grand Finale

On Sunday, October 18, 2015, Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) will be participating in the Love Ride grand finale, a single-day motorcycle fundraising event, and the longest running event of its kind in the world. Since 1981, Love Ride and its supporters have raised more than $24 million for a variety of local and national causes. This year’s Love Ride is concluding decades of charitable work, in conjunction with Southern California Harley-Davidson Dealers Association, will support WWP. Love Ride is a proud advocate of WWP’s purpose to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members.

Grand Marshall Jay Leno and the award-winning Foo Fighters will join to-be-announced special guests in their final Southern California performance of the year. In its three-decade history, the Love Ride has featured a host of celebrity participants such as Malcolm Forbes, Peter Fonda, Larry Hagman, Steven Tyler, David Crosby, Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, and many more.

When participants sign up for the Love Ride, they can support WWP by building a custom fundraising page through the Kintera site. After registering, donors can refer family and friends to their personal pages for contributions. For added fun, Love Ride is offering incentive prizes for different levels of fundraising. All donations will go through the Love Ride Foundation and at the close of the event, 100% of the proceeds will benefit WWP.

Donors can register for Love Ride 32, the Grand Finale by visiting http://www.loveride.org and selecting the “Love Ride Registration” button at the left. The cost of the event is $45 in advance and $60 on the day of the event. All participants who pre-register will receive a “Love Ride 32” patch, and the first 5,000 Love Ride registrants will receive a “Love Ride 32” pin. Love Ride 32 will also include a spectacular opportunity prize raffle. Prizes will include: a Harley-Davidson 2015 Street Glide, a fully paid trip to the HD Manufacturing Factory and Museum with airfare/hotel paid and more.

Participants who wish to attend the Love Ride Foo Fighter concert only can purchase tickets at https://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Register/ECReg.asp?ievent=1137665&en=buJLI0PHIaKUJaMKL9JRL6MUJIKPI5OSInJZKcOX IILRL6OKLaKWJeNRIkKZIiO6G. Love Ride 32 will continue its tradition of kicking off the event with a morning concert with The Long Run – Experience the Eagles, a celebrity-filled press conference followed by a 5-mile motorcycle trek led by Grand Marshal Jay Leno, from Harley-Davidson of Glendale, CA to Castaic Lake State Recreation Area.

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.