Ransom "Wheelz"
Heth
Paralyzed Wheels
Foundation
Wayland, Michigan
Ten years ago
Ransom "Wheelz" Heth became a "former" biker. A crash on his bike left
him paralyzed from the chest down, able only to move his eyes and left
hand.
Undeterred
and determined to be in the wind again, he soon started drawing a blue
print for a trike he was going to build, piece by piece and part by part
- by himself. It took him 14 months to finish his Cadillac trike, "Bad
To The Bone", but the day finally came when he could take off - Wheelz
hasn't looked back since.
In that
spirit, Wheelz has set another goal for himself. He has started a non-profit
organization, the Paralyzed Wheels Foundation (PWF), which helps other
"former" bikers, those who have spinal cord injuries or other handicaps,
get back into the wind. But trikes cost money, and for that purpose Wheelz
has planned a cross-country pilgrimage on Bad To The Bone, visiting each
and every biker event possible, to raise funds for and publicize his new
organization.
Wheelz invites
every club or organization to hold fundraising events or to just travel
with him for a few miles when he comes through their towns or counties
in order to show their support and help make it possible for less fortunate
brothers and sisters to ride.
On the way,
however, he found out that while it only takes a quick second to be doomed
to a life in a wheelchair, it takes a long time and hard work to help others
out of that wheelchair. But Wheelz is determined to make PWF for the biking
world what Bad To The Bone has become for him: Freedom.
--Shufflehead
November 1989
Copyright © 2003 Chariot-R-Trikes,
Ransom Manufacturing Co. and Brotherhood Mobility
Fund
Chariot-R-Trikes, Ransom Manufacturing Co.
and Brotherhood Mobility Fund
are not affiliated with Harley Davidson
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