18k
Ride4humanity miles in a year, 12.5k since August 1st, and 9.2k
miles since leaving New York in September on a 2015 Indian Roadmaster.
But
first, Brandon would like to thank Indian
Motorcycle Marketing Managers Julie Elepano and Robert Pandya for being
generous enough to let him use a brand new 2015 Press Bike (only 1 of 10 in the
states) to continue his pet rescue journey across the country.
If you
recall back in September, SuperArtBike, Brandon’s Charity built motorcycle was
stolen from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Brandon woke up the day of service and
departure 3 hours before he was slated to leave, when his bike was missing from
the front sidewalk parking spot protected by multiple cameras. After crossing so many state lines and
pictures through towns. Last thing Brandon thought was that someone would lift
his charity themed Superbike right from the surveillances.
First
his dog and now his custom motorcycle. Brandon the inventor of PETaPOTTY,
founder of SKYBARK and winner of the 2010 Ride4Haiti’s custom motorcycle, lost
his dog in 2010, while throwing NYC's largest dog party in the penthouse of the
Hotel Pennsylvania during Westminster, where Brandon rented out all three
ballrooms to showcase his "dog club". His Beth Stern hosted NYC
SKYBARK event had over 750 people with dogs in hand and strutting his red
carpet. The next morning he received the heart-breaking call from his
girlfriend in Los Angeles who said that "his dog was missing".
Brandon’s
mission soon after is to ride cross-country to spread awareness for this cause,
and rides to benefit Best Friends Animal Society "Adopt, Spey, Neuter and
Micro Chip your Dog" So that nobody has to be heartbroken the way he has.
Held up
in Brooklyn for nearly a month with all the hope of gaining some leads. Brandon
was ready to throw in the towel and book a flight home. Literally, on the phone
with Jet Blue, when the other line rang with Robert Pandya and the amazing news
of being able to loan a brand new 2015 Indian Roadmaster. Not just a bike to
complete the cross-country trek. However, “the most luxurious motorcycle Indian
Motorcycle has made to date!”-Robert
Being
blessed with such an amazing motorcycle, Brandon couldn’t resist taking the
longest ways home hitting every pass and never passing on opportunity to hit
some highlighted motorcycle routes. Having such a luxurious motorcycle with
heated seats and grips made for pleasant riding wherever his bars would lead
him. As long as he was heading in the general direction, he knew he could hit
areas that haven’t been seen by Ride4Humanity riders yet and cover more turf.
Getting
ready to return the Indian Motorcycle back to Indian and gearing up for the
snow season, Brandon Hochman has one last goal in mind, being so close to the
10k mile mark in less then 3 months, Brandon will set out on one last 1000 mile
pledge. Brandon will embark once again on another awareness journey. Setting
out to engage in new territory –Original
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