Over a glass of wine, motorcycle enthusiasts Willy Ransfield and Natalie Rogers came up with an idea to help spark today's Ride Safe On Ya Bike Mystery Charity Ride to raise funds for Cranford Hospice - and the idea ended up in the US where it got the official nod.
An official nod from Indian Motorcycles.
Organised by the Hawke's Bay British American Motorcycle Club, tomorrow's run is the second to be staged with last year's event bringing about 400 motorcycles together and netting around $8000 for the hospice. Mr Ransfield is hoping to draw more than 400 bikes this year for what will now become a biannual event.
He said he and his business partner Ms Rogers wanted to create a different approach which added some good value for raising funds for the charity.
So they figured getting people to donate $5 to Cranford in return for the chance to win a brand new $30,000 Indian V-twin motorcycle would get plenty of interest stirred up.