When I opened Skidmark, I would never heard of HGR.
The beauty of Skidmark Garage is the willingness of everyone to help each other.
Skidmark now has 10 fully stocked bays,
but it will be 12 bays in another month or so.
Since opening Skidmark in spring 2015,
there have been a few people who have effectively abandoned their motorcycles.
Thankfully, Soulcraft
found the perfect insurance company for them, and they were able to insure Skidmark, as well.
I'm just as happy to see the members of Skidmark Garage ride out on something they built or fixed themselves.
Otherwise, Skidmark Garage can be reclassified as a traditional mechanic's garage
and subject to all kinds of city, county, and state regulations.
Once they experience real learning inside the Skidmark CLE mobile shop class,
they will be eager to learn in other areas of their lives.
Soulcraft Woodshop has virtually the same business model as Skidmark Garage(member-based and DIY),
and we were in the same building previous to the current location.
The liability on such a
business was a huge concern- not only for Skidmark Garage,
but for the other 40 community motorcycle garages around the world.
(Ironically when we were asked to take a look at the ACX Crystal/USS Fitzgerald collision I
had to blow the dust of the old time"no Skidmark" collision analysis methods.).
MOTUL Oil is coming into Skidmark to
offer free oil changes to the members of Skidmark, and during Fuel Cleveland there will be a few demonstrations/workshops in which to take part.