RVer Brings Harley Davidson Up To Speed

I pulled into an RV park in Arizona the other day and parked next to Wayne (Speed) Hanson. His very successful business has him on the road doing motorcycle shows about eight months a year. Speed specializes in upgrading Harley Davidson Motorcycles with engine rebuilds that dramatically increase power and performance. He is an inspiration to work campers because he found a way to make the RV lifestyle pay. The business started off in a small town in South Dakota where he was in competition with two other motorcycle shops. Then he decided instead of waiting for customers to come to him, he would bring his shop to them. He lives in this very nice custom built RV on a Freightliner chassis with a 500 HP Detroit diesel engine. It has two huge slides making this RV like an apartment. With a manual transmission he gets 7.6 miles per gallon while towing his trailer/shop.

His trailer/shop is a double decker inside housing product in the loft and a full motorcycle shop in the bottom. The mobile shop has a dynamometer tuning machine to help make a cranky Harley run like a champ. At a show they can install aftermarket products like blowers, heads, carb kits, fuel injection kits, and exhaust products, then demonstrate your gain in performance on the mobile dynamometer. If you have a Harley that needs help - check out Speed’s website here: Speed’s Performance Plus
Speed helped raise $350,000 for the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana. In a collaborative effort with Lucas Oil he put the engine, transmission and drive train into a motorcycle built for the “Miracle Ride” raffle fund raising event. Every year over 7,000 motorcycle riders gather at the hospital for this fund raising event. Because of their help, Riley is ranked one of the top Children’s hospitals in the country.
I bring this story to your attention because you may want to consider taking your job on the road. Thousands of people just like you make a handsome living working on the RV road. Speed was able to build a healthy business by bringing his skills to the people instead of waiting for them to come to him. This was only possible because of the RV lifestyle. I meet hundreds of RV work campers each year and they all love what they are doing because they are doing what they love and getting paid. Reporting from the crossroads of America - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing