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When Al Best heads out on the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) tomorrow he’ll be alongside greater than 900 bikers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand who’ve raised over $80,000 in direction of males’s health this 12 months. And he’ll be driving a brand new bike constructed only for the event.

“The design concept is for a ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ vehicle,” Best says.

“It’s a metaphor to get people off the couch and put down their phones and enjoy life through motorcycling.”

Dubbed the “Zombie Tracker”, Best’s bike is a customized construct based mostly on a Street Scrambler 900 donated by Triumph NZ for the DGR.

Best approached Triumph via his journal Submachine with the idea to design and construct the Zombie Tracker in time for tomorrow’s ride.

“They loved the idea, supplied me with the Street Scrambler and left me to it.”

The course of has been a collaboration of concepts and expertise, bringing individuals collectively to make it occur, Best says.

“A small community has formed around this motorcycle and my hope is that it draws attention to the DGR, which raises millions of dollars each year for men’s health through the Movember Foundation.”

A graphic and positive artist, Best is captivated with “art, cars, motorcycles and optimism”, issues that he describes as “The Community of the Cool”. His ardour was each day actuality when he launched Submachine in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic final 12 months.

“I was advised against it but the response has been humbling. I have met so many talented people and their stories and feedback from readers have been amazing.”

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride was impressed by {a photograph} of uber-cool fictional character Don Draper from the TV collection Mad Men. Sydneysider Mark Hawwa noticed Draper sitting on a 1957 Matchless bike, “wearing his finest suit”, and the themed rally connecting motorbike fans all over the world whereas elevating cash “to support the men in our lives” was born.

A decade later, the DGR boasts it has raised greater than $50 million with 340,000 riders participating in 115 international locations all over the world.

Covid has, in fact, marred the image after the height of 116,000 riders from 678 cities raised $9.5m in 2019. The 2020 ride was a solo and digital affair, however final 12 months 65,000 riders took half in restricted quantity occasions and practically $6.5m was raised for males’s health charities.

For Best, participating in and supporting occasions just like the DGR is a metaphysical expertise.

“Submachine relates to humans being part of the machine. We’re all machines, if you like, but without us, the machines don’t do anything. They’re just inanimate objects.

“Events just like the DGR have been good for males of a sure age to reconnect after dedicating their lives to work and elevating households. It’s good for his or her mental health.

“The positive mental health benefits seen in the motorcycle community are well documented but I hope to inspire people to seek out creativity where they can. It could be life drawing, basket weaving or a welding course.

“These issues are good for the soul.”

Check out more on the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride https://www.gentlemansride.com/ and see how Al Best put the Zombie Tracker together at https://www.facebook.com/submachinemagazine

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