Jeff Bushey, 2025 AHRMA Trustee Candidate – West

Hi, my name is Jeff Bushey and it is an honor to be running for the western position of AHRMA’s board of trustees. I
live in a small town in far northern California, born and raised as a farmer and rancher. In December of 2023 I
retired from a 23-year career with Cal Fire (California’s state fire department) as a HFEO (heavy fire equipment
operator). Now that I’m retired, I will have the time to dedicate to my passions, mostly motorcycles. AHRMA has
been an especially important part of my life for the last 16 years. I love the people, the sport, the passion they have
for the sport, the fact that it is run by volunteers and that people are volunteering just because it is fun and
enjoyable to help and see others enjoying themselves.

I have participated and volunteered in Vintage Cross Country, MX, and Trials, but love all things motorcycle and
racing. Although there isn’t the presence that the eastern part of the country has, AHRMA Cross Country is
something I’ve been particularly committed to growing since I began laying out courses and organizing AHRMA
Cross Country events in the west over 10 years ago.

I appreciate what the AHRMA founding fathers went through to create a “member-owned association dedicated to
enhancing the sport of HISTORIC MOTORCYLE racing and the enjoyment of riders and spectators” (a quote from the AHRMA handbook). AHRMA in recent years has made impressive progress in keeping the financial part heading in the right direction. More attention can be given to making our organization live within its means in the future, while working to increase sponsorships and other income opportunities. For many years some have told us that AHRMA could and should be on the world stage, on television, bringing in spectators “by the thousands”. For the most part, AHRMA is a participant sport, not a spectator sport on a large scale, other than family spectators. The focus should be on how the experience can be improved for the participant and their families. Goals that are too lofty often take away from this effort and can be costly in failure. Such goals don’t have to be discounted entirely, but I don’t believe they should be a main objective in what we strive for.

If elected, the volunteer work I have been doing since joining AHRMA will not change, and an additional objective as trustee will be to see that AHRMA stays to its original and primary purpose; to showcase old motorcycles and provide its members with great events and the opportunity to race and ride in an appropriate environment for competing on vintage and historic motorcycles.

Jeff Bushey
Member #1012927
jeff_bushey@yahoo.com
530.640.0833