Cool. I like that you want to give back to the sponsors.
Talking about bikes with empty motors.
In 93 this rich dude here in SA (daddy's money) saw an ad in an American Magazine.
There was this show winning bike for sale. It was painted to look like a WW11 fighter plane.
Rich dude calls, sends money and a while later the crate arrives on a plane.
It arrived at the shop where I was building my first custom gas tank and fenders for a client.
Long story short, rich dude wanted to take a 120 mile ride to the casino and it wouldn't run.
Expert after expert arrived and no luck so the old dude who owned the establishment suggested
they pull one of the heads and check.
Off came the tank and the "experts" got to work. No Pistons, no rods. Rich guy was furious so he calls
the seller. The reply was that the ad said "Show winning Harley Davidson custom". Nowhere did it say running!!!!.
I laughed hard and still do every time I think of that bike. It took a new motor and gearbox to get the thing going.
I think the rich guy rode two or three times before he sold it.
Those were the days. The local "builders" didn't use Loctite either.