Graphic/Poster courtesy of Salty Cycles LLC. The 6th annual Downtown Mayhem Biker Bash will take place on Saturday, May 17 from noon to 10 p.m. This years biker bash will feature the Ives Brothers Wall of Death.
By Emmie Amezola
The 6th annual Downtown Mayhem Biker Bash is this Saturday from noon to 10 p.m. The annual community gathering is hosted by Salty Cycles LLC.
“This event is about community and motorcycles, of course,” Tammy Ward-Railsack said. Ward-Railsack is in charge of sales, marketing and events for Salty Cycles.
This year’s event’s main attraction is the world-famous Ives Brothers Wall of Death.
“They are a nationwide attraction,” Ward-Railsack said. “They travel coast to coast as a family. They’ve been in business since 1911.”
Salty Cycles plans to close Poplar St. and Sherman St. for the attraction. The group will have a 50-by-50-foot wooden circular wall and ride on the side of it. There will be four free featured showtimes for the Wall of Death: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
“It is very, very cool,” Ward-Railsack said. “If you want to tip them, they’ll come up and take the money out of your hand, or if you want to order a t-shirt, they will take the $20 out of your hand while on the motorcycle and run back up the wall on the motorcycle and give you your shirt.”
At 12:30, Salty Cycles will reveal the Bretz Injury Law Bike custom bike build.
“So we’ve been building this bike for a while, and it is totally custom and it is totally kickass,” Ward-Railsack said. “We have really worked hard on this bike.”
The Biker Bash will also feature a burnout competition at 3 p.m. on the corner of Sherman and Poplar. First-place winners will receive $500, and second-place winners will receive $200. There will also be a $100 prize for first place in the kids’ bracket.
The event will also feature motorcycle and regular vendors, a kids zone, the Salty Saloon and a live performance by The Penguins. The Salty Saloon will be open all day to serve cold drinks throughout the event, and The Penguins, who are from Lawrence, will take the stage at 6 p.m.
“We are going to have vendors all day,” Ward-Railsack said. “We are going to have a kids zone with face painting. Guardians of the Children will bring their little kitty train. Hutchinson Fire Department is bringing an engine for kids to touch and play on, and then Durham School Bus is going to bring, hopefully, the Hutchinson School bus that the kids designed a route for.”
The event schedule is available on the event’s Facebook page. Salty Cycles LLC is located at 129 E. Sherman St.
“It will just be all day fun,” Ward-Railsack said.
