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Steel, consumables, tools, and shop time. Every dollar goes through the We Have Your 6 fund at the Community Foundation of Orange & Sullivan.
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Bringing veterans together through motorcycles
Some wounds don't show on an X-ray. Combat Customs gives veterans living with post-traumatic stress a shop to work in, a trade to learn, and a crew that gets it — one bolt, one build, one brother or sister at a time.
01 The Program
A healthy shop,
a real skill,
a reason to show up.
Combat Customs is a program of We Have Your 6 that offers an outlet for veterans suffering from PTSD to work together in a healthy shop setting, while learning applicable real-world skills.
The garage does what a waiting room can't. Hands stay busy. Talk comes easy. Nobody has to explain the thousand-yard part. A veteran who won't sit in a circle and share will absolutely spend four hours arguing about carb jetting — and leave lighter than they came in.
Every bike that rolls out of the shop was built by people who served, for people who served. No experience required. Bring yourself.
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Show up
Walk in cold. No intake packet, no diagnosis required, no cost to the veteran. Coffee's on.
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Get your hands dirty
Teardown, wiring, fab, paint, pinstriping, final assembly. You learn by doing it next to someone who already has.
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Build the skill
Wrenching is a trade. What's learned on the bench travels — to a job, a side hustle, a garage of your own.
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Keep the crew
The build ends. The unit doesn't. Rides, rallies, and a phone that gets answered at 2 a.m.
02 The Shop
“Work together in a healthy shop setting.”
— the whole idea, in eight words
22veterans lost to suicide every day, nationwide*
$0cost to any veteran who walks into the shop
100%volunteer-run — We Have Your 6 takes no salaries
*U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Suicide Data Report.
03 Gallery
Shop nights, builds
& the people in them
Photos courtesy of We Have Your 6 / Combat Customs. Riedl Rally photography by Lisa O.
04 Our Parent
We Have
Your 6
Combat Customs runs under We Have Your 6 — a Hudson Valley nonprofit committed to improving the lives of those living with post-traumatic stress.
We Have Your 6 makes sure veterans and first responders living with PTS get the resources and support to restore emotional and physical independence, and fights the stigma around mental health through local events, fundraising, and community partnerships. It is a component fund of the Community Foundation of Orange & Sullivan — so donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
05 Get Involved
Four ways to stand watch
Donate a bike or parts
Running, wrecked, or a pile of boxes — a donated machine becomes a teaching platform and a project a veteran can own.
Start the conversationVolunteer your trade
Mechanics, fabricators, painters, upholsterers, electricians, and anyone willing to sweep the floor and listen.
Get involved ↗Sponsor a build
Businesses fund a full build or a rally. Your name rides on the bike and stands with the people who served.
Talk sponsorship06 Get Help
If today is
a hard day
Call. It's answered by people who have been where you are. You don't have to be in crisis to reach out, and you don't have to be alone with it.
- Veterans Crisis Line 988 then press 1 24/7 · Text 838255 · Confidential
- Vet 2 Vet Warm Line (914) 519-8097 Veteran-to-veteran peer support
- Combat Customs · Bike Mike (914) 482-3829 The shop directly — come wrench, or just talk
07 Contact
Come by
the shop
Questions about joining, donating a bike, volunteering, or sponsoring a build — reach out through We Have Your 6 and we'll get you to the right person.
Bike Mike(914) 482-3829
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WhereHudson Valley, New York