UNCLE SAM JAM CUSTOM & VINTAGE BIKE SHOW

REASONS TO RIDE returns to Uncle Sam Jam - Michigan's LARGEST Free Festival - to host a special AMERICA'S 250 EDITION RTR Bike Show to an already full throttle, non-stop line-up of events for the weekend of July 9-12, 2026. FOLLOW THIS EVENT FOR UPDATES AND MORE INFO AS IT'S ANNOUNCED! RTR The Bike Show will be held on Saturday, July 11th, with registration starting at 10am for the bikes, with the festival opening at noon. The festival is FREE to attend but there is a fee for exhibiting your bike in the show. It's $20 day of the event, but only $15 if you pre-register online and you get a FREE T-shirt and custom lanyard + pin as well! Folks tha don't register in advance, don't get the free t-shirt for showing their bike. It's a RTR BIKE SHOW!!!! As motorcyclists, bikers, or whatever you want to call yourselves – our bikes are often our pride and joy. In many cases, We spend hours after hours, and often dollars after dollars making them our own personal ride. With all that time and effort, why not bring them out and showcase what you’ve done? To that end, we present the REASONS TO RIDE CHAMPIONSHIP BIKE SHOW SERIES!!! The RtR Bike Show Series features local, regional, and nationally recognized shows that all builders and bike owners are encouraged to participate in. Vintage, metric, v-twin, customs, restored antiques, “resto-mods”, trikes, and radicals – they are all welcome to the show. Each bike show is also a qualifier for our Championship Shows – both the State Show and the National Championship Shows. The vast majority of these shows are RIDE-IN shows, meaning that the bikes are expected to be ridden and a little bit of road dust is fine. We don’t split hairs over trailering in bikes, but we do require that all bikes must be functioning. They must start and be able to be safely ridden on the road. Most of the shows include voting by event attendees and weighted judges scores. We use this approach to make certain we include the “people’s choice” as well as a professional eye – preventing it just being a popularity contest. Some shows, though, are Judged Shows – with the guest votes simply going towards the People’s Choice Awards. All Shows feature trophies and placards to recognize the bikes and winners, with special prizes being added in some shows in consideration of the location and hosts. The Best of Show Bikes and TOP Class Winners from the Bike Show Series are then invited to take part in the Championship Shows. This year’s shows will feature a broader range of classes including CUSTOM and RADICAL BAGGERS, GARAGE BUILDS, TRIKES, as well as VINTAGE, CUSTOM PAINT, and IMPORT categories. CUSTOM PAINT! All shows this year include a CUSTOM PAINT class for bikes to be considered under. You can enter your bike in just this category – or you can add it as a second classification. There is a discounted fee for adding the second category. SPECIAL SHOW CLASSES: MILITARY / PATRIOTIC TRIBUTE BIKES MILITARY VINTAGE - RESTORED Standard RTR Show Classes Vintage Vintage Import Stock (European / Asian) Vintage Domestic Stock Vintage Custom (Resto-Mod) Vintage Restored VINTAGE PERFORMANCE VINTAGE TOURING Stock Import Stock Domestic (V-Twin) Custom Import Custom Domestic (V-Twin) Radical Radical Import Radical Domestic Radical Bagger Chopper Rat Bike / Garage Build Café Racer Touring Custom Touring Performance / Racing Adventure / Off-Road Trike Custom Trike Vintage Trike Custom Paint BEST OF SHOW PEOPLE’S CHOICE A class must have at least 3 entries in order to qualify for a BEST OF CLASS Award. Subcategories and Specialty Classes (show in italics) must have at least 3 distinct entries within in order to be broken out, but is done at the discretion of the event organizers. Judged Shows will include both a BEST OF SHOW and a PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD. Reasons To Ride Magazine and show organizers reserve the right to consolidate or add classes at their discretion. ALL BEST OF SHOW Winners qualify for the Championship Show. Best of Class Winners are entered for consideration, with top series performers being selected for the Championship. Exhibitors that register in advance will receive a FREE t-shirt as a new special incentive for Pre-Registration. The shirts will be otherwise available at the time of registration for a discounted rate of $15 for Exhibitors. Otherwise, a limited number will be available for $20 each. For shops interested in participating and possibly exhibiting customer and shop bikes, a limited number of shop displays are available. To reserve space for group bike displays (ie., shops, clubs, race teams, etc..) email INFO@ReasonsToRide.com