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Sherco Surprises U.S. Military
Serviceman
L
ike many young men, Noah
Watts of St. Peters, Missouri
dreamed of owning a dirt bike.
He would read all of the maga-
zines and watch all of the race
broadcasts. There were two rules
in his home: dad said no dogs,
mom said no dirt bikes. However,
Noah's dad did own a 1974 Honda
Del Hawk, and he would secretly
let Noah ride it at the high school
when he was as young as 12
years old. His dad gave the bike
to Noah when he was a junior in
high school. It became his only
means of transportation, even in
snowy winters.
In July of 1996, his passion
for motorcycles was put on hold.
That summer, Noah enlisted in
the United States Marines as
a mortarman. He then went to
Force Recon from 1998 through
2004.
In 2001, Noah shipped out one
week after 9/11 on the Naval ship,
U.S.S. Bataan, for an eight-month
deployment to Afghanistan. In
2003, he would again deploy to
Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. He has earned nu-
merous medals from his service
in support of the global war on
terrorism. In 2008, Noah finally
purchased his first dirt bike. He
settled on a 2008 Honda CR125,
which he still owns.
The leadership of Sherco USA
and FactoryONE Motorsports
had been contemplating for
nearly a year how to best honor
a military member. No idea was
off the table. Ultimately, the best
thing to do was to gift a motor-
cycle to a servicemember who
had sacrificed their passion for
dirt bikes in order to serve our
country.
Watts was that servicemember.
On July 15, a surprised and very
thankful Watts was presented and
brand new Sherco 300 SEF.
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Sherco USA President Ron
Sallman presented U.S.
serviceman Noah Watts
with a brand new Sherco
300 SEF Factory dirt
bike—for free.
