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Pegasus Bike Raffle
- Posted on 26 Jun 2018
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Your chance to win a Royal Enfield Classic 500 Pegasus motorcycle with ‘Support our Paras’
Play today and you could win a new limited edition Classic 500 ‘Pegasus’ worth £4,999, kindly donated by Royal Enfield.
With a strictly limited edition of 1000 globally, only 190 units are available in the UK. They are expected to sell out within days so this could be your last chance to own one. See the bike at www.supportourparas.org
Royal Enfield, the oldest motorcycle brand in continuous production, launches the Classic 500 ‘Pegasus’ limited edition motorcycle on 1 July, inspired by the legendary RE/WD Flying Flea 125 motorcycle manufactured at Royal Enfield’s underground facility in Westwood, UK, during World War Two. The rugged Flying Flea saw service at D-Day and the airborne operations at Arnhem. This is your chance to own a piece of motorcycle and military history.
Not only will you have the chance to win this amazing motorcycle, but every £2 raffle ticket will go to support our serving soldiers and families and those members and families of The Parachute Regiment affected either physically, or psychologically by recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Men like Charl, wounded by an IED in Afghanistan in 2011 and a double amputee with complex injuries to both arms. To aid his mobility and physical fitness, we bought him a custom-made hand-cycle, adjustable to his prosthetics. We have also assisted him and his wife with home adaptations to improve the ease and quality of their lives.
Or Louis, ex 2 PARA, badly injured in Helmand by a grenade attack. His injuries resulted in him losing his right leg below the knee. Since then we have assisted with bathroom adaptations and have helped him retrain as an electrician. In a world first for an amputee, Louis jumped from a Dakota over Normandy on the 72ndanniversary of D-Day to raise money and awareness for Support our Paras.
Each entry costs just £2 and can really make a difference to soldiers’ lives. It’s easy to enter at www.raffleplayer.com/supportourparas
The raffle opened on 25 June 2018.
The draw for this Classic 500 Pegasus will take place on Friday 21 September 2018, as we commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem 1944.
