The sound of a motorcycle is a sound that Jake Keeslar hasn't heard for some time; a sound of triumph after tragedy.

"You loose your legs, you just don't think you're going to do the things you used to do, I think it's a choice," Keeslar said.

A choice that Bill Hattan knows all to well, he too is a bilateral amputee, but he also happens to oven Cool City Customs, a motorcycle shop in Lyons, Michigan.

"I can relate to him more than probably any motorcycle builder," Hattan said.

Hattan heard about Keeslar's road to recovery after Keeslar was struck by an IED while serving in Iraq in 2006; now he's giving his fellow biker the ultimate reward.

" He wanted to help me out and wanted to get me back up on a motorcycle and him being a bilateral amputee himself, he had a personal interest in it," Keeslar said.

"I wanted to build a bike that Jake wanted, the challenge was building a bike that he could ride," Hattan said.

A customized motorcycle, that Keeslar can operate with his own hands.

"It's amazing," Keeslar said.

In the company of hundreds of bikers, the strangers turned friends lead a journey of generosity.

" It's a freeing feeling, being able to get out there and getting the wind in your face, and go," Keeslar said

Out on the open road it's a dream ride that's become a reality.