Thunder In The Garden - September 27, 2014

Please join us for our 2nd Annual Thunder In The Garden (flyer link) charity motorcycle ride event will be held on Saturday September 27, 2014. Proceeds from the event will go towards funding various Winter Garden Police Athletic League youth programs. Participants will enjoy a scenic escorted ride that will start at the First Baptist Church in beautiful downtown Winter Garden and finish at Stormy Hill Harley-Davidson in Clermont. Participants will cruise along scenic historic roadways and the ride includes a continental breakfast, pulled pork sandwich w sides lunch, live music, and a live auction. There will be several thousand dollars’ worth of door prizes. Items for the auction will include two round trip airline tickets, a big screen TV, several adventure packages, and more. You can register online at www.wgpal.org and the first 50 pre-registered riders get a long sleeve dry-fit Thunder in the Garden event shirt. Let's get together and make some serious Thunder in the Garden!

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March Of Dimes Bikers For BabiesSEP 20, 2014 - Law Escorted Ryde - Click For Route Dick's Wings, 6055 Youngerman Circle, Jacksonville, Florida

Overnighting for September 19th pre party at Country Inn & Suite 5945 Youngerman Circle, Jax   call hotel direct and mention bikers for babies for $74 rate

Group one - departing I4 eastbound rest area just past exit 94 at 2pm Friday 19th,  picking up more riders at I95 & SR 40 at Racetrac Gas station at 3pm, then on to Jacksonville

Group two cancelled due to lack of ride leader...  try to reach out to other riders so you won't have to ride up alone

The September 19th pre party is at 6pm at Dick's Wings and is open to all.  Other perks are going to $100 Heroes

We will not only ride in the law escorted ride but are the number one motorcycle riding club in fund raising for the charity. March of Dimes has effective online contribution solicitation tools that we hope you will all consider. We could really make a difference at this event. Bob C and Hal M are committee heads for the planning and formation of this event. We hope that you will support our efforts with the entire chapter membership participation. We will begin our formal fund raising campaign in June.

Each member can participate in one of three ways:

1.  The preferred way is to join the fund raising team, register to ryde in the ride on September 20th, and email out fund raising solicitations to family and friends during three months leading up to the event.

a)  To accomplish this go to www.bikersforbabies.org/jacksonville b)  Click on Register Here in upper left corner c)  Click on I agree to terms d)  Check the box “join a team” e)  Select the team from the list “SpyderRyderofAmericaCFL” f)  Proceed with entering your personal information and registering for the ride if you like.

This will create a fund raising page of your own which you can post to Facebook if you like.   The site also has the ability for you to use it to contact any or all on your email list to ask them to support your fund raising efforts by making donations or joining the ride.   To achieve maximum affect, Hal has agreed to match up to $1500 of any donations made by or raised by our members.  Also Lincoln Financial Foundation, a prior client of Hal’s has agreed to match up to $1250 of Hal’s donation.    This is a chance to have a barrel of fun and really make a difference.

It could take a while to reach our goal, so some of us have already starting fund raising and we invite you to join us as soon as possible.

2.  Another way to support the event is to simply ryde in the ride. 

a)  To accomplish this go to www.bikersforbabies.org/jacksonville b)  Click rider registration on lower left part of page.

The donation fee is $25 for the rider and $15 for the passenger for advanced registration, and will be $5 more for each on the day of the event.   Even if you are uncertain as to whether you can make the ride, this is a worthy cause and your early registration would contribute to our club goals.

3.  The final way is simply make a donation

a)  Go to www.bikersforbabies.org/jacksonville b)  Click on “donate to a rider” and select a member of our chapter to donate to so that our chapter will get credit.

Board of Directors Spyder Ryder of America Central Florida Chapter

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September 8 (9:00 AM) - 9 (9:00), 2014Iron Butt Association Guidelines for the Saddlesore 1000 or Bun-Burner 1500 Departing Central Florida Powersports at 9am,   Riding Turnpike south  to Ft Lauderdale, I75 West to Naples, then I75 north to Lake city,  I10 east to Jacksonville, I95 south to Ft Pierce, then Florida Turnpike back to Central Florida Powersports.   With witnesses at CFPS and keeping appropriate receipts along the way this will qualify for the Saddlesore 1000 Patch granted from the Iron Butt Association.

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Departing from Central Florida PowerSports. Feet up at 8:00 AM. Lunch at Roland Martin Tiki Bar in Clewiston.  Drawing at CFPS at end of ryde.

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The Spyder Ryders of America are registered for the Melbourne 4th of July Parade.  ALL are invited - Central Fl, C2C & any independent Spyders out there.  Thanks for signing up – we currently have 21 Spyders listed in the parade.  Please decorate your bikes as much as possible with the Red, White and Blues.  I would like Mike Savastano to lead our group with his Flag Spyder and follow with 2 side by side if we’re not too wide per their restrictions.  If we are – then we’ll stagger ryde the Spyders.  Parade participants are NOT allowed to throw any items to the spectators such as candy, gifts, promotional items, etc. from your vehicles or parade units.  You are allowed to hand out items to folks, but NOT throw anything.  Also, please follow any directions of the Melbourne Police Dept. as they control the flow of the parade.

We will be assigned a parade spot large enough for 20 to 30 Spyders along Melbourne Ave near the train overpass and Manatee Park.  A good GPS address for that location is 950 East Melbourne Avenue Melbourne, FL 32901.  We can start lining up as early as 8:30 AM, however you should be okay if you get there by 9:30 AM at the latest.  The route takes us through Historic Downtown Melbourne on New Haven Avenue and we turn right on Oak Street, ending at the Liberty Bell Memorial Museum.

We will then ryde to Fia's Ristorante & Pizzaria (4980 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne 32940) for lunch.

Thanks again for signing up and I look forward to seeing everyone there! - Fred R

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TampaBay Powersports (13521 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33613)  is having a promotional event for Spyder Ryders. They will be serving food and beverages and there will be drawings for Can Am Merchandise. The event kicks off at 11:00 AM. There will be 2 meeting points. For the northern and central area ryders, we will meet at the Cracker Barrel at the intersection of I-4 And Rt. 27 at 8:30 AM. For the southeastern ryders, we will meet at the intersection of Rt.60 and Rt 27 at 9:30 AM. There is a large strip mall parking lot which has a Sav-Alot just before an Ihop on Rt.60. We will then continue on Rt. 60 to I-75 into Tampa. Hope to see everyone!      I think it is so important that we recognize when another superior dealer comes on the scene to support the Spyder community. We arrive at Tampa Bay PowerSports they have cleared a parking area toward the rear of the property to leave the area around the tent clear. Please park in prescribed area and then sign up and get your raffle ticket for the drawings.

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