Horse Country Ride in North Central Florida

It's that time of year again for the horse country ride. The Date is set for Oct. 25, with a rain date of Nov. 1. If anyone is interested in this ride please sign the list below and how many that will be with you. The ride starts in Wildwood at the Burger King like last year. It will be departing at 10:00 AM. We will have a BB at the same place as last year about an hour after we start and will end up at the Golden Corral for lunch in Ocala. Sorry Golden Corrals policy is you have to purchase a meal to enter. We check the Lunch prices for Sat. they are $8.69 + drink, If you are 60 or older $7.59 drink included, this does not include tax or gratuity. We thought it would be better for a buffet so everyone could eat at the same time. - John Gercken


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AIM EXPO USA Orlando Florida Oct 19th (for public)

www.aimexpousa.com   Last year this indoor American International Motorcycle Expo took the area by storm.  The vendors are too numerous to imagine and the comfort of an air conditioned show is wonderful in the face of our erratic local weather.   Meet up points now Hess Station Clermont SR50 and 455 at 8:30am and Turkey Lake Service Plaza on the turnpike at 9am, the riding together to event.  Admission is $20 but we have 10 free tickets for the first ten folks to sign up.  We expect this show to be at least as large as Biketoberfest and it may well dwarf it...

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Destination Spyder - October 18, 2014

Destination Spyder Biketoberfest 2014 Oct 18th  Outlaw Laser Alignment BBQ in Edgewater, Florida   3113 South Ridgewood Ave. Edgewater, Fl 32141 - Laser alignments, Arachind tires, and other vendors present. Our own SpyderLyter Fred will be furiously installing LEDs on Oct 16,17, & 18th

2nd annual Biketoberfest BBQ at True Laser Track headquarters 3113 S, Ridgewood Ave. (US #1) Edgewater Fl , just a short drive down US 1 from Daytona. Shop will be open from Oct 13th-18th for Arachnid tires, ROLO floorboards and accessories and True Laser Track Aligns....the list of other vendors will be forthcoming...all the excitement will culminate with a FREE BBQ on Saturday Oct 18th from 10-12....

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Bikers For Breasts - October 5, 2014

The County Line  Saloon  4650 New Haven Ave Melbourne, FL 32904

FLORIDA: Escorted Motorcycle Benefit Ride for Breast Friends of Florida – October 5, 2014 Escort provided by Brevard County Sheriff’s motor unit.

WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS TO COME ~ BUT FOR NOW….IN A NUTSHELL: We are starting and ending at the County Line Saloon on 192 in Melbourne, Fl. We will again be having raffles, 50/50, vendors….98.5 the Beach will be joining us for a live remote and our ever faithful Doc Holiday!! Lunch is included and served after the ride.  Registration begins at 8:30 and kickstands up at 10am.

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The rally will be headquartered at Harley-Davidson of Panama City Beach, 14700 Panama City Beach Parkway in Panama City Beach but activities will take place at various venues throughout the city. Events begin at 9:00 am each day. There is no fees for the rally. motorcycle events include a bike parade, poker runs, and bike shows. Awards will be given to poker run winners and bike shows will have various categories with awards to winners. The event also includes vendors, exhibitors, live Entertainment, contests, a stunt show, and more. For more information call (850) 249-7627

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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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