Group Ryde - June 11, 2016

Joint ryde with the folks in the new FLOcala Chapter for Saturday, June 11th leaving from Wildwood with what we hope to be a scenic ryde via parts of the Ocala National Forest. We will end up at Peach Valley Cafe' for Brunch (your choice of either breakfast or lunch) in Gainesville before ending at Ridenow in Ocala (the FLOcala Sponsoring Dealership). 

Meet-up Time in Wildwood @ 8:30am
Feetup @ 9:00am
Lunch at Peach Valley Cafe @ Noon
Ridenow Ocala - ETA around 2pm

Menu for Peach Valley Cafe'

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Meet-up Location - 
Sunoco @ 900 S Main St, Wildwood, FL 34785

GPS File of the Route

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The BIG Florida Ryde - May 13th and 14th

During this statewide two day ryde we will visit with some of the finest Can Am Dealers in the State of Florida. Our journey will begin at Central Florida Powersports in Kissimmee, FL and end at Route One Motorsports in Grant, FL. Our overnight will be in the Fort Myers FL area.

We will travel as far north as Ocala and as far south as Miami. Our purpose will be to raise awareness of the Can Am Dealers and to call attention to them and the Can Am Spyder Brand as we travel together around the state. The full two day journey will be an interesting combination of all different types of roads and scenery. You may wish to ryde with us the entire trip or only meet up and ryde a single or more link along the way, whatever works best for you.

We know that work schedules may stop many of you from joining for the entire trip, but we truly hope that you will join us somewhere along the way. Below is our approximate schedule as to when we will arrive and depart at each dealership so that you will have many options to join the group.

For each 100 miles you complete of this ryde you will receive an entry into the May drawing for $500 of Can Am Parts & Accessories. With ten stops along the way, meals and an overnight we will really have time to get to know each other and form new friendships and pick up new
ryde buddies.

Hope to see you on the Road.

Dealerships and Route Schedule:

Friday, May 13th:

  1. Central Florida PowerSports, Kissimmee - Meet-up @ 9AM; Feet-up @ 9:30 AM
  2. RideNow PowerSports, Ocala - Meet-up @ 11:30AM; Feet-up @ 12:30 PM (Lunch Stop)
  3. Tampa Bay PowerSports, Tampa - Meet-up @ 3 PM; Feet-up @ 3:30 PM
  4. West Coast PowerSports, Clearwater - Meet-up @ 4 PM; Feet-up @ 5 PM (Dinner Stop)
  5. Hampton Inn & Suites, Fort Myers - 8PM Resting Stop (Click the Hotel Name for Website)

    Total Mileage for Day 1 = 340 miles
    Total Travel Time = 7hrs. 35mins.

Saturday, May 14th:

  1. Sun Sports Cycle & Watercraft, Fort Myers - Meet-up @ 8:30 AM; Feet-up @ 9AM
  2. Florida Motorsports, Naples - Meet-up @ 9:45 AM; Feet-up @ 10:15 AM
  3. Riva Motorsports, Miami - Meet-up @ 12:50 PM; Feet-up @ 1:50 PM (Lunch Stop)
  4. Route 1 Motorsports, Grant - Meet-up @ 6:26 PM; Feet-up @ 7:30 PM (Dinner Stop)
  5. Head back to Central Florida @ 7:30ish PM

Total Mileage for Day 2 (excluding return to CF) = 374 miles    
Total Travel Time = 7hrs. 37mins.

GPS FILE Link

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Group Ryde KSC VAB - April 30, 2016

Combined Ryde with Space Coast Chapter

NASA has approved our ride through some of the Space Center property with a photo stop near the VAB. We will be entering the KSC Gate 4 and exiting Gate 3 on NASA Causeway.

Helmets required on Space Center property.

 

Click Here to be Directed to SPACE COast event Page for DETAIL & SIGN-UP.
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Ryde to Miami and Upper Florida Keys - April 3rd

Our new South Florida chapter in Miami is having an organization meeting & first group ryde on Sunday April 3, 2016.

There will be a Pancake Breakfast from 8:30am until 10:30am at Riva Motorsports Miami, Fl followed by a group ryde into the Upper Keys,  then of course a return to home.

This isn’t just around the corner so those hardy folks who wish to join us to support our new chapter will leave the Orlando area at 4:30am to arrive in Miami for Breakfast.

Janique, our supportive friend from BRP will also attend the event, and we are hoping for a great turnout of new South Florida friends.   This is a bit of a challenging ryde but if we would just starting, we would want them to support us, so let’s get tough and make this ryde.   Please sign up to join the caravan.

We will also arrange a stop along the way to pick-up others along the coast.

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Most Miles Ridden Contest - April 1-June 30, 2016

Most Spyder Miles Ridden Contest- April through June 2016 -  $250 First Place, $150 Second Place, $50 Third Place  all in Can Am parts & accessories.   Submit picture of your odometer today to usspyderryder@gmail.com to enter the contest and a final odometer picture on June 30th to complete the contest.   Please “everyone” enter.   This will also allow us to show BRP our aggregate miles ridden as a group if you will participate.

special note.  Hal is not eligible to compete   This is a Central Florida Chapter contest.   Each chapter will be holding their own competitions or promotions during this coming quarter.

Come on folks they are both bragging rights and money on the line here...

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Food Drive Wrap-Up - March 26, 2016

Meet up at 9:15am at Kangaroo Express 17503 W Colonial (Route 50), Oakland, Fl. (Near exit 272 of the turnpike)    On the Road at 9:45am.   This time instead of dropping off bags for the food drive you can experience the satisfaction of picking them up.  (Hard working volunteers will have distributed the bags a few days prior for pick up on Wrap UP Saturday.

Bring your frunk full of groceries to the meet up point and we will empty it into an SUV that will be standing by and hold a gift card drawing for all contributors. Then with  empty frunks you can carry a couple of bags  during the pick up in two neighborhoods..  Also if you own a trailer please bring it on this ryde.   We will ryde through the country just as our previous ryde, only this time when we finish the ryde we will unload our goodies at Central Florida Powersports and receive a BBQ luncheon for our reward.

For those seeking adventure we will also hold 2016 F3T Demo Rydes (and if anyone wants to purchase gear or a new bike I am sure someone will be on hand to help you).  Of course we will hold another gift card drawing for those who complete the event.

PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO SIGN UP FOR THIS ONE. CFPS needs an accurate headcount a few days before to order the food.

DOWNLOAD FLYER TO ATTACH TO BAGS

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Food Drive Kick-Off - March 5, 2016​

Annual Kick Off Event for our Club Food Drive for Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida

Meet up at Central Florida Powersports at 9am and ryde begins at 9:30am.   We will ryde backroads from CFPS up to the Clermont/Minneola area and there will take a break from the ryde to distribute food drive bags to approx 500 home in three neighborhoods (should only take about an hour if we all participate).  We will then proceed to lunch for our Meet & Eat portion of the ryde at Arlington Ridge Golf Club in Leesburg, Fl

The bags will all be prepared with explanation of who we are and what we are doing, plus when the food pick up will be in each neighborhood.

All we will have to do is drop those bags at doorsteps.     If anyone wants their own bags to do a mini food drive in their personal neighborhood we can provide some

This will be a big day for gift card drawings.

We will have the first drawing at CFPS.   Every person that brings a bag of food to donate to the event will be entered in this drawing

We will have two more drawings at Arlington Ridge.   The first drawing will be for the Regular Ryde mileage, and the second drawing will be for those who have helped with the bag distribution in local neighborhoods

The Manager, Strategic Planning & Marketing from BRP will join us on this ryde.

Download Flyer To Attach To Bags

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