Saturday, January 13, 2018

This will be a great ryde up to Ormond Beach were we will meet up with NE Chapter members for lunch at D. B. Pickles, 400 South Nova Road Ormond Beach, FL.

The meet-up location will be at the Racetrac at the intersection of RT441 and Wolf Branch in Mt. Dora. Our route will take us up to Flagler Beach to ride the best part of the Ormond Loop before heading to D.B. Pickles.  Our return route will bring us back to Sanford.

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Total Route Mileage = 147 miles
Miles to first Break = 80 miles (15min Break)
Lunch stop will be at Noon
Miles back to Sanford = 42 miles

Feet-up in Mt. Dora will be at 9:00AM

Click here to download the route...

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Join us for this special event. 

Join us as we remember those that gave their all for our Freedom.  Our group along with other will escort Christmas wreaths to Bushnell VA Cemetery.  Upon reaching the cemetery we will volunteer to place wreaths on the grave sites of the fallen.
 

The Central Florida Chapter will meet up at the Love Gas Station at the intersection of US 27 and Waverly Barn Rd at 6:00 am (location address is 45000 Hwy 27 I-4, Exit 55 @ Hwy 27 NB, Davenport, FL 33897).  We will be feet up at 6:30 and to line up at Saddle Creek Corp at 3010 Saddle Creek Rd, Lakeland were we will assemble for an 8 am departure.

Click the image to learn more about Wreaths Across America

Click the image to learn more about Wreaths Across America


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This has been a traditional ryde for our chapter since 2014 and we're doing it again this year. The event benefits Guardian ad Litem Foundation of Tampa Bay, Inc.and Voices for Children. The cost for this event is $15.00 and a new unwrapped toy.

We will meet at Love's Travel Stop, 45000 US-27, Davenport, FL 33897 at 8:30 am with feet up at 9:00 am and travel to Web Design Ninja in Riverview where registration begins at 10:00 am. The ryde to the start point will include interstate highways. From there, the ryde will roll out around 11:00 am and take a nice ryde around southern Hillsborough and end at Top Shelf Sports Bar and Grill Riverview.

Select the images to learn more.

Please post a comment if you plan to attend.

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Date of event: Sunday, November 19, 2017

Rescheduled due to Hurricane Irma in September

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Meet up location will be the WAWA in Sanford at RT46 and I-4 for a departure at 7:30am.  From there we will ryde to Bunnell via 17/92 and 11 and will arrive at the Govement Building around 8:50am for Registration.


Registration: 8:30am - 9:30am
Flagler Gov. Service Bldg. located at
1769 E. Moody Blvd, in Bunnell, FL

Ceremony: 9:30am

 

Kick stands up at: 10:30am

Ride End and Social: 12:00 pm
Hidden Treasure Restaurant, located at 820 Moody Lane in Flagler Beach

Cost: FREE!

This is a police escorted ride. Don't forget to fill your gas tanks!

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Saturday, November 11, 2017

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Veterans Day Ride to the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.  We will meet up at Central Florida PowerSports at 8:30am.  Those going on the ride will then leave CFPS at about 9:00am where we will meet up with members of the Space Coast Chapter in Southwestern Kissimmee.  

If you have never been to Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, it is one of the largest Veterans Cemeteries in the United States and the scenes are breathtaking.

Ryde details are as follows - Meet up at CFPS at 8:30am with a departure at 9:00am.  We will then ryde at the Wawa @ 5035 S Orange Blossom Trail, Kissimmee, FL 34758 where we will meet up with members of the Space Coast Chapter. Upon leaving the Wawa at about 9:30 we will ryde to Groveland to meet up with more members of the Space Coast Chapter before heading to Bushnell. Click here for GPS Route.

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October 28th 2017

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John Gercken is once again doing a great ride through some of our gorgeous horse country of Northwestern Central Florida.  These rides have been outstanding in the past which makes this one not to miss.

Those traveling from Central Florida will meet up at the Okahumpka Service Plaza, on the Florida Turnpike (here is the Google Map location - Okahumpka Service Plaza, 299, FL-91, Wildwood, FL 34785) at 8:00 am and will depart at 8:20am to meet up with John and Carol Gercken at the Popeyes on HWY 484 & I-75 (exit 341 - Belleview).

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Feet up will be at 9:00 am  for a 73 Mile ride about 2 Hrs (Plus a 45 Min. butt break @ The Dollar Gerneral on Hwy 41 in Morriston Fl (49 miles from start). Will end up at Golden Corral for Lunch in Ocala.

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Saturday, October 21, 2017

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Ryde to Groveland, Florida to escort HFOT recipient, SSG Christopher Gordon to the Community Kickoff event.

There are two meet-up points for this ryde. Ryde starts at the Citgo station on Aloma and Hall Road (4980 Hall Rd, Orlando) and departs promptly at 7:30 am
The second meet-up point is the Kangaroo Express on Rte 50 17503 W Colonial Dr, Oakland, near exit 272 from the FL Turnpike. We will be there at 8:00 am and depart at 8:15 am to allow us to arrive at the HFOT site at 20721 McKenzie Rd, Groveland, FL by 9:00 am.

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At the home site, we will group up with other ryders to escort SSG Gordon to American Legion Post 239 at 07 American Legion Road, Mascotte, FL. The escort ryde will depart at 9:30 am and arrive at the American Legion for the 10:00 am Community Kickoff. 

Please comment below if you plan to attend and Indicate the meet up point where you will join.

GPS file for ryde to Groveland

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Saturday, October 14, 2017

We will be meeting up at the Wawa in Sanford at Rt 46 (4650 W Sr-46) and I-4 at 7:00am with a feet up time of 7:30 sharp.  Our route to the event will take us up US17 in to Palatka where we will top off at the Raceway on US17 (200 S US Highway 17) before heading in to the Sam Hogg Pavilion.


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Event Details

This ride is to benefit Homes For Our Troops. The unescorted ride will start and end at the Sam Hogg Pavilion at Seminole Electric. The approximate address is 274 West River Road, Palatka, FL.

The ride will cover ~120 miles, with 3 stops, and this year will include a leg that covers the twisty portion of The Loop!! If you've never experience The Loop in Ormond Beach, here's your chance!!

Registration will begin promptly at 9:45 am, but NOT before. First bike out will be 10:00 am with last bike out at 10:30 am, and estimated first bike in around 2pm and last bike around 2:30. Take your time at each stop. The first leg and... last leg will take about 40-45 minutes each.

Lunch will be cooked by our volunteers and will be served around 2:15.

At registration, you will receive a Ride Package which will include a map route and detailed route instructions, an event t-shirt, one raffle ticket for door prizes, goodie bag, dice roll sheet with instructions, and a meal bracelet for the end of the ride. Cost is $25 per rider. If you don't want a t-shirt, or your preferred size is not available, the cost is only $10. There will be a charge of $2 extra for any shirts 2XL and larger, up to 4XL. If you require a 3XL or a 4XL, please message before 10/4 so that it may be included in the order, as we do not order many of these sizes.

All proceeds from this year's event will be going towards the home being built for Army Specialist Jarrod Addison in Jacksonville, FL.

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Ryde Routes and Registration Document

Route to Sam Hogg Pavilion - Click to enlarge

Route for 2017 HFOT Ride - Click to enlarge

 
Click to access the registration document..

Click to access the registration document..

 
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Saturday, October 7, 2017

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Meet Up at Central Florida Powersports at 9:00 am
Feet Up at 9:30 am
Final Destination: Lunch at Ace Cafe, 100 W Livingston St, Orlando, FL

Depart Central Florida Powersports and ryde to downtown Orlando to tour the streets through the tall buildings and lakes of the downtown area on a "not so busy" Saturday morning. The route will be posted soon. Slow down and see up close the urban views the "City Beautiful" and have a great lunch a the classic Orlando Ace Cafe.

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Click image to view more about Ace Cafe

Click image to view more about Ace Cafe

Download our tentative route here: GPS file

Post a comment if you plan to attend.

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Join us Saturday, September 9 for a Benefit Ryde and Breakfast.  We will be joining other US Spyder Ryder Chapters as we look to raise funds to help the Road Warrior Foundation for their upcoming ryde in October.

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We will look to leave Clermont @ 7am from the BP located at SR-50 and 455.  Meet-up time will be 6:45.  Our ryde over to Tampa Bay PowerSports will be via some scene roads before hoping on I-75 for a short bit.  Total time = 1hr 34mins or 84.4 miles.  To access the Breakfast Ryde route, just click here.  Your Ryde Leaders for this event will be Hal BikerDoc and Dan Hamel

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After Breakfast, chapters will depart back to Central Florida for Lunch at JB Boondocks in Howie in the Hills.  

Please post below if you are going on the Breakfast Ryde or meeting the group for lunch only or both.

 It is really important that we give the Florida West Coast Chapter a good head count.

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