Spyder Ryder Full Moon Night Ryde - August 20, 2016
Meet up at Winter Garden Pizza & Pasta
42 W Plant St, Winter Garden, FL 34787
Meet-up time for Dinner will be at 6:45pm with a departure time at 8pm for Full Moon evening ryde around the Largest Lakes in Lake Country FL. The temperatures will be cooler and the glimmering of the full moon on the water - magnificent.
Hal is even coming out of retirement as a Road Captain to lead this one.
Tour Of Honor 2016 North Florida - August 13, 2016
Tour Of Honor: http://www.tourofhonor.com
Viquesney's Doughboy Memorials: http://doughboysearcher.weebly.com/currently-known-viquesney-doughboy-locations.html
FL1 - Florida Sheriffs Memorial Wall
Tallahassee, Florida
2617 Mahan Dr.
GPS: 30.456875, -84.233899
Access: 24/7, unrestricted. Parking is available in several adjoining areas, while lining up directly in front of the memorial might be considered ‘high profile.’
Take a photo similar to the one above, along with rider flag and motorcycle. Refer to RULES 5-7 (http://www.tourofhonor.com/pages/rules.html#rules57) for photo verification. Scorers have final say whether standards are met. More....
The Florida Sheriffs Association established this memorial wall in 2002 to honor the heroes of Sheriffs’ Offices killed in the line of duty. Names are added each April for those who died in the previous year. Tallahassee resident and sculptor Sandy Proctor created a sculpture featuring a bench with a group depicting the wife of a fallen deputy, her small child, a sheriff and fellow deputies facing the curved marble wall engraved with the names of the fallen officers.
FL2 - Union County Veterans Memorial
Lake Butler, Florida
325 W. Main St.
GPS: 30.02315, -82.34087
Access: 24/7, unrestricted. Parking is available directly in front of the memorial, traffic permitting. Close ADA access is available via sidewalk from adjacent NW 3rd Ave.
Take a photo similar to the one above, along with rider flag and motorcycle. Refer to RULES 5-7 (http://www.tourofhonor.com/pages/rules.html#rules57) for photo verification. Scorers have final say whether standards are met. More....
Emblazoned with emblems of the different branches of the military, this monument stands above a stone with the names of local veterans who lost their lives in WWI, WWII, Korea, Lebanon, Vietnam, and Panama (23 U.S. casualties in Panama, according to Wikipedia).
Made in America: Lake Butler was birthplace of Jay North (Dennis the Menace)
FL3 - USS Tang Memorial
Palatka, Florida
100 Memorial Parkway
GPS: 29.64535, -81.62933
Access: 24/7, unrestricted. Nearby parking is available along lightly travelled Memorial Parkway. For ADA access, park along St Johns Ave to the north, then via sidewalk and paved path to the memorial, although it could be a distance.
Take a photo similar to the one above, along with rider flag and motorcycle. Refer to RULES 5-7 (http://www.tourofhonor.com/pages/rules.html#rules57) for photo verification. Scorers have final say whether standards are met. More....
The USS Tang Balao class submarine entered service in 1943 and sank in the Formosa Strait in 1944, a victim of her own malfunctioning torpedo. In that brief time, however, she sank 31 enemy vessels, earning two Presidential Unit Citations and four battle stars. Commander Richard H. O'Kane, washed off the bridge as the ship sank, lost all but eight members of his 89 man crew. Following his release from a Japanese POW camp, O'Kane received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" during his submarine's final operations against Japanese shipping.
Made in America: There are four E. M. Vequesney Doughboy statues flanking the adjacent US 17 bridge over the St Johns River. Two of those are one-of-a-kind variants, and the Smithsonian lists Gutzon Borglum (Mt Rushmore) as co-artist of the ‘parade rest’ doughboy at the southeast corner of the bridge.
FL4 - Bataan-Corregidor Memorial
Kissimmee, Florida
Lakefront Park
Lakeshore Dr. and Monument Ave.
GPS: 28.29047, -81.40307
Access: 24/7, unrestricted
Parking is available on the street within picture distance of the statue – but if there is no space available, you can park temporarily at the pedestrian crossover for a photo of the back of the memorial, and then walk in for another photo from the front if you like. The walkways to the memorial are ADA compliant.
Take a photo similar to the one above, along with rider flag and motorcycle. Refer to RULES 5-7 (http://www.tourofhonor.com/pages/rules.html#rules57) for photo verification. Scorers have final say whether standards are met. More....
A poignant memory of the siege of Bataan and Corregidor.
Gen. Douglas McArthur and his forces had retreated to the Philippine island of Corregidor and the Bataan Peninsula. From there, American and Filipino forces battled the Japanese for 99 days without resupply until finally the entire 76,000 man Bataan contingent was forced to surrender. The next day began the infamous Bataan Death March, a grueling 65 miles with no food, water, or rest. Reportedly, 10,300 died during the march and 31,000 died of disease or were executed within 90 days, after reaching prison camps in Luzon. (Orlando Sentinel Article April 8, 1994)
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Saturday, August 6 Morning Ryde. Meet up 8:00 am Speedway, 1501 E. State Road 434, Winter Springs, FL. Feet up at 8:30 am. All ryders are welcome. This is the ryde Hal BikerDoc mentioned earlier this week. Ryde through Ft Christmas, Titusville, Oak Hill, Osteen Enterprise, and Sanford, ending with lunch at Rock and Brews, 7131 Red Bug Lake Rd, Oviedo. Approximately 125 miles in about 3 1/2 hours with two rest stops. Reply here to join the ryde.
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Bike Night Gainesville - August 3, 2016
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
6:00 PM to 9:00 PMSquare 1 Burgers and Bar
3105 Sw 34th St, Gainesville, FL
Central Florida Chapter Ryders will depart from Okahumpka Service Plaza on Florida Turnpike at 4:30 pm to meet up with the FLOcala chapter ryders and representatives from RideNow Powersports Ocala/Gainesville. Its just over a one hour ryde to bike night. Those that participated in the last joint chapter ryde up that way can attest to the FANTASTIC burgers and other food that this location offers. Once again let's support our growing sister chapter.
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Join us for our next Meet and Greet as we support one of our great vendors of the Spyder Gathering for some BBQ.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 @ 6:30pm
Location -
Bubbalou’s Apopka / Rock Springs
1701 Rock Springs Road
Apopka, FL 32712
Sunset Group Ryde Northern Lake County…
Due to summer being upon us and our wonderful HOT summer weather we are going to kick-off a series of evening rydes. Our first ryde will be a sunset lite ryde around some of northern areas of Lake Country.
Our meet up place will be at PizzAmore in Mt. Dora (see below for the address and link to their website). After dinner (around 7:30 pm) we will tour some of the country roads of Northern Lake County for about 100 miles of fun and curves before we end up at Twistee Treats in Tavares for a sweet cold treat; besides what is a little summer fun without a little Soft Serve Ice Cream?
There are no fill-up stations along the route so make sure you top off your Spyder before stopping for dinner. If you are interested in joining, please sign-up so that we can make the correct reservation as PizzAmore’s fills fast on the weekends for dinner.
Meet up Location:
PizzAmore
722 East Fifth Avenue
Mount Dora, FL 32757
Website - http://www.youlovepizza.com/
Meet up time for Dinner:
Saturday, July 23, 2016 @ 6pm
Feet-up time for ryde @ around 7:30 from the restaurant.
Ryde Route:
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Group Ryde Alert - FLOCala Chapter Roll Out Event starting at RideNow PowerSports - Ocala on RT441.
Please show up with a full tank of fuel. Breakfast refreshment will be provided and we will be departing from RideNow at 9:45 heading to Square1 in Gainesville. We will make a brief stop in Archer and again at RideNow 4820 NW 13th St in Gainesville, before making the final push for Square1.
Ryde Route
Impromptu ryde this Saturday, 7/2. Meeting at the Speedway, 1501 East State Road 434, Winter Springs at 9:00 am, feet up at 9:30. Taking a leisurely run for lunch at the Swamp House in Debary. Then on around Lake Monroe to end at Red Cypress Brewery, 855 East State Road 434, Winter Springs. Start and finish of the ryde is easy access to Rte 417. Everyone is welcome.
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FIRST ANNUAL SPYDER GATHERING
JUNE 24-26 KISSIMMEE, FL
Gathering of Spyder Owners to enjoy vendors, demo rydes, new product displays, back country group rydes, and most importantly - making new Spyder Owner Friends
Since BRP is co-sponsoring this event along with US Spyder Ryders, we are able to donate 50% of the registration fees to Homes for our Troops, a national charity that provides handicap design home to severely disabled veterans.
Please check out the Facebook page (Spyder Gathering 2016) for details on location, registration, vendors, events, etc.
SPYDER GATHERING 2016 FACEBOOK PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/groups/887376458040331/