May 20th - Freedom Ride in support of our Troops & 9/11

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Bx RedBull · #1 Post by **Bx RedBull** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:38 am

FYI

May 20th, 2006, 4th Annual Freedom Ride in Support of our Troops and commemorating those lost on September 11th.

Group ride with 800-1,000 riders heading out from Long Island to the World Trade Center Ground Zero.

Riders meet in Long Island 9am @ Nassau Coliseum
Depart for WTC @ 10am w/ Police escort
Slow ride around Ground Zero
Ride to Jacob Javitz Center for 20-minute rest stop
Ride back to Long Island and end in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow for a ceremony & lunch from 1pm-4pm.

$25.00 to cover event and bridge costs (can be paid day of) payable to:
Randolph Liedl Freedom Ride
PO Box 509
Jericho, NY 11753
Include name, address, & phone number for reservation
Contact: (516) 815-7041 or rflew@yahoo.com

More info at http://www.fullthrottlenyne.com/cruisincalendarny.htm under the Nassau County section on the right side of the page.

secgeek · #2 Post by **secgeek** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:35 am

I am definitely in....

Bx RedBull · #3 Post by **Bx RedBull** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:35 am

See you there Sec. Which bike will you be riding? I'll try to look for you & spot you out of the 799 other riders.

secgeek · #4 Post by **secgeek** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:01 am

Bx RedBull wrote:See you there Sec. Which bike will you be riding? I'll try to look for you & spot you out of the 799 other riders.

PM Sent...

nyrblue35 · #5 Post by **nyrblue35** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:19 am

was that the craziest run you guys have ever been on? that maniac a-hole driving the WRONG way into oncoming traffic on the FDR?? wow, he flew by me and a friend nearly running over a NYPD bike cop. it was all over the news too!!! i would like to beat that 24 year old senseless. its amazing he didnt hit anybody. here's the link BTW, its actually the second day story.

http://www.nydailynews.com/05-22-2006/n ... 4503c.html

Bx RedBull · #6 Post by **Bx RedBull** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:47 am

nyrblue35 wrote:was that the craziest run you guys have ever been on? that maniac a-hole driving the WRONG way into oncoming traffic on the FDR??

HOLY dodo yeah! I was probably around the middle of the pack and on the right side of our staggered middle lane. All I see is the Honda screaming towards us. It took a second for me to actually process "wait, this idiot is going the wrong friggin way!". Scary indeed. Whats even more frightening a thought is that one paper quotes the guy as saying "kill me now" so if he woulda decided to give in and go suicidal/homicidal, he woulda easily taken a good hundred bikers out. Imagine the FDR WASN'T shut down that day. Woulda been a much uglier story.

Anyway, that ride was AWESOME aside from the crazy cager. Great to be amongst so many other bikers for such a heartfelt ride. Of course its always gratifying too to see hundred of cagers and cabs being forced to wait for us to clear the highway.

nyrblue35 · #7 Post by **nyrblue35** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:45 am

Bx RedBull wrote:Anyway, that ride was AWESOME aside from the crazy cager. Great to be amongst so many other bikers for such a heartfelt ride. Of course its always gratifying too to see hundred of cagers and cabs being forced to wait for us to clear the highway.

i agee it was very cool. i only had 2 gripes. 1. was we didnt stay at the javitz center long enough because i was next in line to get a frickin hot dog and i was starving so i had to leave! and 2. i realized how much i miss my old marauder cruiser. i love the v-strom, but man was my old mustang seat comfortable on that bike.

yup, it sure was nice to wave to all the cagers being held up. pretty funny. coincidentally that was my first major run with that amount of bike and funny/scary that that kind of crazy "poo poo" happens. go figure.