What a Day - PBTF!

[MikeYork5]

Well those of you who made it (good seeing you Rogue) I KNOW you had a great time, and those of you who didn't, do yourselves a favor and try to catch one of the other Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundations Ride4Kids events (www.Ride4Kids.com) this year, there is 37 of them across the country. We had incredible weather, clear, sunny and around 80 degrees for a unbelieveable beautiful police escorted ride around the Palos Verdes Penn. What a day! Great weather, a 1,000 or so bikes and a heart warming (and unfortunately heart wrenching) 'Celebration of Life' after the event where the spirit of the event is honored along with the "STARS' who are the kids who survived (or are surviving) their fight with brain tumors. My daughter is a survivor and was asked to speak about her experiences which she did, all the kids did great -- it's ALL ABOUT THEM!

Amanda and the Old Man getting ready to go

We were lucky to be close to the front of the pack of somewhere around 1,000 bikes

Great views - it was a glorious day

Trump's National Gold Club - Palos Verdes Ca., Not bad eh?

All along the route people waved and cars honked their horns ---

Ariving back at home base, Honda's National Headquarters

Some of the 'boys' who made it all possible, they certainly made it fun running all those lights and stop signs

Mike Traynor (along with his wife Debbie) founder and President of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation

My daughter Amanda doing her thing

A shot of the crowd attending the 'Celebration of Life'

The 'STARS' of the event - why we do what we do

The Grand Total - $216,000 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation

 

[Scab]

Looks like a great day indeed. Good on the kids and good on the motorcyclists. Great pics, by the way.

 

[mdisher]

Looks like a good time was had for a good cause.

 

[Fencer]

Looks similar to a ride I did last year here

But this year they want $100 a head to ride, last year was $35. Its for charity, but I think they will lose riders esp the 2 uppers at that price.

Which is better 400 riders @ $25 - $10,000 for charity or 100 riders for the same amount of money. I think the 400 cause you get more of the "word" out.

 

[twowheelnut]

Yup, a great day for sure and had fun, too. Good to see that much cash raised.

 

[cougar8000]

Nice to hear you had a good day. Hmm ,I wonder if Chicago will be able to top your collection

 

[MikeYork5]

Nice to hear you had a good day. Hmm ,I wonder if Chicago will be able to top your collection

:yahoo:

Wouldn't surprise me, they did $366,000 (WOW) last year to LA's $332,000 --- GO CHICAGO!

 

[cougar8000]

Nice to hear you had a good day. Hmm ,I wonder if Chicago will be able to top your collection

:yahoo:

Wouldn't surprise me, they did $366,000 (WOW) last year to LA's $332,000 --- GO CHICAGO!

hmm, with all of the celebs Jay, Terminator? You got to do a bit better next year. :clapping: