| 2007 |
| Date |
Event |
RAT Ride |
Description |
Organized
by: |
| Thu
25 Jan - Sun 28 Jan |
Vancouver
International Bike Show |
|
Tradex
Exhibition Centre,
Abbotsford,
BC
|
Mike
Backen |
| Sun
22 Apr |
22nd
Annual Classic and Vintage Swap Meet |
|
South Delta Recreation Centre,
Tsawwassen,
BC 10am - 4pm.
Meet in Sidney at the McDonalds by 8:15am and leave at
8:20am for the
9:00am Swartz Bay ferry.
|
Mike
Gebler |
| Sun
29 Apr |
Island
RAT Season Opener |
 |
Breakfast rendezvous
at Royal Roads Cafe 8:00am, Depart, rain or shine, for
200km ride at 9:00am, subject to arrival of Western RAT
members, ending with a BBQ at Mike & Janet Backen’s home in Duncan..
|
Mike
Gebler & Mike
Backen |
| Fri
11 May - Sun 13 May |
Experienced
Riders' Course |
|
Fri May 11th
7- 9 p.m. introduction and classroom theory.
Sat May 12th 8 am - 3 pm medium speed skills, collision avoidance, various braking procedures and more.
Sun May 13th 8:30 am - 3 pm slow speed skills, various traffic cone configurations and more with a day ending slalom course.
Registration forms available from Mike Gebler.
|
Mike
Gebler |
| Sat
02 Jun - Sun 03 Jun |
Thom
Riedl Memorial Ride |
|
Duffy Lake Loop with an overnight in Lillooet (Victoria Hotel). Rendezvous @ Chevron Station corner of Pat Bay Hwy & Beacon Ave in Sidney.
Depart at 6:20am and take the
7:00am crossing from Swartz Bay. Rendezvous with Western RAT at the Chevron Station, 232nd & Hwy 1 @
9:45am and depart @ 10:00am, with a choice of two
routes. Dinner in Lillooet at 6:30pm (Venus
Restaurant). Leave Lillooet Sunday morning around
8:00am with breakfast at the Pemberton Hotel in Pemberton.
|
Mike
Gebler & Western RAT |
| Wed
11 Jul |
Run
to Nelson |
|
Meet
@ 10:20am at the Chevron Station at the corner of Beacon Ave
and the Pat Bay Hwy in Sidney. Depart on 11:00am ferry
from Swartz Bay. Overnight enroute at the Sandman in
Princeton
.
|
Mike
Gebler |
| Fri
13 Jul - Sun 15 Jul |
Kootenay
Raid |
|
Triumph
RAT Raid Nelson, BC
Registration form:
|
RAT
North America |
| Sat
28 Jul |
1st
Annaul Poker Run and BBQ |
|
Registration
($2.00) will be from 11:00am until 12:00noon at Savage Cycles. The location of the BBQ will be known to you once you get to the end of the last stage of the Poker Run. Prizes will be presented at the BBQ.
|
Mike
Gebler |
| Sat
11 Aug - Sun 12 Aug |
Vancouver
Island Overnight |
|
Overnight
ride to Ucluelet.
|
Chris
Large |
| Sun
26 Aug |
Lunch
at the Crow and Gate |
|
Ride
to the Crow & Gate Pub in Cedar, east of Duke Pt, for
lunch. NOTE: Change in date..
|
Vern
Vogt |
| Sat
08 Sep - Sun 09 Sep |
Sunshine
Coast Ride |
|
Overnight
ride up the Sunshine Coast and back down Vancouver Island,
with overnight proposed at the Ruby Lake Resort.
|
Duane
York |
| Sat
15 Sep |
Port
Alberni Toy Run |
|
Departing for the Toy Run @ 9:00 am from the Spencer Road Shell Station. Doing a stop at the Chapters Starbucks in Nanaimo about 10:30. Departure of the Toy Run from Little Qualicum Falls Park (off Hwy 4) will be at 12 noon. However, they ask that bikes arrive around 11.
|
Mike
Gebler |
| Sun
23 Sep |
Salt
Spring Island Toy Run |
|
|
Mike
Gebler |
