| 2008 |
| Date |
Event |
RAT Ride |
Description |
Organized
by: |
| Thu
24 Jan - Sun 27 Jan |
Vancouver
International Bike Show |
|
Tradex
Exhibition Centre,
Abbotsford,
BC
7:00 am Ferry on Saturday
|
Mike
Gebler |
| Sun
27 Apr |
22nd
Annual Classic and Vintage Swap Meet |
|
South Delta Recreation Centre,
Tsawwassen,
BC 10am - 4pm.
A rain-or-shine group will be meeting at
the Chevron Station on the corner of Beacon Ave and the Pat Bay Hwy in Sidney,
departing for the 9:00am ferry at 8:20 am.
|
Mike
Gebler |
| Sun
04 May |
Island
RAT Season Opener |
 |
The Season Opener will start with breakfast at
the Homestead Cafe, 10025 Galaran Rd, Sidney
followed by a ride which will leave the Savage Cycles
parking lot at 11:00am and take the long way 'round,
finishing with a BBQ at Mike and
Janet's home in Duncan.
|
Mike
Backen |
| Sat
07 Jun - Sun 08 Jun |
Thom
Riedl Memorial Ride |
 |
Duffy Lake Loop with an overnight in Lillooet (Victoria Hotel).
We will be taking the 9:00 am sailing on Saturday June 7th and rendezvousing with the Western RAT Group at the Chevron, 232nd & Hwy #1, Langley with a 10:00am departure time. Then it is on to Lillooet by various
routes and in various groups. The trip home on Sunday will be via the Duffy Lake Road and the Horseshoe Bay Ferry. More to follow. For reservations: Prime: Hotel Victoria: 1-866-256-4112. Secondary: Reynolds Hotel: Phone: 1-877-655-5506.
|
Mike
Gebler & Western RAT |
| Thu
17 Jul - Sun 20 Jul |
6th Annual
Kootenay
Raid |
 |
Triumph
RAT Raid Nelson, BC
Click HERE
to reserve online.
Place the word (Triumph) beside your name. Danny is making arrangements with other hotels for bookings to accommodate all with a discount rate. If The Grand Hotel is full, Danny will send you info on the other accommodations. Registration form and itinerary are attached. Cost: Pre-registration:
$55.00/early ... $60.00/late.
|
Dan
Rickaby, Vern
Vogt & Mike Gebler |
| Sat
09 Aug - Sun 10 Aug |
Vancouver
Island Overnight |
 |
Overnight
ride to Gold River.
Ridgeview Motor Inn: 1- 800- 989- 3393.
|
Chris
Large |
| Sat
23 Aug |
2nd
Annual Poker Run |
|
Yes, there will be one this year. If you saved the route from last year. Don’t memorize it, the route will be different.
|
Duane
York & Mike Gebler |
| Sun
07 Sep |
Cowichan
Valley Ride |
|
Meet
at Serious Coffee in Mill Bay at 11:00 a.m.
Back roads to Cobble Hill and around Duncan. Then on to Riverbottom Road on the Cowichan River with a rest stop at Stoltz Pool Campsite.
Lunch at the Youbou Pub at approximately 1:00 p.m.
|
Dave Charney (YouBou Dave) |
| Sun
14 Sep |
Wine
Tasting & BBQ |
|
Godfrey Brownell Vineyards, Marshall Road, Glenora area. (west of Duncan).
$30/person, including the wine tasting. Between 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Choice of either a 6 oz steak, buffalo burger or 6 oz salmon fillet, baked potato, 2 salads, buns, condiments, coffee.
Wine Tasting: Taste 4 wines; 2 white & 2 red.
|
Vern
Vogt |