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 2010 TBA
2009
Staging for the ride is at Harbor Park at 150 Park Avenue in Norfolk.
Harbor Park is the home of the Norfolk Tides, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets.
Staging will begin at 8:00am on Saturday, 10 October, 2009. Registration will be open from 8:00-11:00am. The first group of riders will depart at 9:30am from Harbor Park. |
Although the 2009 ride has been in planning since last year’s event, we have recently received word from the Hampton Roads Regional Chiefs of Police Association (HRCOPA) that there would be no Police escorts this year. This year’s event will continue, but in a significantly different format than years past. Riders will begin to depart Harbor Park in Norfolk at 9:30am in groups of 30-50 riders. Lead riders with a clear understanding of the route will lead the riders at a safe and reasonable speed around the planned route, ending at Bayside Harley-Davidson in Portsmouth. In addition, the V-DOT Safety Traffic Center has agreed to post traffic alerts warning motorists about the high volume of motorcycles on the interstates that morning.
This years’ event has been recognized and endorsed by Timothy M. Kaine, Governor of Virginia, and the Mayors of the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.
Due to construction at Harbor Park for the Light Rail, Park Avenue is closed. The map below demonstrates how to enter the registration area. |
| Staging is on an as-registered basis. Pre-registered individuals may enter through the 3rd Base/Left Field side entrance. On-site registrants should enter at the East Main Street Ballpark Entrance. |
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2009 FLEETRIDE "Rumble Through the Tunnels" Route Details
Exit Harbor Park Lot D
Turn LEFT onto Park Avenue
Turn RIGHT onto E. Main Street
Turn LEFT onto Union Street
Turn RIGHT onto St. Pauls Boulevard
Turn RIGHT onto E. City Hall Avenue
Bear RIGHT onto I-264 West Onramp
Merge two lanes to the LEFT, stay in right lane through Tunnel
Merge into LEFT Lane of I-264 West after Frederick Blvd
Merge LEFT one lane onto I-664 West at Bowers Hill Interchange
Through Monitor-Merrimac Tunnel
**Stay in or merge into center lane after Jefferson Avenue onramp
Merge into RIGHT lane after Power Plant Blvd Exit
Take Exit 1B, and then Merge LEFT one lane onto I-64 East
Merge one lane LEFT after Exit 265
Remain in Right lane through Hampton Roads Tunnel
Merge from center lane into RIGHT lane after Exit 282 (North Hampton Blvd)
Merge RIGHT one lane onto Exit 284 (I-264 West)
Merge LEFT three lanes onto I-264 West
Remain in Right lane to Downtown Tunnel
Take Exit 5A (Frederick Blvd), Bear left on exit ramp
Turn LEFT onto Frederick Blvd.
Turn LEFT into parking lot at Bayside Harley-Davidson.
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Group Riding Guidelines
For safety reasons we will ride in a staggered formation (see illustration below). The minimum recommended spacing to the bike directly in front of you should not be less than two seconds (the two second rule). The bike in the lane to your left or right should not be less than one second ahead of you. You will find that two seconds is a long distance when riding at highway speeds. That is, it's a long distance when everything is going well. Unfortunately, when things go wrong, two seconds distance is gone in the time it takes to realize you are in trouble.
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