Friday the 13th motorcycle rally explained

Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally
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Frequency:Every Friday the 13th
Location:Port Dover, Ontario, Canada
First:1981
Attendance:Over 100,000
Genre:Motorcycle rally
Organised:Port Dover Board of Trade

The Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held every Friday the 13th[1] in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada since 1981. Its typical summer attendance exceeds 100,000 bikers.

Attendance

The event has been described as "the biggest single-day motorcycle event in the world,"[2] a title also claimed by the Rolling Thunder rally in the United States. Although hundreds of attendees arrive during winter months,[2] [3] [4] attendance is at its highest when the date falls on a summer day. In August 2010, the rally drew more than 150,000 attendees.[5] Estimates for the July 2012 event ranged from 90,000 to more than 170,000.[6]

Guinness World Record attempt

An attempt in 2008 to surpass the previous Guinness world record for the largest motorcycle parade failed due to a technicality. More than 10,000 motorcycles would have exceeded the record set in 2006 by the Republic of Texas Biker Rally.[7] Although the organizers were able to document participation by more than 12,000 motorcycles at Port Dover,[8] they entered through multiple portals to the city and were disqualified by Guinness as a single parade.[9]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jansen, Liz. Women, Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment: Fifty Inspirational Stories of Adventure and Self-Discovery . 103. Trillium Wordworks . 2011. 978-0987758309 .
  2. Bill Taylor (narrator), Brett Gundlock (Video production). Motorcyclists invade Port Dover on Friday the 13th / Every Friday the 13th, thousands of motorcycle riders descend on the sleepy fishing town of Port Dover on Lake Erie. Toronto Star newspaper. Streaming video. July 13, 2012.
  3. News: Canoe.ca. Snow fails to deter Friday the 13th revellers. January 13, 2012. Monte Sonnenberg. https://archive.today/20130219190407/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2012/01/13/pf-19243396.html. usurped. February 19, 2013.
  4. Web site: Canada Destinations by Cameron Scott | Traveler's Guide 360 . 2013-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328052546/http://www.travelersguide360.com/index.php/canada-destinations-28-3970/ . 2014-03-28 . dead .
  5. News: Motorcycle madness. The Simcoe Reformer. August 16, 2010.
  6. News: Waterloo Region Record. Tally hits 90,000 for Friday 13th motorcycle rally. April 15, 2012.
  7. News: Street Closure Map for Republic of Texas Rally 2011. KUT News, Austin Texas. June 10, 2011. 2013-02-04.
  8. News: Motorcycle.com. Friday the 13th rally seeks record / Town attempts to establish Guinness record. June 16, 2008.
  9. News: The Simcoe Reformer. Guinness says no to Friday the 13th record attempt. January 19, 2009.