This weekend I put the Bonneville on the back of my truck and took it up to my sisters place in northern Virginia. Did a lot of riding with my dad and brother-in-law. About 350 miles in total.
On Sunday, we rode in the Rolling Thunder rally/protest/march. The primary goal is raise awareness of POW/MIA issues. The secondary goal is to get tens of thousands of bikers together.
My dad is a vietnam vet and has been riding every year for a few years, so I went up to ride with him this year. There were a lot of bikes there. I estimated about 10,000-12,000 bikes rode in the parade from the Pentagon, through downtown, and to the Mall. Depending on who you ask, there were between 50,000 and 500,000 bikes downtown in total[1].
The sea of bikes in the Pentagon parking lot.
The ride out of D.C was interesting. If you consider being stuck in traffic on I-95 for an hour interesting.
Most of the rest of the riding that weekend was spent on windy back roads in Caroline county in Virginia. Thats some fun riding.
[1] The event has more than a few political overtones[1], so no surprise the attendance estimates vary greatly.
[2] Not all of which I agree with…
You definitly have no clue what you are talking about. 2005 was slammed full in the parking lot which holds more than 40,000 bikes. A grand total estimation from the National Park Service concluded that more than 250,0000 bikes in DC that day.
Really, stay home, you’re using up an American’s good air.