Ride Day
This is a great riding experience which you will never forget, and it's all for a great cause!
This is a totally POLICE ESCORTED Ride. The amazing Toronto Police Winged Wheels Precision Motorcycle Team will lead and ride escort from start to finish.
If you have ever dreamed of legally riding through red lights, being escorted like a VIP through downtown Toronto traffic, or riding behind a Police Motor Officer with emergency lights & siren wailing this ride is for you.
LOCATION: Nathan Phillips Square (City Hall),Queen St. W. at Bay St. Enter off Queen St. near the parking garage. Then, our route will take us up Yonge St to the highway, along the highway back to downtown and then through the core again on the way back to City Hall.
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8:30am-10:00am |
Assemble & Registration |
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9:00am to 11:30am |
Pancake & Sausage Breakfast at the Salvation Army Kitchen Truck |
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8:30 - 9:40 |
Fathead (blues band) |
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9:45am - 10:45am |
9/11 Memorial (details on this page) |
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10:45 to 11:45 |
Fathead (blues band) |
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11:55am |
Instructions to riders, "Start-your-engines", formation for start of parade |
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12:00 Noon |
Nathan Phillips Square, ride starts led by TPS Winged Wheels |
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1:00pm |
Ride ends with return to Nathan Phillips Square |
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1:10pm - 1:30pm |
Awards, Grand Prize, 50/50 Draw and Door Prize Draws |
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1:30pm - 2:00pm |
Toronto Winged Wheels perform - on Bay Street: Precision riding demo |
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2:00pm |
Event ends |
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All Day |
Interactive Emergency Services Displays by Toronto Fire, Police and EMS |
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REQUIREMENTS: Valid Driver’s License with motorcycle endorsement, approved helmet, appropriate safety gear & clothing for weather conditions, motorcycle approved for Highway use.
No rider fee, no passenger fee, no minimum toy value.
Financial donations always gratefully accepted. All financial donations will go to purchasing additional presents.
Please Bring a New, Unwrapped Toy or Game for each participant, both the Rider and Passenger (suggestions here).
Each registrant gets one chance to win a door prize.
Ride Captain will call the riders to order at 11:55 AM.
At 12:00 Noon SHARP the Riders will proceed single file from Nathan Phillips Square out onto Queen Street West, turning left (east bound) on Queen Street – where riders with pair-up, riding a staggered two-bike formation – staying in a single traffic lane. Once the procession has formed on Queen Street, the ride will proceed as follows:
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- Eastbound Queen Street to River St. (turn left)
- North River St. to Bayview Extension (merge)
- Northbound Bayview Extension and continue Northbound on Bayview Ave.to York Mills (turn right)
- Eastbound York Mills to Don Valley Parkway (turn right)
- Southbound DVP to Richmond St. (turn right)
- Richmond St. Westbound to York St. (turn right)
- York St. Northbound to Queen St. (turn right)
- Queen St. across to entrance of Nathan Phillips Square – Riders will form single line re-entering Nathan Phillips Sq..
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The Ride Captain will determine which traffic lane to be use throughout the ride, please be aware of lane changes & stay in the proper lane.
Always check your mirrors & blind spot before changing lanes, Police escorts will be moving very quickly up both left and right sides of the parade.
This is a totally POLICE ESCORTED Ride. The amazing Toronto Police Winged Wheels Precision Motorcycle Team will lead and ride escort from start to finish.
If you have ever dreamed of “legally” riding through red lights, being escorted like a VIP through downtown Toronto traffic, or riding behind a Police Motor Officer with emergency lights & siren whaling – this ride is for you.
This is a great riding experience which you will never forget, and it’s all for a great cause! |
