July 11  AMA District 34 Meeting- Celtic MC

July 12 & 13, 2008  32nd Annual Ramapo 500.. This is our premier event open to the public. It is a 500 mile weekend sports tour over roads less traveled. It includes Saturday night BBQ dinner, awards & door prizes and camping.  All entrants get a "starters pin" and those who complete the ride receive a "finishers patch". This is our most well known event.  Join us for a weekend of riding fun! Open to all riders    Steve & Karen are  contacts for the Ramapo 500, with a Meet Time & Place of 7:30 at Irelands 32 Restaurant, 6 Orange Ave., Suffern, NY on Saturday July 12th.  leaving Irelands by 8:15 promptly.

July 13-  Ride for Special Olympics- Patterson, NY Sponsored by FOP Stephen P. Driscoll Memorial Lodge #704,  Ride begins at the FOP Lodge at the intersection of Route 311 and Route 164 in Patterson. Registration is from 9-11:00am.  Fee is $25 for the rider and $15.00 passenger.  Fee includes a t-shirt, food, beverage and music.  More info call 845-228-6048 Police

July 13 -Woodstock Vintage Ride, begins at 12:00pm Woodstock, NY for more info call 845-67902051

July 16-  17th Annual Ride to Work Day  www.ridetowork.org

July 20  -Ridin' Free MC's Party in the Park in memory of our fallen brother Red.  12-6pm, Bowoin Park, Sheafe Rd, Wappingers Falls, NY  $20pp $30 per couple,  pig roast, food, beverages, door prizes, 50/50, bike show, trophies, live music. For more info contact Slug 845-8491907  http://ridin-frr-mc.tripod.com

July 20 -East Side Custom Choppers Organ Donors Association Run —starts at East Side Moto Mall, Route 52, Walden, 10 a.m. 60-mile run. Receive one drink coupon and $15 buffet. Call Russ at 778-2100 or visit www.eastsidecustomchoppers.com.

July 20 - Freedom First MC Poker Run -Abate of North Ulster and Freedom First M.C. Poker Run for Children's Rehab Center of Lake Katrine. Registration 10am - 12noon at The Black Bear Restaurant, Rt 28 Wookstock. Ends at GnG Leather's New Location RT 9W, Lake Katrine. All Makes, Bikes & Hot Rods Welcome. $25.00 Rider/Driver $15.00 Passengers. Food, Beverages & Vendors at Final Checkpoint. Best Hand Prize, 50/50, Door Prizes & More... Live Music By Pillow Face. Rain or Shine Sponsor: Abate of North Ulster & Freedom First MC Contact: Bob Eggering Phone: 845-849-8625

July 20  -  Putnam CAPs Motorcycle Run  This scenic 65 mile run begins at the Route 312 Shopping Center (Kohl's and Linens N' Things) in Brewster, NY and ends at Sycamore Park in Mahopac, NY. Drivers/$25, Driver + rider/$35. Registration begins at 9 am, ride kicks off at 11 am. BBQ lunch, performance by Blue Mozart, Demo by Christine Firehock of Kickstart, raffle, vendors and giveaways. Sponsor: Putnam CAP Contact: Marisa O'Leary 845-278-8021

July 26  Ranting and Raving Leathers Anniversary Party and Sale....10am until whenever.  Rt 376 Business Park, Wappingers Falls, NY Music by Anthony K Band, food soda.  MGH Graphics.  All money raised from the food will benefit the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 65.  845-592-2000

July 26- Blue Knights, NY XVIII Cops Run Rally-open to all riders...more info to follow

July 27, 2008  Second Generation Motorcycle Assn 5th Annual Dice Run for Charity..... A back roads country ride and a party at the end with prizes, BBQ, live music and more..... usually about 100 miles of back roads thru Orange, Rockland counties.... Sign up at Haverstraw Motorsports, Haverstraw, NY 9:30-11:00am Ride ends at the Pomona Legion Hall.. Proceeds fo to United Hospice of Rockland. http://www.secondgenerationma.org

July 27  LAMA-  Latin Bikers Against Cancer, Bronx, NY  This event is to benefit the American Cancer Society. Registration from: 10:30 am - 12:15 pm -- $20 per rider & $10 per passenger food/beverages/50-50 raffle Contact Maritza, 914-462-9962  http://www.lamanyc.com

July 27 Wurtsboro HOG's 14th Annual St Jude's Ride- Wurtsboro, NY  Ride to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Poker Run followed by party in Mamakating Town Park. Live music, Bike Games and plenty of vendors along with the best food you'll ever get at a Poker Run. All this and a Pig Roast. $20 per person. We also raffle off a 2008 Road King Classic. $40 per ticket or 3 for $100. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold. Proceeds of raffle donated to St.Jude's.  http://www.wurtsborohog.com

July 27- Friends of Olivia Beam Foundation- Hudson Valley Renegades Game, 5:00 PM Tickets $10.00. All profits benefit Olivia Beam a student from the Pine Bush Central School District. Olivia is 9-year-old little girl, once ran and laughed and made blanket forts with her friends. Then one summer morning, brown-haired, brown-eyed Olivia Beam couldn't point a finger or wiggle a toe.  She was paralyzed from the neck down.  Tickets being sold at Pakanasink Elementary School, Circleville, NY

July 27- Iron Riders MC Annual Benefit Run-- reg. 9-11:30 at Highland Firehouse, Rt.9w, Highland. BBQ will follow at noon at Cluett-Shand Park, Rt.9W,Milton. $20 rider, $15 pass. Live music, vendors, games, trophies. All proceeds benefit 3 year old Austin Nace.  More info at www.ironridersmc.net.  LWMC contact Barbara G MT&P of 9:30 at the Highlands Fire House off Rt. 9W, just North of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

August 1- LWMC Monthly Meeting, K of C, Beacon

August 3- Hudson Valley Ride for Kids Join hundreds of other motorcyclists for a scenic ride through scenic Harriman State Park and West Point. You'll have a great time while raising funds for the PBTF's medical research and family support programs! Riders on all makes and models are welcome. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 9:45. The police-escorted ride starts at 10 a.m. sharp, rain or shine! The ride loops back to the school. After a light lunch, participants will enjoy a Celebration of Life program that features interviews with young brain tumor survivors—the Ride for Kids® "stars" of the day. www.pbtfus.org/rideforkids

August 8  AMA District 34 Meeting, Yonkers MC

August 8-10 Blue Knights-New York II-Annual Suicide Run "da Bronx"  To Benefit NYPD Widows and Orphans The Exchange Club of Yonkers to help abused children (victims of domestic violence) SINGLE RIDER $30.00 RIDER W/PASSENGER $50.00 SATURDAY NIGHT $15.00 PER BIKE For further information call: Ed Cutinello @ 1-917-415-1708, or Curtis Whitehead @ 1-914-262-5841 Visit our website: www.blueknightnyii.com

August 10  BACA Second Annual John Souza  BBQ Back to School Run (contact Hudson Valley chapter of BACA) http://www.bacausa.com/Internet/HomePage.aspx?c=98

 August 16-"Breakaway" Annual Memorial Bike Run for Katelyn's Kause —  start and finish at Mid Orange Correctional Facility Q.W.L. building, 900 Kings Hwy., Warwick. Registration 9-11 a.m., registration fee $40 (includes all-you-can-eat and drink.) All motorcycles welcome, a specaial escort will be provided by the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Barbeque, raffles, live local bands. Texas Hold 'em Sat. at 7 p.m. Benefits Katelyn's Kause and organization that assists families of children and teens battling cancer. Call Glenn at 355-1673 or e-mail bigglenn9980@yahoo.com. Visit www.katelynskause.org or www.myspace.com/katelynskause.

August 17  BACA  2ND ANNUAL JOHN SOUZA BACKPACK RUN- meet Sunoco Swartz Mart, Hopewell Junction  9:30-11:00am. Beautiful ride ending at the Astor Home for Children  $20 donation, $30 per couple

August 17-20  Backroads Summer Squeeze 2008  Gray Ghost Inn, West Dover VT  Check out this event in the "Backroads" magazine and www.backroadsusa.com 973-948-4176

August 24-Frank Kimler Memorial Poker Run —  (rain or shine), registration 9-11 a.m. at Wallkill/Shawangunk Correctional Club House, Birch Road, Wallkill. $25 donation for ride or just relax, free T-shirt for all preregistered. 70-mile run. Continental breakfast at registration, chicken barbeque after the run, live music by Touch of Rhythm, 50/50, refreshments and prize raffles. Benefits the American Cancer Society Pancreatic Research Fund, Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, the Frank Kimler Legacy Program and Shawangunk Correctional Employee Benefit Fund. Call 778-3457 or visit www.hvrugby.com.  LWMC contact Ken-more info to follow

August 24- Poker run & Pig Roast 6th Annual You’re invited to join The Hudson Valley NY Chapter of the Warthogs MC as they host their “6th Annual” Poker Run & Party at Orange County Park Pavilion (Grove Street, Off Rte. 416 Approx ½ - 1 mile South of Route 211 Montgomery N.Y.) August 24, 2008. Party starts at noon and continues ‘til ???. Donation $25.00, $40.00 per couple Poker Run Registration 9am – 11am A portion of the proceeds will go to a Person Battling Cancer. Sponsor: Hudson Valley Warthogs MC Contact: Erv the Perv info@nywarthogsmc.com

August 24, 2008 - Poker Run & Bikini Bike Wash - Poker Run registration is from 9am-11am at Laura Ann Farms 401 rt 17m Monroe. Ride fee is $20 per person. The ride goes thru senic hudson valley with pro boxer Lou Savarese, ending at Laura Ann Farms, with prizes, live music, 50/50, great BBQ, beer, vendors and more. Bikini Bike Wash $10, bike show w/trophy judged by peoples choice. All proceeds to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Sponsor: Steel Saints MC & Laura Ann Farms Contact: Doreen Cuomo Phone: 845-590-8296

August 29- LWMC September Monthly Meeting, K of C, Beacon

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

September 3-7  Killington Classic Motorcycle Touring Rally, Vermont

September 7, 2008  Lost Wheels MC Poker Run…Registration from 9-11:30 am at Dutchess (Renegade) Stadium, Route 9D near Fishkill, NY.  End site at Canopus Lake Beach in Fahnestock State Park, Carmel, NY Food, games, 50-50, trophies, door prizes, vendors, live music by “Guys Night Out”,   ride-in bike show and more! Come and ride the route and join in the fun. All bikes welcome. "2008" date bars to the first 1000 registrants.  AMA Sanctioned. AMA-$20; non-AMA-$25 and children 15 and under-$10. For more info, call Dan @ 845-401-8006. (Directions to the stadium: Take I-84 to Exit 11. Go north on Route 9D approx. 1/2 mile.  Stadium is on the right across from a small shopping center) http://www.lostwheels.com

September 12, AMA District 34 Meeting,  South Shore MC  

September 14 Orange County HOG 18th Annual Charity Poker Run for Autism-register at Moroneys-9till noon.

September 11-14, 2008  Catskill Mountain Thunder    East Durham  NY  USA 3 day event in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate, NY at the Blackthorne Resort. Bike shows w/$1000's cash prizes, rodeo games, vendor expo, stunt shows, swap meet tent, fireworks, pig roast, live music day & nite, on-site camping, spaghetti wrestling, demo rides, guided and unguided tours, antique bike display, celebrity bike builders, used bike corral for anybody looking to buy or sell a bike. Our exclusive Aerial Burnouts Friday & Saturday evenings. BBQ and party Thursday evening, Friday morning scenic breakfast run.

September 19 - 21st Celtic "Kick Ass" Rally

September 26-29th- 10 Annual Fall Fiesta   Pennsylvania and Maryland hotels.  Check out this event in the "Backroads" magazine and www.backroadsusa.com 973-948-4176

______________________________________________________________________________________________

October 3-LWMC Monthly Meeting, K of C, Beacon

October 5-  1st Annual Poker Run   Scenic Ulster County Route  Wallkill Hook and Ladder & Hose Co #64 Fall Haul Poker Run 
Reg. 8am-11Am  All you can eat Pancake breakfast 7-12 for $6.00 Poker run to benefit Wallkill Hook and Ladder & Hose & NYS Volunteer Firemen's Home $25-entry $20 Passenger $10- under 18 ( no poker hand ) Starts Wallkill firehouse 18 central ave Wallkill NY 12589
Ends Pops pavilion Rt 208 Wallkill NY 12589  Music/ door prizes/ vendors/ refreshments/ pig roast/ burgers/ hot dogs/ sausage & peppers  
Cash Prizes - Best hand / 2nd best / 3rd best  www.wallkillfire.org/pokerrun  pokerrun@wallkillfire.org  845-895-5677  Pre register 9/15/08 Receive shirt & event Pin

October 10  AMA District 34 Meeting, Celtic MC

October 2008  Ramapo MC Fall Foliage Guided Tour Charity Run    This is a foliage tour which we began a few years ago. It is a 120 mile ride over some of the most scenic roads in the Tri-State area. See Mother Nature at her best. Open to all riders. Guides depart quarter  hourly, or ride the route with your own group at your own pace. Great run! 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

November 7-LWMC Monthly Meeting, K of C, Beacon

November 14  AMA District 34 Meeting,  Yonkers MC  (pre-sanction meeting)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

December 5- LWMC Monthly Meeting, K of C, Beacon

December 6   AMA District 34 Meeting-(tentative sanction meeting)

December 12 AMA  District 34 Meeting- South Shore MC