Rolling Thunder getting too big?
#12
05-28-2012, 11:54 PM
Outstanding HDF Member
No, its not too big, its not big enough. We are there one weekend over a long holiday on a demonstration ride. Do you think the inhabitant of the white house (no matter who) really understands what is going on? Can he even hear the thunder. No i say lets dont stop until there are a million bikes there and enough people get behind the demonstration that someone actually notices. Yes i have been in lot 3, have finally movedaround 330. Its a long wait but what is the wait compared to our troops waiting to be recognised fortheir service or the mia or pow who may possibly still be there. Too big...? Not as long as one vet needs a job or medical care or just someone to say thank you. Too big ? Not as long as one blue star mother waits on herchild to come home. Too big..? Not as long as one gold star mother wakes at night and crys. Its not big enough by a long shot. Maybe if you are just coming to see and be seen or just to cross it off your list maybe its too big. Ask the gunny who stands at attention behind the Lincoln memorial until every bike has passed, ask him if its too big. Btw..he VOLUNTEERS to do this.
No its not too big, lets double then triple the size
No its not too big, lets double then triple the size
#13
05-29-2012, 06:24 AM
Huh???... too short of a ride?
Isn't the Rolling Thunder ride a coast to coast route with vet riders starting in CA and picking up other vet riders as they pass through each state on the way to DC? That's the ride that's been on my bucket list for the last few years.
Isn't the Rolling Thunder ride a coast to coast route with vet riders starting in CA and picking up other vet riders as they pass through each state on the way to DC? That's the ride that's been on my bucket list for the last few years.
#17
05-29-2012, 10:52 AM
I don't think the ride's too big (it can't be too big, IMHO), but they really had some size related problems this year that need fixing. It took two hours to get into the parking lot off of 395, which has never happened to me before.
They might want to consider multiple staging areas, or filling all three lots at once to elimate the merging bottleneck, or something.
They might want to consider multiple staging areas, or filling all three lots at once to elimate the merging bottleneck, or something.
#18
05-29-2012, 01:19 PM
#19
05-29-2012, 02:29 PM
Tourer
My mistake, the ride I'm thinking about is called "The Run for the Wall Ride". It's a cross country ride that starts in CA and ends up in DC for the memorial. Riders stop in several cities along the way where corporate sponsors feed and house them. They stopped here in Phoenix just down the street from me and all the Golden Corral restaurants ponied up and fed them a huge buffet right in the hotel parking lot.
