Things are definitely gearing up again, with lots or motorcycle events planned this year.
This list of upcoming Colorado motorcycle rides and rallies is only as complete as you help make it. If your group has an event coming up that you would like to publicize, let us know about it ( ) and we'll get it on the list. Send date, location, and contact information to us. If you have a website, send that link as well.
Likewise, if you know of another event that should be listed, send that information along.
To view photos of past events, scroll down or click here.
June
Event:
2008 Colorado State HOG Rally
Organization: Harley Owners Group
Date:
Thursday, June 12 to Saturday, June 14
Location: Island Grove Park,
Greeley
Cost: $50 members, $30 non-member guests
Information:
http://www.costatehogrally.com/
Event: 2nd Annual Biker Blessing & Pancake Breakfast
Organization:
Wheels of Fellowship
Date: Saturday, June 14
Location: Aurora,
Colorado Christian Fellowship, 10630 E. Iliff Ave.
Cost: no cost
Information:
wheelsoffellowship@ccfword.org
Event: Road Rage Bike Show
Beneficiaries: Progress for
Prostate
Date: Saturday, June 14, 10 am to 4 pm
Location:
Northglenn, O'Meara Ford Center
Cost: Entry donation $25
Information:
http://www.proplayersassociation.org/carshows.html
Event: Burnin' Blacktop Bike Rally
Date: Friday, June
20 to Saturday, June 21
Location: Sterling
Information: http://www.myspace.com/burninblacktop
Event:
Colorado State Moto Guzzi Rally
Organization: Moto Guzzi Riders of Colorado
Date:
Friday, June 20 to Sunday, June 22
Location: Chaffee County Fairgrounds,
Salida
Cost: $30 in advance
Information: http://www.motoguzzicolo.com/
Event:
First Annual Tail-Wagging Poker Run
Beneficiary: Colorado Springs All
Breed Rescue & Training
Date: Saturday, June 21, registration 9
a.m.
Location: Woodland Park, Crystola Roadhouse, 20918 E. Hwy 24
Cost:
$25 per driver and $15 per passenger
Information: http://www.haveanicedog.org/dnn/Events/PokerRun/tabid/488/Default.aspx
Event:
3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Ride for Rett Syndrome
Organization: Colorado
Rett Syndrome Foundation and Tri-City Elks
Date: Saturday, June 21,
breakfast 8:30-9 a.m., ride starts at 10 a.m.
Location: Louisville,
Tri-City Elks, 525 Main St.
Cost: $25 per motorcycle or vehicle, $10
per passenger
Information: 303-829-1344
Event: 1st Annual
Soldiers for Jesus Benefit Run
Organization: Soldiers for Jesus Motorcycle
Club - Denver Chapter
Date: Saturday, June 21
Location: Aurora
- I-70 & Airport Blvd.
Cost: $10 per bike, $5 for second rider
Information:
http://www.milehigh-harley.com/events/Soldiers-For-Jesus-Benefit-Run.php
Event:
Road Rage Bike Show
Beneficiaries: Tri-Town Food Bank
Date:
Saturday, June 21, 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Jerry D's, in Dacono
Cost:
Entry donation $25
Information: http://www.proplayersassociation.org/carshows.html
Event:
Tejon Street Bike Fest
Organization: Pro Promotions
Date:
Sunday, June 22
Location: downtown Colorado Springs
Cost:
free admission
Information: Pro
Promotions
Event: Benefit Race for Missing Child Task Force
Organization:
Date: Saturday, June 28
Location: Erie, Colorado National
Speedway
Information: (not much info available for this)
Event:
AMA Motocross
Organization: American Motorcyclist Association
Date:
Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29
Location: Thunder Valley Motocross
Park, 701 S. Rooney Road, Lakewood
Information: http://www.mxthundervalley.com/
Event:
25th Annual Hummdinger Poker Run
Beneficiary: Missing Children Task
Force
Date: Sunday, June 29, registration 7-9 a.m.
Cost: $10
Location:
Longmont, Old Chicago, 1805 Industrial Circle
Information: http://touringnstyle.com/events.html
July
Event:
Matchbox Saloon Run & Bar-B-Que
Beneficiary: Children's Hospital
Date:
Friday, July 4
Location: south on Santa Fe near Louviers
Information:
303-791-0913
Event: Top O' the Rockies Rally
Organization:
BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado
Date: Friday, July 4 to Sunday, July
6
Location: Paonia
Information: http://www.coloradobeemers.org/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,5/extmode,view/extid,7/
Event:
20th Annual DAV Ride to Benefit Veterans of Colorado
Date: Saturday,
July 5
Location: Frederick, High Country Harley-Davidson/Buell
Cost:
$20
Information: http://www.highcountrydavrun.org/
Event:
3rd Annual Poker Run for Kids
Beneficiary: Turning Point Male Residential
Treatment Facility
Date: Sunday, July 6
Location: Fort Collins
Information:
call 970-221-0999, ext. 24
Event: 7th Annual Rally on the Rio Grande
Date:
Friday, July 11 to Sunday, July 13
Location: Del Norte
Information:
http://www.rallyontheriogrande.com/
Event:
Donnie Keeler Memorial Ride and Poker Run
Date: Saturday, July 12
Location:
Boulder
Information: 303-441-4682
Event: 22nd Annual Ladies
Run of Colorado
Date: Saturday, July 12 to Sunday July 13
Cost:
$13 pre-registration
Location: Fairplay
Information: http://www.ladiesrun.com/
Event:
Ride to Work Day
Date: Wednesday, July 16
Location: The entire
United States
Information: http://www.ridetowork.org/
Event: 3rd Annual Ride To The SkyMotorcycle Poker Run and Rally
Beneficiaries:
50% of Donations will go the Local Biker Oriented Charities
Date: Saturday,
July 19
Cost: $10 per person, plus $5 for additional poker hands
Location:
The Zone Sports Bar & Grill, on 15600 44th Ave in Golden
Information:
http://www.ridetothesky.com/
Event: 5th Annual Mark Littlejohn Christmas in July Poker Run
Beneficiaries:
The Salvation Army
Date: Saturday, July 19, 9 am
Cost: $30
per person in advance, $35 at the event
Location: Fox & Hound, 9239
Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree
Information: http://www.marklittlejohnchristmasinjuly.org/
Event: 6th Annual Ride For Life
Organization: Suicide
Prevention
Date: Saturday, July 19
Location: Aurora
Information:
303-279-8884
Event: Road Rage Bike Show
Beneficiaries:
Progress for Prostate
Date: Saturday, July 19, 10 am to 4 pm
Location:
Northglenn, O'Meara Ford Center
Cost: Entry donation $25
Information:
http://www.proplayersassociation.org/carshows.html
Event:
36th Annual Top O' The Rockies Rally
Organization: BMW Motorcycle Club
of Colorado
Date: Thursday, July 24 to Sunday, July 27
Cost:
$40, includes three nights of camping with hot showers
Location: Paonia
Information:
http://coloradobeemers.org/content/view/2/25/
Event: Road Rage Bike Show
Beneficiaries: Camp Fire USA
- Colorado
Date: Saturday, July 27, 10 am to 4 pm
Location:
Littleton, True Kustom
Cost: Entry donation $25
Information:
http://www.proplayersassociation.org/carshows.html
August
Event: 100,000 Foot Ride
Organization:
BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado
Date: Saturday, Aug. 2
Location:
Begins and ends in Denver, crosses 10 passes above 10,000 feet
Information:
http://coloradobeemers.org/content/view/28/37/
Event:
West Fest '08
Organization: ADVrider
Date: Tuesday, Aug. 8
to Thursday, Aug. 10
Location: Lake City, at the Texan Resort
Cost:
$59.75 per person
Information: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5027131#post5027131
Event:
2008 Big Dog Ride
Organization: Great American Motorcycle Adventures
Date:
Friday, Aug. 15 to Sunday Aug. 17
Location: Colorado Rockies
Information:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/bigdog/
Event:
Road Rage Bike Show
Beneficiaries: Progress for Prostate
Date:
Saturday, August 16, 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Northglenn, O'Meara Ford
Center
Cost: free to vehicle registrants
Information: http://www.proplayersassociation.org/carshows.html
Event:
Colorado Classic 1000 (1000 miles in one day)
Organization: BMW Motorcycle
Club of Colorado, Iron Butt Association
Date: Saturday, Aug. 16 and
Sunday Aug. 17, 5 a.m.
Cost: $99 before July 19, $125 afterward
Location:
Holiday Inn in Lakewood, ends in Cripple Creek
Information: http://coloradobeemers.org/content/view/41/44/
Event:
2nd Annual Grand Valley Rally
Date: Friday, Aug. 22 to Sunday Aug. 24
Location:
Delta Round Up Club Arena, Confluence Lake Park at 530 Gunnison River Drive
Information:
http://www.jpcycles.com/motorcycleEventDetail.aspx?eventId=10663
Event:
Poker Run for HOPE
Date: Saturday, Aug. 23
Cost: $20 per bike,
$10 per passenger suggested donation
Organization: HOPE
Location:
Aurora - I-70 & Airport Blvd.
Information: http://www.milehigh-harley.com/events/Poker-Run-for-Hope-2008.php
Event: Protecting the American DreamRally
Date: Saturday,
Aug. 23
Beneficiary: Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund
Location:
Kavanaugh Field in Woodland Park
Information: http://woodlandparkbikerrally.com/
Event:
Four Corners Motorcycle Rally
Date: Monday, Aug. 25 to Monday Sept.
1
Cost: No gate fees
Location: Ignacio
Information:
http://www.ignaciobikeweek.com/
Event: Sugar Pine Ranch Rally
Date: Thursday, Aug. 28
to Monday Sept. 1
Cost: Rally ground entrance $20 per day or $50 for
three days
Location: Sugar Pine Ranch in Mancos
Information:
http://www.sugarpineranchrally.com/
Event:
Thunder in the Rockies
Date: Friday, Aug. 29 to Monday Sept. 1
Cost:
$10 per day, $15 for weekend
Location: Loveland, The Ranch, Crossroads
Blvd. and I-25
Information: http://www.thunderintherockies.com/
September
Event:
Road Rage Bike Show
Beneficiaries: Progress for Prostate
Date:
Saturday, September 13, 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Northglenn, O'Meara
Ford Center
Information: http://www.proplayersassociation.org/carshows.html
Event:
Road Rage Bike Show
Beneficiaries: Friends of Jake Fund for Service
Dogs
Date: Sunday, September 21, 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Parker,
Joe's Crab Shack
Information: http://www.proplayersassociation.org/carshows.html
October
Event:
AMA West Youth Hare Scrambles Championship Series
Organization: American
Motorcyclist Association
Date: Saturday, Oct. 25
Location:
Milliken
Information: www.tworiversracing.com
28th Annual Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet 2006