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03-04-2007, 12:18 PM
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| WMRRA Qualifier  Joined: Feb 2007 From: pendleton, OR I Ride: Only In My Dreams Now | For those of us who couldn't be there, our hearts were with you and the family. Let's see some pictures of the turn out. Did the protestors show up? |
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03-04-2007, 12:37 PM
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| One Legged Rocket Rider  Joined: Dec 2005 From: Tri-Cities I Ride: A RED 2008 Ducati | I have been riding for 23 years on the street and that was the coolest ride I have been on yet! Police blocked off an entire free way for us, the #'s were from 350 to 400+ just in the group we were riding in. There were some smaller groups already there when we arrived. The protesters did show but were a very small group in comparison. I heard the # of people that showed, (cagers and bikes) was around 1500- 2000 people. I will load some of the pics I have and post. |
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03-04-2007, 12:55 PM
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| MotoGP Contender  Joined: Aug 2006 From: Wastekeep I Ride: to achieve Liberation through Acceleration | 
On a serious note, the protesters were such hypocrits, how could they say all the things they were about America, but yet wear the American Flag? And if they were so Anti American, why dont they move to another country? | |
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03-04-2007, 12:59 PM
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| Superbiker  Joined: Jan 2007 From: Seattle, WA I Ride: SV 650 S |
To paraphrase Voltaire - "I disagree with what you are saying, but I will defend your right to say it with my life." | |
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03-04-2007, 01:01 PM
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| One Legged Rocket Rider Joined: Dec 2005 From: Tri-Cities I Ride: A RED 2008 Ducati | We rode down a street as we aproached the TRAC facility that was lined on both sides with Service Men and Women, The fallen Soldier's Friends and some of the Family, and all kinds of other good people holding flags, I barely held it together! I don't have a pic of that but I am sure someone does and will post it. Here are a few I took.......                     |
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03-04-2007, 01:14 PM
| #88 |
| One Legged Rocket Rider Joined: Dec 2005 From: Tri-Cities I Ride: A RED 2008 Ducati | I'm sure others will post more, I'd like to see what everyone got. The cops were totally cool and waved at us as we passed and a few walked up to some of us and said.."You guys are Awesome for coming out." I thought it was super cool that the some of the organizers and other groups that showed up walked through the bikes thanking us for coming out as well. |
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03-04-2007, 01:21 PM
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| One Legged Rocket Rider Joined: Dec 2005 From: Tri-Cities I Ride: A RED 2008 Ducati | From what I understood, the Yellow Patriot Riders flag that we all signed is being sent over to Iraq to Sgt. Pfister's friends and fellow soldiers.   Last edited by skinny_punk; 03-04-2007 at 01:50 PM.. |
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03-04-2007, 03:40 PM
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| Newbie  Joined: Feb 2007 From: Pasco, WA I Ride: GSXR600 | By FAR the best ride I have ever been a part of. I will never forget riding into the TRACC between all those flags. The protestors were so few and were really insignificant. You had to look for them to find them. Was a beautiful thing we did today. I was very proud to be there. Kudos to all who participated and thanks for posting the pics. I really enjoyed meeting some of the PNW Riders as well. My first ride with you was the most memorable I have ever been on. |
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03-04-2007, 03:52 PM
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| Track School Dazed   Joined: Oct 2005 From: CENTRAL I Ride: When I can |  Welcome! Glad your here!
  I'm Glad you made it! I hope you can become a regular participant! | |
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03-04-2007, 04:04 PM
| #100 |
| Zone Head  Joined: Jul 2006 From: Pasco, WA I Ride: a Mini Cooper | Well, I don't think I've ever been involved in anything so stirring as the ride down between all those flags. I'm not ashamed to admit that it was getting a bit misty inside my visor and it had nothing to do with the weather. The initial meeting point for coffee  Flags on bikes, gotta love that   About 1/3 of the nearly 400 bikes that showed up at King City. Click pic for crappy 3 shot stitch bigger version.  Pre-ride brief  Parked at TRAC  The big flag at the end of the drive. That's Pam, the Oregon PGR leader. Asked her if this was a typical turnout and she said it was the biggest one that she'd ever been on. I thought that was pretty cool.  Don't know that I'll ever be able to top this ride. |
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03-04-2007, 04:08 PM
| #101 |
| Pit Crew  Joined: Oct 2006 From: Ventura, CA I Ride: GSXR 750 | Here are a few pics that Yamahamama took while we were all riding in. To be a part of this was truly amazing. Something that I will never forget. God bless America and the men and women that defend it.              |
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03-04-2007, 04:20 PM
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| Mr. 500,000  Joined: Dec 2006 From: Out There... some where... I Ride: VTX | Amazing.... wow... great job everyone!! It would be really cool if someone would post this in the General section too so everyone can see, some dont come into the different regional areas, and this is great stuff for everyone. thanks again |
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03-04-2007, 04:21 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Oct 2006 From: Ventura, CA I Ride: GSXR 750 |
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03-04-2007, 04:29 PM
| #104 |
| Track School Dazed Joined: Oct 2005 From: CENTRAL I Ride: When I can | Pic's!  We got together for CoFFee at road 68 Starbucks 8:00am!   Ohhhhh New Goodies! Mario's GSXR!  Skinny_Punk was ride leader for our group to KingCity, where we rallyed with 400+ Riders!  More Riders! Jimbo and vanquisher (Mike)! GSXRKID made it!  Matts Iorn Butt FJR always draws questions! Sweet Bike!  Starbucks, Road 68   Honda GB-500 very nice and hard to find! This one is Super nice!  Adam, AKA: Atomic Flames!  We moved across the street as 9:00am approched. Picking up more riders.   Adam and 'Bad Kitty'!  minerB!  Way Cool GSXR! Check the wheels! Chromed swing arm and TONS more! Attention to detail EVERYWHERE, Very TRICK!  At 9:15 this group rolled as one and headed for King City Truck stop on hiway 395. Our Rally point to meet with 350 of the nicest people in the Pacific Northwest.  They came in Small and Large groups, sinlges and solo. Hundreds of Riders, from as far away as Portland, Or. and from as far south as California.  This rider came from Chruch and changed at the truck stop.  From Old and very cool...  To New and very cool...  They rolled into the truck stop all morning. Before we left, instructions where given, Prayer for our ride was given, and we All recited 'Our Pledge of Allegance'. We ALL headed for the TRAC facility together, 400+ strong. Hiway 395 was 'shut-down' briefly, to allow us to ride staggered together. Im sorry I didnt take pic's while riding, but I wanted to stay alert and ready, Lots of cagers around. When we got to TRAC, we rode through Rows and rows of Americans, most with flags. They lined the driveway to TRAC. They clapped and wished us well as we rode to support the family and friends of our fallen Marine. THIS is what we saw. 4 Misguided protesters, the street seperating them and Vets and Patriot Guards. All the VETs and Patriot Guards had their backs turned to these poor misguided, sick, misinformed, tragicly ignorant creatures. we out numbered them One hundred to one. And thats just the Bikes and riders. Many, many people also came in cars.   just a few  A few more.  After the memorial, we headed to AZTECA for lunch!  Some of the nicest people in the whole TriCities! PNWRiders!  It just doesnt get any better than this!  Thank You ALL for coming. Thank you ALL for wishing us well. Thank you ALL! Last edited by james1300; 03-04-2007 at 05:36 PM.. |
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03-04-2007, 05:36 PM
| #105 |
| Zone Head  Joined: Nov 2006 From: Walla Walla I Ride: Twisted on a 2004 Tracked Gixxer 750; 2006 KTM 450SMR | Thanks to everyone for showing up and making it the most memoriable ride I've ever been on. Standing in the parking lot I got a call from Travis's sister. She called to let me know she was getting in to the limo to head to our staging area and asked "did any bikes show up?" It choked me up as I said "you won't believe your eyes"... The family were blown away... to see everyone, the bikes and the huge amout of support from strangers. She said later from as they took the exit to the Trac Facility she looked back and saw mile after mile of bikes. For me personally, pulling onto the streets leading to the facility, pulling into the rows of American flags, seeing the faces of our community, looking at us on bikes as a symbol of unity, it was overwhelming. Something I will never forget. What a great biker send off! R.I.P Travis! |
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03-04-2007, 05:42 PM
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| Streetfighter  Joined: Nov 2006 From: Richland, WA I Ride: More and Worry Less! |
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03-04-2007, 07:14 PM
| #109 |
| Endorsed  Joined: Sep 2006 From: Tri-Cities, WA I Ride: 2005 Yamaha FJR1300, 2002 Honda XR650R | That was definitely in my Top 10 things to do in life! I did a quick write-up and a bunch of my personal pictures. CLICKY HERE!  Thanks all! Great to meet more of you and looking forward to more rides in 2007! |
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03-04-2007, 09:21 PM
| #111 | |
| WMRRA Qualifier  Joined: Oct 2005 From: Yakima I Ride: '03 R6 |
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03-04-2007, 10:20 PM
| #113 |
| Pit Crew  Joined: May 2005 From: Richland WA I Ride: a broke P.O.S | Here is a few more pics road 68 shell       King City   The guy in the center is a 30 year vet of the submarine service    The Patriot Guard passed around one of there flags to sign which they were goin to send to a unit in Iraq            I think this guy was the cook. Poeple were passing him cameras to take pics.       Heres Knuckles  |
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03-05-2007, 04:13 AM
| #115 |
| WMRRA Qualifier  Joined: Feb 2007 From: Kennewick, WA I Ride: 07 VStrom 650 |  What a Country! We are proud Americans and those that aren't need to think about what freedom means. I will always remember this ride, riding with all of you in support of this soldier, his family and all those that fight for freedom. |
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03-05-2007, 04:47 AM
| #116 |
| WMRRA Qualifier  Joined: May 2006 From: Cool Breeze I Ride: Cool One | I want to start off by saying THANK YOU to all that road on the ride and especially to those who provided pictures for those unable to attend. It's awesome that so many riders made it but unfortunate it takes a tragedy to bring all of us together. Once again BIG RESPECT to all that participated. |
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03-05-2007, 05:19 AM
| #117 |
| Endorsed  Joined: Feb 2007 From: Kennewick, WA I Ride: KTM 530EXC - Orange Baby! | What a great ride and cause! I was really glad to see such a strong turn out! AWSOME!!!! Here's a few pics I took. Hodakaguy        180 Deg Pic  Last edited by Hodakaguy; 03-05-2007 at 05:22 AM.. |
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03-05-2007, 09:56 AM
| #118 |
| Superbiker  Joined: Aug 2006 From: Everett I Ride: One bike at a time | That is just AWESOME BEYOND WORDS! I was detained by work and a bad back Sunday. I wanted to go but the wife couldn't drive me out to be part of it. I will be at future missions! My heart sank when I knew I wasn't going. It makes me proud to be an American and a Veteran to see all the support for our "Fallen Hero's". A Hero is someone that does the right thing no matter the person outcome. Our troops definitely fit that description! The rest of the supporters are "Model Citizens" for the respect that they show. Rest in Peace Travis. Tru. |
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03-06-2007, 08:22 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Mar 2007 From: denver, co I Ride: 03 sv 650s |
The man pictured with his fist in the air Travis' uncle. His other aunt and uncle were also in the lead in orange HD cold weather textiles on a fat boy. A heartfelt thank you from our entire family goes out to all who attended, it was impressive to say the least. Brandon (Travis' Brother) | |
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03-09-2007, 08:00 AM
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| Zone Head Joined: Nov 2006 From: Walla Walla I Ride: Twisted on a 2004 Tracked Gixxer 750; 2006 KTM 450SMR | Hi guys... below I will paste an email that went out to the Patriot Guard regarding Travis's rally... --------------- To all of you: This email is going out to all of those who listed their emails on the Patriot Guard Riders sign in sheets at the Service for Sgt. Travis Pfister, last Sunday. First of all let me say THANKYOU !!!!. I am a few days late with that, but it took a couple of days just to "decompress" What an outstanding group, to have 450 + bikes, all doing the same thing for the same reason was awesome. You have raised the bar on family support to a level that will be hard for anyone in the nation to exceed. I know that this was the largest turnout ever in the Northwest, and one of the largest ever in the nation in the history of the Patriot Guard Riders. Second: I have an email list that I use to spread the initial word about upcoming services in Washington,(sometimes Oregon and Idaho), which I have temporarily added you to. If you do not wish to be included on that list simply reply to this email and put "Please Delete" in the Subject Line. I would encourage anyone who wished to to register at the Patriot Guard Riders web site www.patriotguard.org Registration is free, but does give you access to more forums, than are available to unregistered guests, including state forums for the northwestern states. Being registered also allows you to post to the mission threads, Most of the Families, and the Military officers assisting them, do read the mission threads, and the condolences posted really do matter to them. When you are registered and logged in, and find a mission thread you want to follow there is a box you can check to get emails everytime someone posts to that thread. I do this commonly on local missions, just to keep updated on what plans are being made. If you wonder where some of the members got the Hats, Decals, Etc that you saw, you can purchase them either on the main website,(the store there is owned by the PGR and all proceeds go for to support the PGR, purchase plaques for the family, run the website etc. You can also purchase them from "Twisters Store" www.patriotguardstore.org Twister was one of the founders of the PGR and the first Director. He owns this store privately, but donates much of the profits to PGR and other Veterans causes. Third: Now for the bad news. Eastern WA had another casualty this week. Spc. Ryan Bell of Colville (north of Spokane) was killed north of Bagdad on Monday. We have received a request from the Family to attend, and have members organizing things at this time. Early indications are that the memorial service will be held Saturday March 17, in the early afternoon. Unfortunately we have a chance to repay the support that we received last week from a group that rode down from Spokane much sooner than we had hoped. You can keep abreast of developements by watching the thread for this mission http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/t...c/Default.aspx Again Thank you all for turning out for Sgt. Pfister, If anyone knows who it was that asked the Pasco PD for the use of their PA please let me know, I apologize to whoever that was, but my brain did not record their name. Jeff Matson Yakima District Captain Patriot Guard Riders |
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