2008 Realities Ride
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| Thousands of bikers gave children a voice that roared at the 2007 Joker's Wild Realities Ride! |
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| Winner of the Quick Throttle Ride-In Bike Show at the After Ride Celebration at Thunder Mountain Harley-Davidson |
This Memorial Day Weekend bikers from all over the Front Range will come together to help abused and neglected youth at the Realities For Children's 7th Annual Joker's Wild Realities Ride & Poker Run. Sunday, May 25th, we will enjoy a 100 mile scenic tour of Northern Colorado, with free ride shirts to the first 500 pre-registered riders, hot Qdoba breakfast, live music at every stop, no card draw lines to endure, a $1,000 best hand prize, chance to win a $2,000 custom paint job from Linen and Styles Custom Paint and Design, great giveaways and an after ride celebration that will blow you away, sponsored by Budweiser Chelada.
Always wanting kick the ride up a gear, this year's registration and breakfast will take place at Thunder Mountain-Harley Davidson in Loveland (4250 Byrd Drive) at 9:30am followed by a beautiful ride to T-Bar Inn/Beauregard's Grill and Tavern in Wellington. Bikers will then journey to Sol's Long Branch/Swing Station in Laporte and travel to the Windjammer Roadhouse at Carter Lake on a breathtaking ride. Enjoying another scenic view, bikers and riders alike will then 'pre-game' it at Daisy Dukes in Loveland and head to Old Town Square Fort Collins for an After Ride Celebration that will blow your mind!
This year's Realities After Ride party will feature great live music on the all-new Realities Ride downtown stage, with performances by i69 and Something Underground, the Joker's Wild beer garden, streets for bike parking only, Quick Throttle Ride In Bike Show, Thunder Roads' Hot Rod and Vintage Bike Shows. We will also be holding the Colorado ColorFest Tattoo Competition - hosted by Joker's Wild Tattoo.
We will be drawing for our grand prize giveaway, announcing the winner of the best Poker hand and awarding one lucky rider the $1,000 Hilton Best Hand Cash Prize and drawing for a $2,000 custom paint job from Linen & Styles Custom Paint and Design! If you ride, this is the one you don't want to miss!
For more information about about the Hot Rod and Vintage Bike Shows call 970.669.4015 or visit www.thundercolorado.com.
Registration for the tattoo competition begins at 3:00pm-4:30pm. Entry into the contest is $10 per category (Best Black and Gray, Best Color, Best Fantasy and Best Large), and a trophy is included for 1st-3rd place. For more information about the Colorado ColorFest Tattoo Competition contact Webb at 970.490.2225.
The Cards
If you didn't make it last year, catch a sneak peek at what one of the state's largest charity poker runs looks like on our highlight video. And just to get you up to speed on how thousands of bikers ride in a poker run and enjoy good people and great music, instead of waiting in long lines to draw a card - it's called Texas Hold'em. When you register or check-in, you will draw your two Hole cards. At each stop, the Flop, the Turn and the River cards are revealed (these are 5 common cards played by all riders). Just like Texas Hold'em, the player with the best 5 card poker hand, using at least one of your hole cards, is our Poker Run cash prize winner. If lady luck doesn't deal you the hole cards you desire, you can purchase additional cards for $5.00 each to make a better poker hand and increase the odds of winning the $1,000 Hilton Best Hand.
The Cause
Even though this ride has more horsepower than a Boss Hoss, don't forget the Realities Ride is all about raising funds and awareness for the needs of abused and neglected children in Larimer County. All donations go to the Realities For Children Emergency Fund, a 501c3 component fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado.
PRE-REGISTER NOW -
1) Click here and register on online.
2) Print off a pre registration form and fax it to 970.484.0726.
3) Call 970.484.9090 – and we will process your pre-registration over the phone with a
credit card payment (all credit card types are accepted).
For more information about the Joker's Wild Realities Ride, please call Realities For Children at 970.484.9090, email info@realitiesforchildren.com or watch for regular web updates. We look forward to riding together soon and helping our community's children in need! Until the ride, be safe and keep it shiny side up.
*Special thanks to our Media Sponsors - Fort Collins Now and Fort Collins Coloradoan.
