Recent Rides

Harley-Davidson Open House, York Penn.


The following Section is a Historical Account of the rides we have done since we where founded in 1996.

August 1996
Wildfire MC's first ride, founding member Gary LeBlanc along with Charter Members T.J., Mark O. and Lee C. were led on a scenic ride through north western Connecticut.

Huge Information Gap

Sunday August 22nd 2004
. Our scheduled destination for this ride was the Nordic Lodge in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Once there we had a Viking Feast of all you can eat Lobster and much much more. Make a note of the much later meeting time of 12:30 PM. This change was necessary because the Nordic Lodge opens on Sundays at 2:00 PM. Please also note that the all inclusive price is $65.00 per adult, which includes the Buffet, Soft Drink, Tea, Coffee, tax and gratuity. I suggest you fast or only have a light snack that morning. I hope we will see many of you for this ride. Remember to meet at the Commuter Lot in Norwich CT at 12:30 PM.

September 4th, 2004
Is scheduled for a ride to The Rennaissance Fair as we have done during the past two years. It is always a fun time with lots to eat, do and buy. Mark Rodeffer has agreed to coordinate this event.

Sunday, Sept. 19th 2004
will be our annual ride to the Out In The Park Gay Day at Six Flags Great Adventure in Springfield Mass

Friday Oct. 1st 2004
Mates Leather Weekend Ride. We will stay through Sunday, Oct. 3rd and depart after Brunch. Our Meeting time is set for 10:00 AM SHARP! at the commuter parking lot in Norwich, CT.
We will be stopping at the Vanson Leather Warehouse in Fall River Mass en route to the cape around 1pm for lunch and to browse.


Sunday, October 17th 2004
The meeting location is Marcus Dairy in Danbury CT, with a meeting time of 10:00 AM. Please gather at the South East corner of the building At 10:00 AM. The ride is to the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York. Our ride will take us up the scenic Taconic Parkway to Red Hook/Rhinebeck NY Where we will exit onto route 199 and head west for 6.8 miles to Orlich Road, to Norton Road for 1.5 miles to the Aerodrome. Admission is $15.00 which includes the Museum Tour and the Airshow. After the Museum tour, we can have lunch at the Aerodrome. The airshow starts at 2:00PM. The Foliage is already Turning so be prepared for a spectacular ride! We may even be met by some of our Northern New York members and friends.

November 7th 2004
Meet at Saybrook Fishhouse in Canton CT at 11:00 AM Sharp!
Grub at the Georgetown Saloon, Georgetown, CT

June 6th to 11th 2005
(Monday to Saturday) is Americade in Lake George, NY.

June 12th to 19th 2005
(Sunday to Sunday) is Laconia Bike Week in New Hampshire.

September 22nd to 25th 2005
(Thurs - Sunday) is The Harley-Davidson York
Open House in York PA.

September 30th to October 3rd 2005
(Friday to Monday) is The Mates
Leather Weekend in Provincetown MA.

June 2nd 2007
Was our Gillette Castle Ride (Eastern CT)

Sunday June 24th 2007
Wildfire MC Members Join ranks in the NYC Pride Parade

June 2007 Hamden To Portland Ride, New Member George get group riding experience.

Saturday July 14th 2007
Is our Biker Bar-B-Que/Picnic & "Dam" Good Ride led by TC. We Stopped at the Sayville Dam, Mohawk Mountain, and Dennis Hill. We Meet at The Saybrook Fish House at 10:00 AM for the ride portion, later sometime after 4:00 PM we were at Roberts house in Litchfield for The Biker Bar-B-Que/Picnic.

 

Saturday August 25th 2007

is our Renaissance Faire Ride

Meet at Marcus Dairy at 10:00 AM

Online Tickets & Information Link to the NY Ren Faire: NY Renaissance Faire Link
The New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo NY, (which is open from
August 4 through September 23, 2007)
At 600 Route 17A, Tuxedo, NY 10987, The Faire is a great time, in the past many Eyebrows where raised when two of our members where observed on the kissing bridge, Memorys of Flower Boy who couldn't seem to resist following our group around. Our Biker garb shares similarities with Ye Olde Knights Chainmaille, Gauntlets, Cuirass, Greaves, Chausses, and Helmets, So Gear Up Bikers and Join the Fun!

Ride review: A group of 5 showed up for this ride, TJ, GW, RD, TC, & GP. The weather was quite hot, but the roads on the route along many reservoirs and rivers along with a pretty reasonable pace kept us comfortable. We took a loop in Cold Spring, and we also took a quick detour up Bear Mountain. Seven Lakes drive was enjoyable with many curves and plenty of shade. We arrived at the Ren Faire and managed to find parking, (Free for bikes I might add, $5.00 for cars) After Roast Beast sandwiches and a Turkey leg, plus cool drinks we started to explore thy kingdom. We saw 2 Black Bears, and a porcupine. At one point we were verbally attacked by a vendor who wanted us to throw tomatoes at him. He asked us which of us was the "Power Bottom" and made fun of our attire. instead of being enraged, we were amused. Our return trip was interesting, I think we would have enjoyed the faire if the weather was 15 degrees cooler. I may plan a return trip before Sept23rd.

Sunday September 16th 2007 Was Tommy & J.R.'s Ride to Gay Day at Six Flags Great Adventure. Report:
For those of you who missed our ride today (now
yesterday), it was attended by 9 of us, JR, Tommy,
Brad (JR's BF), TJ,TC, Keith, Bobby, Dan, and
me.

The weather was a bit cool in the morning, but was
nice during the day, also the ride home was pretty
cool, Keith noted it was about 42 degrees in West
Cornwall this (yesterday) AM. The route was scenic
and relatively traffic free, Thanks to JR!

Tha Park was packed with red tee shirts, and there
where an abundance of studly men of all ages. The Bay
State Marauders had a sizable group as did the
Ursamen. For those of you into facial hair, there
where plenty of guys with mustaches, goatees, and
beards. Wish I had taken some pictures myself, but
most of the photos are courtesy of TC.

Lines for rides where pretty long, some members rode
the Batman coaster, the Mind Erasure.

We listened to part of the concert, and spoke with
Gary Turner who organizes this event with the people
at Six Flags.

After picking up our free group picture, we headed out
to the bikes to mount up and ride home. Seems Bobbys
Scooter had a very weak battery that would not turn
over the engine. It was thought his alarm may have
caused the battery drain, but that was not confirmed.
We polled the group and no one had jumper cables.
After looking at the location of his battery, I
determined it would be possible to remove the battery
from my bike very easily, and I could hold my
battery up to his battery touching each positive and
negative terminal together eliminating the need for
jumper cables, once his scooter was started I was
hopeful he could get home on the scooters charging
system. Well, we made it almost out to the parking
lot exit when the scooter stalled again. This time
about four of us pulled over and I again took out my
battery to jump start his scooter for the second time.
We split traffic to the street where a traffic cop
started to yell at Bobby for riding between the
waiting line of cars, Bobby tried to explain to the
cop that he was having trouble, and the cop finally
waived us out into the street. We headed south, and
it was decided that Bobby, myself and Dan would try to
get on the highway asap to prevent another stall. It
would figure that our bikes and scooter would need gas
very soon, We exited at # 38 of I-91, but the Mobil
Gas was closed for new fuel tanks, and they seemed
like the only game off exit 38. The scooter began to
sputter, and it was decided that we would cross over
to the Price Chopper to see if they had a set of
jumper cables for sale. They did not, so again out
came my battery, and this time I removed the fuse for
his head light in the hopes that he could get farther
along this time. Bobby and Dan rode down to exit 37,
while I reinstalled my battery in my Bike. I
caught up with Bobby and Dan at a Sunoco station where
the filled their tanks and bought a pair of jumper
cables. I filled up with gas, and for the fourth time
I jump started his scooter. Now we noticed I had lost
my low beam headlight, and was only left with a
functioning High Beam. Not to be out done and
possibly the result of some sort of mechanical
jealousy, Dans Honda lost its headlight low beam
too. So now we have two bikes and a scooter, the
scooter with out any headlights and the two bike with
no low beam. We Proceeded to head about 15 miles to
Scooter Centrale in Plainville CT to drop off Bobbys
scooter. Luckily the have two doors to a hallway so
you can leave your scooter for service, also luckily,
Dan now lives very near Bobby in Deep River, so after
a hot cup of coffee he took Bobby home.

OCTOBER 2007

Rick & Jerrys Great Bar-B-Que Ride is Sunday October 14th. Meeting time is 10:00 AM, Meeting location is The Saybrook Fishhouse in Canton CT.
Review:
The day started out at about 42 degrees, and it didn't get a whole lot warmer, although the barometer was over 30.0 and climbing, Ride Capt. Rick pulled over about 1 hour from Shaker Mountain to re-access the ride as the clouds where getting very dark, and clear skies where in the opposite direction. The group decided to head east before the sky opened up. Although we didn't have
Bar-B-Que, we all enjoyed hot soup with our meals as we warmed up. So much for Perforated Leather! BRRRR!

Sunday November 4th at 11:00 AM is our Vanilla Bean Ride to Pomfret CT. Being led by past Director Mark. Meet at 11:00 AM at Cycle Gear in Manchester CT