gary@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (gary w buchholz) (11/23/85)
The annual Toys for Tots for the Chicago area is scheduled for Saturday Dec 7, 1985. We will meet at 85 and Western (Dan Ryan Woods) and begin lining bikes up at 9:00 AM. We are scheduled to leave at 12:00 with police escort. The route is 8500 south on Western to 5200 North nonstop. Chicago police will have all the intersections blocked off on Western for us for the entire 25 mile ride. At foster ave we will turn left and continue west to the military installation near Foster and Kimball where the toys will be dropped off. The people at the military base will supply soup, coffee, and hot chocolate when we get there. To participate you must bring an unwrapped toy of value $5 or more per bike. No rain date, this happens rain, shine or snow. No drag racing, no wheelies... aw fooey. This is basically a Harley event. Chicagos "best" will be there - Hells Henchman, Outlaws, Creatans, etc etc. Everyone is real friendly at this one - no matter what bike you have you are welcome. (We're doing it for the kids after all....) I should be careful here.... the best part of this whole thing is at the end watching all these die hard Harley guys try to kick start those big choppers after they've been sittin' out in 30 deg weather while the bikers have been inside drinking that coffee at the base. Ever try to kick start a 1000cc Sportster in 30 deg weather with 20W-50 oil ? Come and see. (Oh, last year we had about 2000 bikers on this one) Gary