Aug 2, 2011
When you think of charity events on a national level, there is just one that has stood out year after year as well as the test of time. With it’s sprinkling of celebrities, number of attendees, funds raised, and periodic controversy it’s The Love Ride. This motorcycle charity event will return to Castaic Lake this year (last time it was here was in 2006) after it went on a economy-induced hiatus in 2009. This years event will again be led by “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, Love Ride 28 will take place Oct. 23 and revisits the venue that helped grow the ride into an event that has drawn as many as 18,000 bikers and raised as much as $1.7 million for charities annually.
Peter Fonda and Willie G. Davidson are among the celebrity bikers who will participate in Love Ride 28. Country duo Montgomery Gentry will perform. Autism Speaks, an autism science and advocacy organization, is the designated charity.
One new twist to this years event is a 22-dealer support network that will allow individual Southern California Harley-Davidson dealerships to serve as launch points. Previous years’ rides have left from Harley-Davidson of Glendale, the dealership that started the Love Ride in 1984.
