[Photo Credit Dohms Creative Photography] The Riding Into History Board of Directors met in early April and decided that the 24th Annual Riding Into History event would be our final year. This was not an easy decision to reach and we chose not to disclose that decision until after the event was over to avoid negatively influencing this year’s event in any manner. After being in operation for the past 25 years, we reached a point where we could no longer plan to adequately staff the event from a diminishing pool of available volunteers. This was especially critical for replacing …
2024 Riding into History™ Event Recap
[Photo credit Dohms Creative Photography] Riding into History™ had a very successful 24th annual Antique Motorcycle Concours at the Classic Car Museum of St Augustine on April 20th! We want to thank the team at the Classic Car Museum, all our sponsors, vendors, clubs, volunteers, entrants and spectators for helping make this year a success! We were able to donate $20,000 to K9s for Warriors this year – we also want to thank our friends from the Dania Beach Vintage Motorcycle Show for their additional donation of $7,500 to K9s for Warriors from their annual Vintage Motorcycle Show in January of this …
Riding Into History™ is Ready to Roll!
The 24th Annual Riding Into History Antique Motorcycle Concours will showcase 200+ Motorcycles at the Classic Car Museum of St Augustine on Saturday April 20th, 2024. This is a charity motorcycle show featuring motorcycles from 1911 through 1987 (must be 35 years or older to qualify as Antique). We will have Motorcycles, Bicycles, Race Bikes, and Scooters from Manufactures representing countries from around the world. Our theme this year is “Chasing the Rising Sun” with Japanese Motorcycles being our featured marque. Henry DeGouw is our Grand Marshal – he will be autographing posters at our Charity Store and mingling with the crowd through …
Bring the Kids! Youth Judging at Riding into History™
[Photo credit Amy Jacques] The thrill of owning and riding motorcycles has been going on for well over one hundred years. Since the beginning, families across this great nation and across the world have enjoyed two-wheeled adventures together. At Riding into History™, we would like to share some of this rich story with you and the children in your lives. This is a perfect opportunity for kids to come and witness the beauty and learn about the functionality of these incredible vintage and antique machines. Our Youth Judging Program gives the participating kids short lessons in judging and critiquing vintage and …
Riding into History Silent Auction Motorcycles
This year we have two motorcycles that were donated to the Riding Into History Silent Auction – these bikes will open for bidding starting at The Grand Marshal Dinner on Friday night April 19th. You can see and bid on both these bikes at the Grand Marshal Dinner but they will also be on display and open for bidding at the Classic Car Museum during the Concours until 1:00pm Saturday April 20th. Here is some basic information about each bike: 1994 BMW K75 RT Police Edition 1994 BMW K75 RT Police Edition. This motorcycle is a BMW K75 RT Model …
Riding into History Event Updates
Grand Marshal Tour The Grand Marshal Tour is an invitation-only event for entrants with an approved bike registered in the Concours – due to the restaurant seating limitations we close this out at 60 people which we will probably reach in the next couple days so please don’t delay if you want to attend this fun kick-off event for the weekend. You will receive an email invitation after your Concours application is reviewed and approved. We process the invitation responses on a first come/first serve basis and shut-down the web site once we hit the limit. This Vintage Motorcycle ride …
Riding into History 2024 is Open for Registration
[Photo credit Jim Dohms – Dohms Creative Photography] Welcome everyone to the 2024 New Year – we officially opened Riding Into History’s registration website on January 1 so please visit our website and see all the details for this year’s Concours, Historic Ride and Grand Marshal Banquet. As most of you know, this will be our 24th year of hosting Riding Into History and it will include some significant changes due to the closure of the World Golf Hall of Fame Museum effective December 31, 2023. The World Golf Fall of Fame Museum is in the process of relocating to …
Exciting News from Riding into History!
The planning committee for the 24th annual Riding into History is pleased to announce that registration for our 2024 event will open on January 1, 2024. As many of you know, the venue for the Concours d’Elegance has been up in the air with the uncertainty of the future of the World Golf Village due to the recent Hall of Fame closure, so we are very excited to share that Riding into History has been able to secure the Classic Car Museum of St. Augustine as our venue for the Concours portion of Riding into History. Those of you who …
2023 Riding into History in the Rear View
Words by Holly Will BondFeatured photo (above) by Bob LeClair Competition motorcycles in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel, photo by Cindy McLeanMore than a month has passed since the 23rd Annual Riding Into History™ Motorcycle Concours d’Elegance was held at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida on April 14th and 15th. It was a splendid weekend of events, and the weather could not have been more perfect for the outdoor activities. In addition to long-time supporters, it’s exciting to see RIH drawing new entrants and new spectators every year. This year RIH celebrated on and off-road racing …
Silent Auction Bikes at 23rd Annual Riding Into History™
Two motorcycles have been generously donated to RIH for their silent auction to be held at the Grand Marshal dinner this Friday evening, April 14th at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida. In order for the general public to have a chance to bid on these exciting machines, the silent auction on the motorcycles will continue on Saturday the 15th at the Concours d’Elegance of the 23rd Annual Riding Into History™. The motorcycles will be displayed at the RIH Charity Store and bids are open until 2 pm. A 2001 BMW R1200C Phoenix Cruiser (pictured above) was donated …