DGR: Sunday's ride in Los Angeles
We were dapper and successful.
"On Sunday September 25th 2016, tens of thousands of distinguished gentlefolk in hundreds of cities worldwide will don their cravats, tweak their mustaches, press their tweed and sit astride their classic and vintage styled motorcycles to raise funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer research and suicide prevention." - DGR About page.
It was such a pleasure to be a part of a great cause to gather with riders who have established groups of rides to raise money for prostate cancer and mental health. Los Angeles had raised $80,000 and DGR was announced to be the fourth largest fundraising motorcycle community. All together DGR had raised $3,335,057 with a goal of $5,000,000.
As a passenger I was able to capture some fun shots of other riders as we rode with for two hours throughout all of Los Angeles. It was quite a show riding throughout the city and was escorted by police motorcyclist, which was an amazing experience. There were large crowds and some people who would wave hi to all of us as we rode by. It was my boyfriends first time riding in a very large group and I'm sure there were others too. I was just so proud of how everyone rode. Let's just put it this way, everyone was being a gentlemen/lady gents and we all had made it to our destination safely.
Yet, the most exciting part of this event for myself was seeing all the classic motorcycles and some that I have dreamed of seeing once we all parked to attend the after party. At the after party we did hear from the speakers who shared some touching stories and encouraged all of us to keep spreading the word. This event really did inspire my boyfriend and I and hope to be people of principle for the motorcycle community someday.
Thanks for everyone who participated and see you next year!
