Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally | |
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Genre | Motorcycle rally |
Frequency | Every Friday the 13th |
Location(s) | Port Dover, Ontario, Canada |
Inaugurated | 1981 |
Previous event | January 2023 |
Next event | October 2023 |
Attendance | Over 100,000 |
Organised by | Port Dover Board of Trade [1] |
Website |
www |
The Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held every Friday the 13th [2] in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada since 1981. [3] Its typical summer attendance exceeds 100,000 bikers. [4]
The event has been described as "the biggest single-day motorcycle event in the world," [5] a title also claimed by the Rolling Thunder rally in the United States. [6] Although hundreds of attendees arrive during winter months, [5] [7] [8] attendance is at its highest when the date falls on a summer day. In August 2010, the rally drew more than 150,000 attendees. [9] Estimates for the July 2012 event ranged from 90,000 to more than 170,000. [10] [11] [12] [13]
An attempt in 2008 to surpass the previous Guinness world record for the largest motorcycle parade failed due to a technicality. More than 10,000 motorcycles would have exceeded the record set in 2006 by the Republic of Texas Biker Rally. [14] [15] Although the organizers were able to document participation by more than 12,000 motorcycles at Port Dover, [15] they entered through multiple portals to the city and were disqualified by Guinness as a single parade. [16]
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Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally | |
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Genre | Motorcycle rally |
Frequency | Every Friday the 13th |
Location(s) | Port Dover, Ontario, Canada |
Inaugurated | 1981 |
Previous event | January 2023 |
Next event | October 2023 |
Attendance | Over 100,000 |
Organised by | Port Dover Board of Trade [1] |
Website |
www |
The Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held every Friday the 13th [2] in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada since 1981. [3] Its typical summer attendance exceeds 100,000 bikers. [4]
The event has been described as "the biggest single-day motorcycle event in the world," [5] a title also claimed by the Rolling Thunder rally in the United States. [6] Although hundreds of attendees arrive during winter months, [5] [7] [8] attendance is at its highest when the date falls on a summer day. In August 2010, the rally drew more than 150,000 attendees. [9] Estimates for the July 2012 event ranged from 90,000 to more than 170,000. [10] [11] [12] [13]
An attempt in 2008 to surpass the previous Guinness world record for the largest motorcycle parade failed due to a technicality. More than 10,000 motorcycles would have exceeded the record set in 2006 by the Republic of Texas Biker Rally. [14] [15] Although the organizers were able to document participation by more than 12,000 motorcycles at Port Dover, [15] they entered through multiple portals to the city and were disqualified by Guinness as a single parade. [16]
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