Motorcycles roll across Eastern Connecticut have "Reason to Ride"

They wear leather, so does my husband and so do I. They have long hair turning gray, so does my husband and so do I. (Well, his is a lot more gray than mine is.) Some drink a lot but some don't drink at all. Some of them have to be worried about other drivers wanting to run them off the road while others are just afraid of the bikers. What really gets to me is when most of the American public have no clue what these leather wearing bikers do on most of the rides they go on. They ride in all kinds of weather, all kinds of temperatures and road conditions. They are usually spotted in large groups called "packs" because they have to stay together usually because they need to be in a certain place at a certain time as well as the fact if one of them breaks down, they all come to help. They do all of this because there is someone, somewhere needing some help and they do it all the time. Next time you see a motorcycle with a couple on it, think of that and know, they are putting themselves out for the sake of someone else.

Motorcycles roll across Eastern Connecticut to raise money for vets in need
12th annual event draws more than 900 people, 450 bikes

By DEBORAH STRASZHEIM
Norwich Bulletin
Posted Jun 13, 2010 @ 11:46 PM
Plainfield, Conn. — Perhaps Lori Sadosky always had a reason to ride, even before her friend needed help from the motorcycle run that raises money for veterans.

But now the event, A Reason to Ride, held Sunday for the 12th year, is different to her because she knows where the money goes.

Sadosky, of Canterbury, said her friend’s husband was a Vietnam veteran.

The couple had a two-bedroom house in Plainfield when he was diagnosed with cancer. He got too sick to work, his wife quit her job to care for him, and they fell behind on their mortgage payments.

“Her husband was her life,” Sadosky said of her friend.

The couple eventually were forced to sell the house, and Sadosky’s friend’s husband died. But while he was still living, A Reason to Ride paid their mortgage for one month, she said.

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