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The Big O Ride became instantly successful because it was a 'Northwest Natural'...take a beautiful day, a beautiful setting, map a course of adventure, fire up the bike, and head out for a day that gives meaning and purpose to motorcyclists from throughout the greater Northwest.
An additional route has been added to The Big O in 2009 incorporating the most scenic and amazing scenery Mt. Rainier has from every angle...literally.
The morning of The Big O Ride, bikers can choose between a shorter 75 mile trek touching base in the surrounding Cascade foothill communities of Kapowsin, Eatonville, South Prairie, Buckley, Enumclaw OR a magical route over one side of the Cascades (and we're not talking I-90!) and back on the other side of the Cascades...fully circling Mt. Rainier, slipping through Mt. Rainier National Park itself, and various checkpoints staffed along the way.
The Big O Ride is supported heavily in the riding community, the community of Orting, and The Orting Eagles. Ride Day in Orting is peppered with breakfast, signing in, a preview of the amazing prize cache collected each year from local merchants and regional businesses like Tully's Coffee, Northwest Harley-Davidson, and others. Just look at last year's winners!
Hand |
Prize |
Where |
Winner |
High Hand |
Leather Jacket |
NW Harley-Davidson |
Karen Augustine #44 |
Low Hand |
Deluxe Brewing System |
Tully's Coffee |
#118 |
"Stretch Your Legs"
Scavenger Hunt |
Battery Tender Trickle Charger &
Black T-Shirt |
Hinshaws Honda |
Lorri Nelson #049 |
"Stretch Your Legs"
Scavenger Hunt |
$20 Gift Certificate & Cap |
Route 66 Pizza |
Lorri Nelson #049 |
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Black T-Shirt |
Hinshaws Honda |
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2 Tie Down Straps |
Hinshaws Honda |
Spencer Flaherty #101 |
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Carbonado Saloon |
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Scott Arnell #051 |
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Black T-Shirt |
Bent Bike |
Daniel Hogan #031 |
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ThermoLite Gloves |
Bent Bike |
Susan Yantzer #096 |
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Polo Shirt |
DeSantos |
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Tank Top |
DeSantos |
Brenda Shaw #103 |
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Kids Western Vest & Chaps |
Bent Bike |
Bert Garcia #081 |
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Biker Windsock |
Copes Pharmacy |
Rick Martinez #063 |
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Route 66 Pizza Coupon & Hat |
Route 66 Pizza |
Mike Roberts #040 |
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Route 66 Pizza Coupon & Hat |
Route 66 Pizza |
Kem Keith #003 |
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Route 66 Pizza Coupon & Hat |
Route 66 Pizza |
Arlen Anderson #019 |
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Hot off the Press T & Tank |
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Dan Kini #098 |
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Work Sports Ice Chest |
Work Sports & Outdoors |
Rick Meyer #090 |
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Park Bench $25 |
Park Bench |
Core Gitchell #108 |
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CC's Grill |
CC's Grill |
Kurt Thibodeau #035 |
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2 Complete Dinners |
Around the Corner Café |
Mike Cochran #001 |
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$25 at Timber Tavern |
Timber Tavern |
Mike Bul #081 |
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Emerald Downs 4 |
Emerald Downs |
Robert Bowling #059 |
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Wild Rose $20 |
Wild Rose |
Alan Allen #105 |
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2 Pizzas |
Kapowsin Ale House |
Chuck Augustine #054 |
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Wagon Wheel $25 |
Wagon Wheel |
Debi Clayton #005 |
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