On Saturday July 8th we had our monthly breakfast ride at El Patio in Green Valley. In attendance were Rich & Debbie, Robi & Bear, and yours truly. Here is a picture at breakfast.
Jul 092023
May 282023
On Saturday May 27th Carl Lewis put together a ride to honor Patrick Hardesty and Eric Hite who were killed in the line of duty on May 26, 2003 and June 2, 2008 respectively. Riding today were members from various Law Enforcement Agencies and friends. We met at the Patrick Hardesty Substation on 22nd and Alvernon. From there we traveled up to Old Spanish Trail to Eric Hite Family Park to meet more riders. On to Houghton Road south to Sahuarita Rd, east to Hwy 82 to Sonoita. Once in Sonoita we stopped at Copper Brothel Brewery for lunch and conversations. Once lunch was over we all headed back home. Here are a few photos from the ride.
May 142023
On Saturday May 13th in lieu of our monthly breakfast ride Carl Lewis had a Together Again Ride for Stan & Mike. Riding today were Patti, Brad & Marsha, Ken, Scott, and yours truly along with fellow officers and friends of Mike & Stan. We met at the Substation on Golf Links. After normal chatter we had a briefing on the ride and a short prayer was said by Stan’s wife Patti we departed for Sandy’s in Elfrida, a favorite ride destination for Mike & Stan. Down Houghton Rd to Sonoita Hwy for a quick stop @ Mustang Corners for a top off of tanks. On to Hwy 90 and through Tombstone to Gleeson. IN Gleeson we stopped at the old Jail & Sheriff’s office. From there we headed to Sandy’s in Elfrida a popular destination for Stan & Mikes to do lunch. After a wonderful lunch and everyone had their fill it was off to home destinations. Here are some pictures of the days ride.
Apr 152023
On Saturday April 8th we had our monthly breakfast ride. This month we returned to KG’s once again. In attendance were Alan & Susan, Terry, Ken, and yours truly. Here are a few pictures of the gathering:
Mar 122023
On Saturday March 11th we ate at the Egg Connection on Ft. Lowell. This was our first adventure to their place of business. The Pueblo Riders were there as well having breakfast. On this ride there were Alan & Susan, Bill (Rev), Bruce, Ken, and yours truly. Here is a pictures of the group:
Feb 122023
On Saturday February 11th we had our monthly breakfast ride. This month we went to KG’s Westside Café. Terry, Ken, Terry and yours truly made the morning ride. Unfortunately others who said they were going to attend had other pressing matters to attend to. Here are the boys having breakfast.
Jan 222023
On Saturday December 10th BKAZIX had our monthly Chapter Breakfast Ride. This month we went to the Sunny Daze Cafe, 4980 S Campbell Ave. Our attendees for this month were Bill (Rev), Alan & Susan, Ken McCoy, Robi & Bear Campbell, and of course yours truly. Before breakfast we were treated to Sunny Daze Cafe’s favorite Sunny Puffs, aka Beignets. Here are a few pictures from Saturday’s breakfast:
Oct 292022
On Friday October 28th myself, Carl Lewis and several LEO’s made a Memorial Ride to honor Barry Headrick and Jim Smith who passed on this date in 1974 and 1980 respectfully.
We met at the Valero gas Station on Oracle Road where we continued on to Irene’s in Globe. Four bikes with five riders departed for Globe. We met three more riders @ Irene’s. After a great Mexican food lunch we all split up and headed back toward Tucson in different directions.
Here are a few pictures from the ride:
Sep 172022
On Friday 9/16/22 the Elks Lodge # 385 had their yearly POW-MIA Memorial Services. This is held every year on the 3rd Friday in September @ EVERY Elks Lodge in the United States to honor those who never made it home. Here are a few pictures from this years ceremonies.
Sep 082022
On Wednesday September 7th 15 riders met at Viv’s Café on Catalina Highway for breakfast and a ride up Mt. Lemmon to Sky Valley to honor fallen Officer Robert Cummins. Those from BKAZIX were Alan Stewart, Susan Wagner, new Member Brad Atkinson & his wife Marcia, and your truly. During breakfast we heard “Someone’s bike just fell over.” We got up and looked and sure enough Alan Stewart’s BMW was on its side. Apparently a P/U who was parked next to him cut to soon when backing out and clipped Alan’s bike. It scraped his crash bars, pushed bar into the engine block and dented it, only with a few other things. After getting all of the information Alan returned to finish breakfast. Once breakfast was over 11 bikes with 13 riders headed up Catalina Highway for Ski Valley. Once at the top we pulled into the parking lot of the Iron Door and chatted for awhile. We looked at the damage done to Alan’s bike along with normal bike talk. It was a balmy 70 degree at the top of Mt. Lemmon. One by one people slowly broke up and rode back home. When I got to the bottom of Catalina highway the temperature was 95. By the time I made it back to the NW Side of Tucson it was 102. All in all it was a great day for a ride to honor Officer Robert Cummins. Below are the pictures of the days activities.
