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From: gary@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (gary w buchholz)
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Subject: Report on Windy City Midnight Tour
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 13:20:06 EDT
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A few people asked for a "report" on the Windy City (Chicago) Midnight
tour.... So here it is.

We had somewhat over 5000 paid participants - this is not counting
those who "ambushed" the pack along the way and joined in for free.
The first bike left Glenview Naval Air base at about 11:15 pm, the last
bike left about 11:45 (we rode in one line staggered).  The
experimentially determined length of the line was 17 miles once we got
on the tollway.  The route was Glenview -> tollway -> Kennedy
Expressway -> downtown Chicago -> Edens Expressway -> Glenview.  The
total distance was 83 miles.

We had a few minor accidents in downtown Chicago and one really
excellent wipeout when a guy on a V65 Magna pulled a wheelie through
the toll booth doing about 45 mph and slipped on the grease spot in the
middle of the road.

A good time was had by all.

  Gary