NEW CHAPTER RIDE SIGN IN GUIDELINES
1. The road captain, or designee, will sign everyone in. Contactless sign in will be done, remember also you will need to show your membership card with current HoD sticker. With the change in procedure please arrive early.
2. Everyone should maintain social distancing at all gathering spots (rest stops, destinations or at the dealership).
3. Each person should bring personal supply of sanitizer, mask, or disposable gloves, as needed.
Tuesday, Lunch Ride
5/18/21
Closed Ride*
Destination: Home Plate Diner, Hueytown
Ride departs from HoD. Rider meeting at 9:55. KSU at 10:00am.
Ride distance is approx 95 miles one way.
Ride time with break is approx 3 hours.
Route is back roads thru Alabaster, Helena, Green Pond, Vance, Brookwood and Rock Creek.
Comments: This is a cafeteria style meat and veges diner with plenty of room to be able to sit together.
Comments: All social guidelines will be in place for meeting, break and destination locations.
Let’s ride and have fun.
Road Captain: Philip 205.821.6199
As with all rides remember to arrive on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a full fuel tank. Must present your current HOG membership card with the 2021 Heart of Dixie sticker attached. Rain cancels ride. Allow yourself enough time for personal needs, (restroom, socialize, etc.)
Wednesday, Lunch Ride
5/19/21
Closed Ride*
Destination: Whillard’s BBQ, Marion
Ride departs from. Rider meeting at 9:55. KSU as soon as meeting is over.
Route will be all back roads, with one stop.
Comments: All social guidelines will be in place for meeting, break and destination locations.
Let’s ride and have fun.
Road Captain: Tommie 205.937.3520
As with all rides remember to arrive on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a full fuel tank. Must present your current HOG membership card with the 2021 Heart of Dixie sticker attached. Rain cancels ride. Allow yourself enough time for personal needs, (restroom, socialize, etc.)
Chapter Picnic Ride
Saturday 5/15/21
Closed Ride*
Destination: Picnic location on Terrace Dr. inside Oak Mountain State Park
Ride leaves from HoD. Rider meeting at 8:50am. KSU promptly at 9:05.
The ride is about 2.5 hours covering roughly 88 miles. Break will be optional and decided upon at the rider meeting. The route is back roads and we will be entering the park at the west gate.
Comments: Be sure to have your entry tickets at the time of the meeting. The road captain will collect these before the ride starts. If you did not get your tickets at the April meeting, they will be available at the front desk of the dealership.
Let’s Ride and Have Fun!
Road Captain Philip 205.821.6199
As with all rides remember to arrive on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a full fuel tank.
Must present your current HOG membership card with the 2021 Heart of Dixie sticker attached. Rain cancels ride. Allow yourself enough time for personal needs, (restroom, socialize, etc.)
Mexican Fiesta Ride
Saturday 5/22/21
Closed Ride*
Destination: G Daddy’s Shop, Tannehill
12375 Wagon Wheel Trace, McCalla, AL 35111
Who – All current and former Heart of Dixie HOG members.
What – Mexican Fiesta Ride
Why – easy ride, soft drinks, Mexican buffet and all chocolate dessert bar provided by G and Judy.
12375 Wagon Wheel Trace, McCalla, AL 35111
Who – All current and former Heart of Dixie HOG members.
What – Mexican Fiesta Ride
Why – easy ride, soft drinks, Mexican buffet and all chocolate dessert bar provided by G and Judy.
Ride leaves from HoD. Rider meeting at 10:25am. KSU promptly at 10:30.
This is a easy all backroads ride of approximately 75 miles.
If you have been missing someone on recent rides give them a call and encourage them to join us. Our plan is to end the ride and began the fiesta at noon. Even if you can’t ride that day join us for fun, fellowship and great food.
If you have been missing someone on recent rides give them a call and encourage them to join us. Our plan is to end the ride and began the fiesta at noon. Even if you can’t ride that day join us for fun, fellowship and great food.
Let’s Ride and Have Fun!
Road Captain: Garrett 205.540.6285
As with all rides remember to arrive on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a full fuel tank.
Must present your current HOG membership card with the 2021 Heart of Dixie sticker attached. Rain cancels ride. Allow yourself enough time for personal needs, (restroom, socialize, etc.)
Saturday, Bell Buckle, TN Ride
6/12/21
Closed Ride*
Destination: Bell Buckle, TN
Depart from HoD at 7:30 am.
We will ride to Bell Buckle for lunch and maybe ice cream. This will be an all day ride. 200 miles one way, 4 hr riding time. I would like to keep our stops as short as possible.
Route will be all back roads, hwy 119, Trussville, hwy 79, hwy 231, hwy 82 in TN. Return to HoD by reversing route.
Bell Buckle online info: https://townofbellbuckle.com/
Two stops are planned to allow for fuel and breaks.
Travel times/mileage are:
1st leg: break/fuel 65 miles, 1:30
2nd leg: break/fuel 65 miles, 1:15 (from HoD 130, 2:45)
3rd leg: Bell Buckle, 60 miles, 1:15 (from HoD 190, 4:00)
These times/mileage are for planning purposes, actual may vary. Please use this to determine your individual needs.
Road captain: Lellwyn 205.914.4052
Comments: All social guidelines will be in place for meeting, break and destination locations.
Let’s ride and have fun.
Road Captain: Lellwyn 205.914.4052
As with all rides remember to arrive on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a full fuel tank. Must present your current HOG membership card with the 2021 Heart of Dixie sticker attached. Rain cancels ride. Allow yourself enough time for personal needs, (restroom, socialize, etc.)
RIDE 365
Ride 365 is the mileage program for HOG. Be sure to stop by the dealership and register your bike with Mike to start earning rewards for you and the chapter. All you need is your National HOG number, last 6 digits of your vin and a picture of your odometer to get started. Stop back in throughout the year to update your total miles. Remember to have your 2021 mileage entered for the new 2021 year. This can be done at the front desk at HoD. After registering you can go online to members.hog.com and sign in with your personal HOG info and view your mileage and the total chapter mileage. Remember to update your mileage through out the year as we watch our mileage rise. Also turn in your final mileage by 12/31/2021.
As of 12/31/2020 with 321,000 miles recorded we were ranked 43 of 341 chapters Nationally, and ranked 9 of 107 chapters in the Southeast market.
As of 12/31/19 with 344,098 miles recorded we were ranked 44 of 341 chaptes Nationally, our National Average 5,294 miles, Rank 64th, Southeast total 344,098 miles, Rank 9th.
Our final number and rankings as of 12/31/18 we logged 708,853 miles and were ranked number 14 of over 531 chapters nationally. In our Southeast region we were ranked number 3 of 105 chapters.
* All Heart of Dixie HOG rides are Closed Rides. “Closed” Rides or Events are defined by Harley Davidson HOG as:
Closed: local Chapter members with current Membership Enrollment & Release on file and one guest per Chapter member (guests do not out number local Chapter members) (Copied from HOG Chapter Handbook 2018)
For membership verification you must have your current National HOG card with the 2021 Heart of Dixie HOG membership sticker attached.
As with all rides, remember to arrive for the riders meeting on a Harley-Davidson with a full fuel tank and empty bladder.