By Jeff Gordon

Saturday, April 20th weather was perfect for riding up to St. Augustine with friends, The destination was the new location, the Classic Car Museum, for the 24th Annual Riding into History. This year’s feature was motorcycles of Japan. Oh, what a show. Featuring motorcycles that most of us grew up learning to ride. From the Honda 250 to the Trail 70 and a full line of CBs. One of my personal favorites was a Suzuki RM500 that if you weren’t careful would have run you right up a tree with a ¼ twist of the throttle! All of which looked like they just rolled off the showroom floor, even though all were well over 40 years old.

The show also featured motorcycles for everyone’s taste. The first bike as you walked through the gates was a beautiful Cleveland. Also included were plenty of Harleys, BMWs, Nimbus, Guzzis and others.

Put this on your calendar for next year. Don’t forget it is always a beautiful ride up A1A to get to St. Augustine that we sometimes take for granted living here with the unobstructed view of the Atlantic Ocean most of the way there.

Editor’s Note: Since Jeff authored this article, we received a press release with the following sad news which is, they have decided 2024 Riding into History was the final one. Along with putting on one of the finest antique motorcycle shows, the staff and volunteers raised funds for charities. The following is an excerpt from the press release about the 2024 event being their last.

It was a long, fun ride! It (Riding into History) brought together so many diverse people from different socio-economic backgrounds and motorcycle marque/club affinities. We brought together hundreds of volunteers from numerous motorcycle clubs/chapters from all across Florida to work together to put this show on every year.  Together we donated an estimated $738,000 for Charity! We started with the Susan G Koman Foundation back in 2000, then supported Buddy Check-12, Wounded Warriors, and K9s for Warriors.

A JOB WELL DONE BY ALL WHO SUPPORTED THIS EVENT THROUGH THE YEARS. Thank you to all and to the owners of the beautifully maintained motorcycles for being part of “HISTORY”! Lulu