Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is a celebration of the art of being dapper and the style of classic custom motorcycles. Combining these two creates an incredible opportunity to raise money, awareness and support for prostate cancer in the name of gentlemen and motorcycles.

Bring your Triumph’s and other classic motorbikes to help proudly support this years Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride.

On Sunday September 30th 2018, tens of thousands of distinguished gentlefolk in hundreds of cities worldwide will don their cravats, tweak their moustaches, press their tweed and sit astride their classic and vintage styled motorcycles to raise funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and men’s mental health.

We will be assembling at our Lisburn Showrooms and riding into Belfast to join the main DGR. Everyone registered is welcome to join us at the dealership and accompany us into Belfast, please call Stephen on (028) 9262 2886 (Option 4) for details.

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride was founded in Sydney, Australia by Mark Hawwa. It was inspired by a photo of Mad Men’s Don Draper astride a classic bike and wearing his finest suit. Mark decided a themed ride would be a great way to combat the often-negative stereotype of men on motorcycles, whilst connecting niche motorcycle communities together.

That first ride in 2012 brought together over 2,500 riders across 64 cities. The success of the event encouraged the founder to consider how it could be used to support a worthy cause.

• In 2013, over 11,000 participants in 145 cities around the world raised over $277k (USD) for prostate cancer research.

• In 2014, over 20,000 participants in 257 cities in 58 countries raised over $1.5M (USD) for prostate cancer research.

• In 2015, over 37,000 participants in 410 cities in 79 countries raised over $2.3M (USD) for prostate cancer research.

• In 2016, over 56,000 participants in 505 cities in 90 countries raised over $3.6M (USD) for prostate cancer research & men’s mental health programs in partnership with the Movember Foundation.

Influenced by the tragedy of losing one of our ride hosts to depression, from 2016 we have seen a change in our health fundraising goals. Now, the funding of men’s mental health programs is a Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride focus, in addition to prostate cancer research through our new official charity partner The Movember Foundation and the support of our title sponsors Triumph Motorcycles and Zenith Watches.

See more and get involved on the Facebook Group event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1124907234278172