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Pressed Shirt, Polished Steel: The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride
Read more: Pressed Shirt, Polished Steel: The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Pressed Shirt, Polished Steel: The Distinguished Gentleman’s RideI learned how to dress-up when I was sixteen while working after school at a men’s clothing store in my hometown. The sales staff included four men and one woman. I was there through a highschool distributive education program that paid the state hourly wage ($1.10 at that time) while teaching sales skills. The owner…
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Rocky Point Motorcycle Rally, Puerto Penasco Mexico, Where Fantasy and Bikes Rattle the Sea
Read more: Rocky Point Motorcycle Rally, Puerto Penasco Mexico, Where Fantasy and Bikes Rattle the Sea https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Rocky Point Motorcycle Rally, Puerto Penasco Mexico, Where Fantasy and Bikes Rattle the SeaThe 25th Rocky Point Motorcycle Rally in Puerto Penasco. Sound is sacrament Chrome is mirror Throttle is OM “Come along if you dare,” Amboy Dukes
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Sandbags Saddlebags & Resilience
Read more: Sandbags Saddlebags & Resilience https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Sandbags Saddlebags & Resilience(Run to the Rez, San Carlos, AZ. 2025) Globe was still wet from the flood when bikers walked Broad Street to fill their poker run cards. Two weeks earlier, water had swallowed the town and pushed its way into storefronts, wrecking dreams and leaving behind mounds of debris — and ruined inventory. On Broad Street…
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Motorcycling to Mexican Time and the Zen Sea
Read more: Motorcycling to Mexican Time and the Zen Sea https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Motorcycling to Mexican Time and the Zen SeaBiking toward Mexico, jagged mountains framing both sides of Arizona’s Highway 85 are now in my mirror. Wind and heat push me forward to where it is not much of a leap for my Midwestern imagination to place me in a scene from an apocalyptic biker movie on a two-lane road headed into the heart…
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WHY I RIDE THE DGR = the backstory
Read more: WHY I RIDE THE DGR = the backstory https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: WHY I RIDE THE DGR = the backstoryI’ve paid attention to stylish clothing since my first job at K-Bliss Men’s Store in Menomonie when I was 16 and took a job arranged by my high school’s distributive education class. I learned from three experienced associates how to match a tie to a dress shirt, how to measure pant legs for tailoring, how…
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WHY I’m riding in the 13th annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride happening worldwide on May 18, 2025. Pledge my ride if you’d like to participate
Read more: WHY I’m riding in the 13th annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride happening worldwide on May 18, 2025. Pledge my ride if you’d like to participate https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: WHY I’m riding in the 13th annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride happening worldwide on May 18, 2025. Pledge my ride if you’d like to participateSee link to contribute on my ride-page below. This will be the 5th year I’m riding in the DGR. With its fundraising focus on men’s health through a partnership with the MOVEMBER FOUNDATION, the DGR has raised over 50 million to support men’s research and treatment of men’s health issues, with a focus on two…
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Riding Worldwide in ‘The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride’
Read more: Riding Worldwide in ‘The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride’ https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Riding Worldwide in ‘The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride’https://gfolk.me/GregoryOrmson288222 2024 video wrap-up from DGR here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DmDCBDfgG/ This is my reminder to everyone to ask the men you know to get a simple blood test to check their PSA. That blood draw can be a lifesaving event. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride DGR is a worldwide fund raising and fun event with participation by people…
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Run to the Rez 2024 – story in December American Rider Magazine
Read more: Run to the Rez 2024 – story in December American Rider Magazine https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Run to the Rez 2024 – story in December American Rider MagazineRunnin’ Against The Wind The 21st annual official Run to the Rez was held October 17-21 at the Apache Gold Casino and Resorts in San Carlos, Arizona. 2024 was the biggest yet, attracting 720 registered riders and many spectators and onlookers. From the beginning, this motorcycle event has honored military veterans. Saturday’s program at…
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Run to the Rez 2024: Running Against the Wind
Read more: Run to the Rez 2024: Running Against the Wind https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Run to the Rez 2024: Running Against the WindRead the full text below as published in Arizona Motorcycle Rider News Run to the Rez 2024: Running Against the Wind The 21st annual official Run to the Rez was held October 17-21 at the Apache Gold Casino and Resorts in San Carlos, Arizona. 2024 was the biggest yet, attracting 720 registered riders…
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Riding to the Mysterious Pyramid-Tombs of Arizona’s Outback.
Read more: Riding to the Mysterious Pyramid-Tombs of Arizona’s Outback. https://gregoryormson.com/2026/04/10/the-distinguished-gentlemans-ride/: Riding to the Mysterious Pyramid-Tombs of Arizona’s Outback.My story in American Rider Magazine The specter of pyramids rising from the desert seems more Egyptian than Arizonan, and yet for more than 100 years, three pyramids holding the bones of Arizona leaders, explorers, and visionaries have dotted Arizona’s landscape. I jumped on my Harley Davidson Road King to explore the backstories of…
