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He will be remembered as the driving force behind the Friday the 13 th motorcycle rallies in Port Dover. SimonsвЂ™ family moved from Brantford to Port Dover in 1963. Nearly 50 people turned out to hear him reminisce Thursday night. Simons is the latest speaker in the Norfolk Historical SocietyвЂ™s Gallery Series. Simons was in charge of the BRO newsletter which went out to 800 riders at its peak. On the basis of these experiences and more, Simons and other like-minded riders came together to form the Bikers Rights Organization (BRO). I had a friend who rode his motorcycle from Port Dover into Simcoe. вЂњIf you tried to go into a bar, they wouldnвЂ™t let you in because you had a helmet. вЂњIf you went to Tim Hortons in Brantford, theyвЂ™d chase you off the lot,вЂќ Simons said.

Simons, 66, was attuned to stories like this when he was younger because he had received shabby treatment all his life for riding a motorcycle.Д«ack in the 1970s - before riding was hip вЂ“ young people who rode motorcycles were considered sketchy at best and criminal at worst. It was also the end of this countyвЂ™s opportunity for a spectacular boost in tourism. That was the end of KansasвЂ™s experience with Friday the 13 th motorcycle rallies. During a presentation Thursday at Grace United Church in Port Dover, Simons recalled how police set up barricades on every road into the county and turned away everyone on a motorcycle.

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