More than 60 Bikes at Patriots 2nd Motorcycle Night (Photo Gallery, Videos)

Motorcycle owners from around the state converged on T.D. Bank Park in Bridgewater Tuesday for the Somerset Patriots' 2nd Motorcycle Night.

The event, organized by the T.D. Bank Bank community relations and group sales manager Brian Cahill, included 60 motorcycles on display in the parking lot and later during a parade along the perimeter of the baseball field.

Some of the bikes dated to the 1960s; others that had been manufactured this year. Many owners, such as Frank Whitney of Hillsborough, built their bikes from scratch or modified them for better riding experiences. American and foreign motorcycles alike were featured at the event, and participants and the public were encouraged to vote for their favorite bikes in each category.

After voting had closed, bike owners lined up and paraded around the field's perimeter, where fans, especially children, could enjoy the revving engines.

Somerset Patriots mascots Slider and Sparkee got in on the fun by hitching rides on a couple of the motorcycles as they rode into the park.  As the parade exited the stadium, the two winning bikes glided to a stop behind home plate, and their owners stepped forward to accept their trophies.

Roy Lawrence, of Bound Brook, took home the best American Motorcycle trophy for his 2005 50th Anniversary Victory Kingpin motorcycle. Joe Moretti, of White House Station, won the Best Foreign Motorcycle with his 2008 Suzuki Boulevard.

Both men also threw first pitches ahead of the Somerset Patriots game against the Lancaster Barnstormers, which the Patriots won 4-2.

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