The 16th annual Motorcycle Hall of Fame induction banquet and reunion is in the books. The 2023 ceremony, which was held in Mississauga, Ont., just west of Toronto, was a huge success that was very well-attended, with around 250 attendees. The hall-ways around the event centre were filled with motorcycles and displays that had a direct connection to many of this year’s inductees.
The evening, hosted by Pat Gonsalves, started off with a few words from Paul Germain, the Hall of Fame’s Chair, which were followed by the presentation of the The Bar and Hedy Hodgson Award. The Bar and Hedy Hodgson Award’s inaugural year was 2007, and its mandate is to encourage the preservation of our Canadian motorcycling heritage by honouring a person, group or organization that has made a significant contribution to the preservation of that heritage.
This year, the recipient of that
