The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

A custom painted gas tank at the 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

A custom painted gas tank at the 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

The 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

A custom chopper is one of thousands of motorcycles at Seaside Park in Bridgeport following the 12th Annual CT United Ride from Norwalk to Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

Thousands of motorcycle riders make their way through Seaside Park in Bridgeport for the conclusion of the 12th Annual CT United Ride from Norwalk to Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

From left; Jon Walsh, Joanne Walsh, Matt Walsh, and Pat Risko, all of Trumbull, are decked out in the red, white, and blue for the 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

A chopper with radicallly high handle bars catches the attention of riders at Seaside Park in Bridgeport following the 12th Annual CT United Ride on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

Vazzy's owner John Vazzano, left, cooks hamburgers and hot dogs for two thousand five hundred people at the 12th Annual CT United Ride at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

Firefighter raise huge American flags above the roadway at Seaside Park in Bridgeport for the conclusion of the 12th Annual CT United Ride from Norwalk to Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

People leave to ride through 11 towns at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Thousands of motorcycle riders make their way through Seaside Park in Bridgeport for the conclusion of the 12th Annual CT United Ride from Norwalk to Bridgeport on Sunday, September 9, 2012. Photo: Brian A. Pounds

People leave to ride through 11 towns at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Len Lipton, of Norwalk, getting ready for the 12th Annual CT United Ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Len Lipton, of Norwalk, getting ready for the 12th Annual CT United Ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Frank Buccieri and his wife Darlene, of Ansonia, come for the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Francis McDonald leads the CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Francis McDonald leads the CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

The CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

The CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

The CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

The CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Francis McDonald leads the CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

Francis McDonald leads the CT State Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corp at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

James Prunta, and his brother Tim, of Oxford, with their 9/11 motorcycle at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

James Prunta, and his brother Tim, of Oxford, with their 9/11 motorcycle at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

People leave to ride through 11 towns at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey

People leave to ride through 11 towns at the 12th Annual CT United Ride Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The ride starts in Norwalk with a ceremony of 9/11 tribute then a ride through 11 towns with police motorcycle escorts ending with a 5 mile parade through Bridgeport and ends in Bridgeport at the beach. Photo: Helen Neafsey