motorcycle club.

[Water Warrior 2]

Maybe just find a group of riders who meet for sunday brunch and then go for a ride. The only dues are your brunch bill and gas. If there is an actual destination that's all good, if not it is still good. Just be sure that your are welcome to leave the group if the destination is too far for you and you want to cut the ride a bit short. If possible get into a group with male/female riders and the pace will be a bit slower and more enjoyable. Folks riding 2 up will tend to go slower too from my experience. It makes for a more relaxed and comfy ride when you weed out some racier groups.

[Rookie Rider]

That sounds nice to me. Im gonna look up some groups online.

[dentheman]

I always ride alone, only because I don't know anyone else with a bike. There are times that I would like to ride with someone else, not really a group, but one or two others.

[Rookie Rider]

Having a destination helps too. Ive gone out without a destination and stayed out for 3-4 hours.

[Water Warrior 2]

We had a small group of riders out a couple days ago. 5 guys on sport bikes with the testosterone flowing. They eventually met up with a special traffic task force on the Sea to Sky Highway(#99). Bikes impounded for a week, big fines and hopefully a lesson learned. Oh what am I thinking, they will be back again at the same speed or more. :lol:

[bonehead]

One more thing to consider; most M/C's have a displacement minimum. Most won't let you prospect unless you have 750 or bigger. If you think about a club, try one with community ties, like BACA. Or if you're a vet, one of the military M/C's. But you are right, most of the M/C's have a prospect, probationary, then patched fase. All with monthly dues.
I ride with the Patriot Guard Riders. We don't even call ourselves an association.

[Water Warrior 2]

Bone head, thank you for riding with the PGR. The Fallen deserve a peaceful last ceremony that others would interfere with and show no repect to those who given everything they had. Sadly the disrepectful folks had their rights earned for them by the Fallen.

[jonathan180iq]

Originally Posted by Rookie Rider

.... The club im looking at does prospect for 1year and has a monthly payment that i would have to hand in, $80-$100 bucks a month which is alot to me.

This is stupid.

[bonehead]

No thanks needed. We feel it is and honor and privilidge to be asked to escort the fallen heros to their final resting place.

[northsidegz]

Originally Posted by dentheman

I always ride alone, only because I don't know anyone else with a bike. There are times that I would like to ride with someone else, not really a group, but one or two others.

Same here. Been waiting for a friend from work to ride his into work. He's pretty much only a weekend rider (although he too has gone on rides/funerals for the PGR) and knows I'm a newbie, so I think it'd be good out on the roads. He recently switched from a VStar 650 to a VStar 1100. We've got another guy at work that rides what I think is an Electra Glide (I tend to get my "Glides" mixed up). But that guys rides without a helmet and I see him speeding off out of the parking lot every day. Not sure he'd take it easy for me, or not.

And I know you said no thanks needed, but many thanks to bonehead on your work with the PGR!