when your out riding some people like to be identified as being together. when i ran my car crew we had 13 people and all sported small side window banners and it was nice pullin up to a place and all of us were "affiliated" with one another.

this has carried over to our bikes now. and i never thought about getting permission but i have asked one of my friends who is in a major crew some questions but he hasnt gotten back to me yet. we are just a bunch of friends who ride together and want to be recognized as being apart of somethign and not just another solo rider.

 

+1, we are like a family and know that we can turn to one another if we need something.. and its nice to show up somewhere with 30+ bikes together.. we have a set ride every sunday and have cookouts,dances, parties and hit up most of the big event rides.. plus with having chapters you can take a vacation go and visit them and have a place to stay..

i guess its where you are from because i know up here about 90% of riders are in a club..

--another thing about the permission thing--thats why alot of the sportbike clubs have just the one solid patch (which is fine) then there is no hassle or confusion

heres a pic of our cookout, a day at the stripand a ride..

 

To each his own but to me (personal opinion here) that sounds like a "gang" and that is the most idiotic thing ever. But like you said I didn't grow up around that kind of stuff or know about any in my area (excpet for some harley gang, the sons of silence or some bs).

 

Not exactly “who said� or “bad idea�. But I didn’t really agree with the link you posted. I can see doing some research to make sure you’re not biting some ones name or colors. But if I wanted to start a club… I’m going too! (But I’m not)
Asking permission! Screw that. I’m not thirteen anymore. Ill do what ever the hell I want.
Oh! And I’m not trying to be rude or anything. Just my opinion.

Sorry to any Ruff Ryders for the spelling errors.

 

seems that there are alot of people with opinions on this topic. we dont want a bike club, i word it wrong. i was meaning riding club. thats where i was going with the whole not very organized deal. but thanks for the input.

 

yeah sorry it got a little off topic.. is there anything specific that you want to know?

 

not anymore, you guys all covered alot. we dont want a BIKE CLUB like hells angels or anything like that. i was meaning a RIDING CLUB. ive never heard of them that way just as bike clubs. i did contact a few clubs around here but didnt get anything back yet.

 

good luck man and stay with it. we started with 4 people 3 years ago and we are over 80 now.. it will grow fast. if you need anything let me know. i have a set of our bylaws i can pm you too if you want to see some, like the chain of command, voting and stuff like that..

 

or you can keep it close familyand friends .. doesnt have to get big and multiple chapters.

 

A club can be good for lots of things we work together when one of the members goes down. we all help to pick him or her up, not just at the scene but in the months following. we are working on getting some of the local shops to give a club discount... still going through some final stages of that.... if its well organized then you can have fund raisers for something other than your self..(a good way to give sport bikes a little bit of positive attention) recruit new riders and give them a positive role so they can learn that the street is a bad place to play dumb. our club also has a bike night Every Sat night started with just a few of us now we have 25-30 people come weekly...and its only about 4 months into it.... its not a gang its a club of like minded riders that believe that we can do something to bring a better image to sport bikers.. we may not reach everyone but there has been a positive response with the local police that we are doing something good..