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Stayed tuned folks, there will be a major announcement about the Rally in the next week or so.
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It is with great sadness that I must announce the cancellation of the 2019 National Rally. I would encourage those that made reservations to cancel as soon as possible. The lack of interest in this event has determined the fate of this Rally. I will say that some of us have spent many hours organizing this Rally and we are very disappointed in the lack of interest.
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Mike "GIBBY" Gibson Osceola, WI VBA # 1279 2011 National Rally 2012 NCR Rally 2012 Antlers Rally 2013 National Rally 2013 Antlers Rally 2014 NC/SC Rally 2014 Antlers Rally 2015 VRA/VBA Rally 2016 NCR Rally 2016 Antlers Rally 2017 Antlers Rally 2018 NC/SC Rally 2018 Antlers Rally 2019 Antlers Rally 2020 Antlers Rally 2022 Antlers Rally 2023 Antlers Rally 2021 Indian Roadmaster Limited 2022 Indian Roadmaster
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Thank you for your efforts Mike.
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Its only the first of March. Just counting who said they have reservations or going as of now there is 15 bikes plus passengers.
Not sure how many you need to keep it on?
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I don't think traffic on the forum is really to blame, and the rally info is also available on FB.
I do think you are exactly right about who is using the forum. It seems that many have purchased a older Vulcan and are only here looking for help. Attending rallies isn't something they are interested in. While it's true that many of the guys who have been here for quite awhile have changed brands, that hasn't stopped them from being welcome at the rallies, or stopped them from coming. We had about 50 people on many different brands show up for last years SC/NC rally in South Dakota. That gave me some hope that there would be some interest in this one. Unfortunately it seems that after a number of years of going to rallies most have simply lost interest in it.
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There weren't enough reservations to have half that many bikes.
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Troy & Carla 1 bike
Gibby 1 bike Ray 1-bike Dave & Crystal 1 bike Glenn & Ann 2 bikes Jim & Liz 2 bikes Gene 1 bike CJ 1 bike Wilson 1 bike Tim & Cindy 2 bikes Jim & Annette 2 bikes Rookie13 1 bike Minist7877 1 bike camping Down to Tim everyone says they have a room booked the rest just say they are going. Not sue how accurate this list is. Just hate to see this die early
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I didn't post it here, but Ann's boss and his wife have a reservation (Charles and Tracy).
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How are the HD rallies faring? I know the BMWMOA has seen an uptick at their rallies in the last few years. I think the big 4 have given up on cruisers, save for Yamaha and even then. Thing is, Wisconsin is more towards the middle, so it's not like people on one coast have to ride to the other coast. Oh well.
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Reservations cancelled.
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Greg, Would you be willing to post the routes that you had made?
Gibby, Do you know if the motel will honor the discounted rate if we still decide to go?
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Not ONE person even responded about going or not going. We had 60-75 people for the Saturday night finale dinner. It's not the rallies, it's the forums, and general lack of interest in riding these days. I'm going out on a limb here and inviting all who want to, to come the Fontana Resort with the VROC group for WWW XIII. I'd like to see some of you there. https://www.vroc.org/eventcalendar.p...&event_id=1277
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It's a shame to hear this fellas. It was obvious a half dozen years ago that's why some of us branched off to form our own group Various Baggers in FB. We've been riding 6 years together each rally we plan. We have about 55 members and we only ask that you commit to attending a rally once in a while. Most of the time 75% of us find a way. It's more intimate because we plan no rides when we get there so you're free to either check out the town or plan a ride. I think the National in Estes Park opened our eyes that this group was slowly disbanding. Instead of fretting over the inevitable we branched off. It might help some of you that still like to get together to consider it. We've had Gibby and Greg come out from back east once to Red Lodge Montana! We had fun.
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