2024 National Rally: REDMOND Oregon

[lee]

Where are they posting the drawing winners? I'm ready to schedule delivery of my new bike..

I thought they would announce the Thursday and Friday winners on the MOA website.
I looked and didn't find anything.
We didn't get a call so we didn't win Thu or Fri

Debbie J,

We're kicking off Rally week in Redmond and you can be part of the action. The Rally opens this Thursday and each night, we will give away a new BMW M-series motorcycle - an M 1000 R on Thursday, an M 1000 XR on Friday and an M 1000 RR on Saturday. That is over $90,000 in prizes in just three days! It is all part of the Beemer Bonanza Sweepstakes and you can win!

 

[CaptCF]

I thought they would announce the Thursday and Friday winners on the MOA website.
I looked and didn't find anything.
We didn't get a call so we didn't win Thu or Fri

Debbie J,

We're kicking off Rally week in Redmond and you can be part of the action. The Rally opens this Thursday and each night, we will give away a new BMW M-series motorcycle - an M 1000 R on Thursday, an M 1000 XR on Friday and an M 1000 RR on Saturday. That is over $90,000 in prizes in just three days! It is all part of the Beemer Bonanza Sweepstakes and you can win!

Yeah, I kept refreshing during the drawing. Well, I guess there's one bike left so there's still a chance..

 

[jgoertz]

“There’s an app for that”
Search the Apple App Store or Google Play for “BMWMOA and it should pop up.
There’s very little paper in the rally sack this year.

Best,
DeVern

Off topic a bit -- but congratulations to DeVern and his big prize win. Not a new bike or toy hauler, but still a nice haul!

 

[flyhi2cfar]

One for the record books!

 

[brownie0486]

One for the record books!

Attendance number?

 

[lee]

Attendance number?

A post in the Rally app said 4,970

 

[flyhi2cfar]

A post in the Rally app said 4,970

And just over 1,000 were First Timers.

 

[flyhi2cfar]

Sunday morning light, before departure.
Epic temperature at a National.

 

[xp8103]

So where's all the talk of moving it back to late July because it was too cold???

 

[Mark Bayles]

The 38th MOA Rally in Redmond was July 15-18, 2010 and the weather was lovely. Of course you will probably have to wait another 14 years to have this discussion.

BTW, why does it say I am a new member? Been a member 22 years officially or 32 years except for a 3 month gap.

 

[omega man]

The 38th MOA Rally in Redmond was July 15-18, 2010 and the weather was lovely. Of course you will probably have to wait another 14 years to have this discussion.

BTW, why does it say I am a new member? Been a member 22 years officially or 32 years except for a 3 month gap.

Looks like you are “new” to the forum…….Welcome!
It’s just the forum software doing it’s thang.
OM

 

[lee]

BTW, why does it say I am a new member? Been a member 22 years officially or 32 years except for a 3 month gap.

You're a new member on the forum. It shows you joined the forum Jan 2024.
Welcome to the forum.

 

[GTRider]

Off topic a bit -- but congratulations to DeVern and his big prize win. Not a new bike or toy hauler, but still a nice haul!

Thank you! It’s a prize that starts one thinking about maybe it’s time to upgrade one of my rides…

Best,
DeVern

 

[lee]

Thank you! It’s a prize that starts one thinking about maybe it’s time to upgrade one of my rides…

Best,
DeVern

What did you win?

 

[kbasa]

A post in the Rally app said 4,970

VT in 06 was nearly 10k for folks wondering if that attendance was high or low. I think we're having lower attendance and more in the 5 or 6K range these days.

 

[GTRider]

What did you win?

A Stage 1 Audio Upgrade Kit for 1200/1250 RT or K1600 GT(L), retails for >$1400!

Best,
DeVern

 

[PGlaves]

VT in 06 was nearly 10k for folks wondering if that attendance was high or low. I think we're having lower attendance and more in the 5 or 6K range these days.

There will always be higher attendance at rallies near the east coast due to the fact that easterners who ride where a 7-11 or other Stop & Rob is almost always within a few blocks quiver in fear or at least high anxiety riding across the vast expanse of the empty plains where it might be 50 or 80 miles to the nearest gas pump or bottle of Fiji Water. That plus the fact that there are more members east of the Mississippi than to its west.

Lots of westerners also don't like riding across the plains - it isn't exactly San Francisco or Portland you know. I recall being told by a rider from California that he would never, ever, ride a motorcycle east of I-25 in Colorado. "Never, not ever, ever never". So thus we have three clusters of riders: east won't go west; west won't go east; and, some who don't even care! YMMV but not by much.

 

[20774]

I did some quick math, using about the last 30 rallies since 1993...I didn't count the Canada one though. I made a decision as to rallies that were either east or west of the Mississippi. However, there were rallies in Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin...they could almost be counted either/or. But I used the river as the dividing line regardless. So, 14 rallies east of the Mississippi, and 16 west of the river. I got average attendances -- East - about 6900; West - about 5300. The maximum for East was 9200 (Vermont in 2006) and for West was about 6700 (Oregon in 2001).

 

[kbasa]

There will always be higher attendance at rallies near the east coast due to the fact that easterners who ride where a 7-11 or other Stop & Rob is almost always within a few blocks quiver in fear or at least high anxiety riding across the vast expanse of the empty plains where it might be 50 or 80 miles to the nearest gas pump or bottle of Fuji Water. That plus the fact that there are more members east of the Mississippi than to its west.

Lots of westerners also don't like riding across the plains - it isn't exactly San Francisco or Portland you know. I recall being told by a rider from California that he would never, ever, ride a motorcycle east of I-25 in Colorado. "Never, not ever, ever never". So thus we have three clusters of riders: east won't go west; west won't go east; and, some who don't even care! YMMV but not by much.

I think I've been across the plains enough times that the thrill of crossing it on a motorcycle is kinda gone. That said, we are rolling out to head to Ohio, but we'll be going in the Mileage Disposal Unit, Tina's car, an Audi SQ5.

Mostly, I try to avoid flat straight roads as much as possible.

 

[lee]

Here's the attendance numbers for all the National Rallies.

National Rally Locations and Numbers

01 - 1973 - Morgan Hill, CALIFORNIA (fairground) -- 425
02 - 1974 - Table Rock, SOUTH CAROLINA (campground) -- 1001
03 - 1975 - Branson, MISSOURI (campground) -- 2096
04 - 1976 - Oshkosh, WISCONSIN (EAA airfield facility) -- 1820
05 - 1977 - Colorado Springs, COLORADO (a dude ranch!) -- 2389
06 - 1978 - Rutland, VERMONT (fairground) -- 3573
07 - 1979 - Brainerd, MINNESOTA (a racetrack!) -- 3276
08 - 1980 - Prineville, OREGON (fairground) -- 2575
09 - 1981 - Hurricane Mills, TENNESSEE (a dude ranch) -- 6122
10 - 1982 - Shreve, OHIO (campground) -- 4478
11 - 1983 - Lake Placid, NEW YORK (a horse show grounds) -- 5301
12 - 1984 - Missoula, MONTANA (fairground) - 3733
13 - 1985 - Lake Wales, FLORIDA (resort) -- 2270
14 - 1986 - Laguna Seca, CALIFORNIA (THE motorcycle raceway) -- 3472
15 - 1987 - Escanaba, MICHIGAN (fairground) -- 6110
16 - 1988 - Madison, INDIANA (fairground) -- 5637
17 - 1989 - York, PENNSYLVANIA (fairground) -- 7060
18 - 1990 - Rapid City, SOUTH DAKOTA (fairground) -- 4105
19 - 1991 - Flagstaff, ARIZONA (fairground) -- 4544
20 - 1992 - DuQuoin, ILLINOIS (fairground) -- 5895
21 - 1993 - Oshkosh, WISCONSIN (fairground) -- 5576
22 - 1994 - Moodus, CONNECTICUT (resort) -- 5627
23 - 1995 - Durango, COLORADO (fairground) -- 6137
24 - 1996 - Morganton, NORTH CAROLINA (fairground) -- 5904
25 - 1997 - Fredricksburg, TEXAS (municipal park) -- 3826
26 - 1998 - Missoula, MONTANA (fairground) -- 6050
27 - 1999 - Rhinebeck, NEW YORK (fairground) -- 6440
28 - 2000 - Midland, MICHIGAN (fairground) -- 6188
29 - 2001 - Redmond, OREGON (fairground) -- 6677
30 - 2002 - Trenton, ONTARIO (city park – a LARGE city park!) – 5,682
31 - 2003 - Charleston, WEST VIRGINIA (in town Civic Center) -- 7198
32 - 2004 - Spokane, WASHINGTON (fairground) -- 6187
33 - 2005 - Lima, OHIO (fairground) -- 8298
34 - 2006 – Essex Junction, VERMONT (exposition center) -- 9200
35 - 2007 - West Bend, WISCONSIN (county park) -- 7875
36 - 2008 - Gillette, WYOMING (multi-event facility) -- 5000?
37 - 2009 - Johnson City, TENNESSEE (fairgrounds) -- 8972
38 - 2010 - Redmond, OREGON (expo center) -- 6109
39 - 2011 - Bloomsburg, PENNSYLVANIA (fair grounds) -- 7330
40 - 2012 - Sedalia, MISSOURI (fair grounds) -- 5295
41 - 2013 - Salem, OREGON (fair grounds) -- 5100
42 - 2014 - St. Paul, MINNESOTA (fair grounds) -- 5866
43 - 2015 - Billings, MONTANA (expo center) – 5872
44 – 2016 – Hamburg, NEW YORK (fair grounds) -- 6100
45 – 2017 – Salt Lake City, UTAH (fair grounds) -- 4206
46 – 2018 – Des Moines, IOWA (fair grounds) -- 4580
47 – 2019 – Lebanon, TENNESSEE (exposition center) -- 6018
2020 – Great Falls, MONTANA (expo park) -- cancelled due to COVID-19
48 – 2021 – Great Falls, MONTANA (expo park) – 4889

49 - 2022 – Springfield, Missouri (Ozark Empire Fairgrounds) – 4,621

50 – 2023 – Doswell, Virginia (Meadow Event Park) – 5,836

51 – 2024 – Redmond, Oregon (Deschutes Country Fair&Expo Center)- 4,970