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2016 Rally location?
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rangerreece
RangerReece
Jim,
I was just thinking, has the MOA ever done a rally in Huntsville AL? Like Chattanooga, it has the potential for an awesome rally. Chicken rally works great there but the ditto landing we use probably not big enough, have to find something bigger.
I was just thinking, has the MOA ever done a rally in Huntsville AL? Like Chattanooga, it has the potential for an awesome rally. Chicken rally works great there but the ditto landing we use probably not big enough, have to find something bigger.
jdubick
jdubeemer
No, the National Rally needs a huge location like a State Fairgrounds. Even Barbers would not be big enough even though the RA rally was there.
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
Are you recommending that the rally be held in October, as well?
greenwald
New member
The Gold Wing rally ("Wing Ding") is being held this year (Labor Day weekend) in Huntsville, Alabama. Typically, the GWRRA hosts about 10,000 attendees, but not in tents, so not sure if there is a venue there with sufficient green space.
osbornk
Old man in the mountains
Even if there was adequate space, I think it would be immediately dropped from consideration because of the July heat and it's not going to be at any other time.
jdubick
jdubeemer
The Gold Wing rally ("Wing Ding") is being held this year (Labor Day weekend) in Huntsville, Alabama. Typically, the GWRRA hosts about 10,000 attendees, but not in tents, so not sure if there is a venue there with sufficient green space.
That is being held at the Von Braun Center which is a 10,000 seat arena. It's right in the middle of town and there is no camping space there. They probably hotel it.
rangerreece
RangerReece
Hawaii would be nice... Long ferry ride though
glenfiddich
TravelsWithBarley.com
I'd like that. Barley is eight now, and since we just bought a new house Billings is not in the cards for us this year.
In 2016, if I'm lucky enough to still have him, having the rally nearby would give the old dog one more chance to be with his MOA friends and family. Tulliver, the young red dog in training to take over Barley's duties, is not showing much enthusiasm for sidecar travel.
rangerreece
RangerReece
I would travel to Vermont to see Barley.
Would had been good to have seen you both.
flyhi2cfar
#102452 Sometimes Hangared... But Always Aimed Out
.... "Stowe" ....away!
...I could stand some ski resort property in 16'. Prefer West Virginia north & east through even Maine....skipping PA though. Needing a few more years from there.
That would do it! VT was an excellent Rally, especially so for those that participated in the "Peaks of America" Ride for the arrival. Do overs are NOT always bad!
"travel'n" john
...I could stand some ski resort property in 16'. Prefer West Virginia north & east through even Maine....skipping PA though. Needing a few more years from there.
That would do it! VT was an excellent Rally, especially so for those that participated in the "Peaks of America" Ride for the arrival. Do overs are NOT always bad!
"travel'n" john
greenwald
New member
Yeah - hotels/motels definitely preferred. We just hosted the "Wing Ding" here in WI (Madison) in 2014, and though local campgrounds (KOA, etc.) were populated with Wings, I'd say the vast majority (95%) took over all the Madison-area motels for about 4-5 days. Pumps a ton of $$ into the local economy.
I've camped at Gillette (after an Iron Butt to get there!), Johnson City and Bloomsburg, but have now adapted to the game plan of 'roughing it' defined as no on-site restaurant at the motel.
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jacko
"Jack"
Vermont or up in that area gets my vote as I haven't yet ridden in the Northeastern part of the U.S..... but traveling up that way this summer is in the back of my mind rather than going to Billings. My traveling by bike years is rapidly drawing to a close and would like to get up that way before it ends.
weschmann
Kawa Afterthought
Hell Jack, just put a side car on the 16-hundred and move along......
I agree, Vermont would be a great place to have the next rally. I've not been up to that area yet on a bike, so I'm all in, not that my vote counts....
I was thinking of going up to New York State in June for the Americade Motorcycle show and then maybe move up north.....
I agree, Vermont would be a great place to have the next rally. I've not been up to that area yet on a bike, so I'm all in, not that my vote counts....
I was thinking of going up to New York State in June for the Americade Motorcycle show and then maybe move up north.....
nplenzick
New member
As a member/vendor I have been less then impressed as to the location of the rally the last three years and I truly wondered what the selection committee was thinking. Hopefully with Billings, that will begin the proper location of a rally site as we visited that location several years ago for the GWRRA Wing Ding and really enjoyed the area.
Bloomsburg really got a bad rap mainly because of the record breaking heat that took place during that period. I live 70 miles away from that location and never ever experienced heat like that. Despite the miserable weather, if I remember it was still a larger attending rally then the last three.
Vermont was the largest attending rally ever to my recollection. So it would seem like a no brainier to have the rally back in the far Northeast somewhere.
The Lake Placid area or anywhere in the Adirondacks would be great, so would anyplace in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
I only hope with the economy on the upswing, the MOA doing a great job of getting new memberships, that the site committee picks a site worthy of a record breaking crowed once again.
Bloomsburg really got a bad rap mainly because of the record breaking heat that took place during that period. I live 70 miles away from that location and never ever experienced heat like that. Despite the miserable weather, if I remember it was still a larger attending rally then the last three.
Vermont was the largest attending rally ever to my recollection. So it would seem like a no brainier to have the rally back in the far Northeast somewhere.
The Lake Placid area or anywhere in the Adirondacks would be great, so would anyplace in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
I only hope with the economy on the upswing, the MOA doing a great job of getting new memberships, that the site committee picks a site worthy of a record breaking crowed once again.
pglaves
#13338
What pray tell did you find wrong with Saint Paul?
Essex Junction, VT, (2006) was over 9200. Johnson City, TN (2009) was not far behind. 5866 in St. Paul for 2014.
http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?69600-Attendance&p=890594&viewfull=1#post890594
