2019 BMWMOA location?

daboo said:

Asheville would be great. Except, it would then be like the MSTA rallies...making it clear across the country to even get there.

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That region's time will come, but 2019 is all Montana and North Dakota and their directly southern brethren states Since anything south of North Dakota is both stupid hot and deplorable humid it just simply must, has to be, can't be avoided - FARGO. Check your maps and mark your calendars.

At what point does a dream become a delusion? Exit 65, I-29, along the banks of the Red River of the North.

akbeemer said:

At what point does a dream become a delusion? Exit 65, I-29, along the banks of the Red River of the North.

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Neither a dream nor delusion. Simply a prediction based on geography, climate, weather, logic, and a sense of the inevitable. Time will tell. And meanwhile comedy and irony might intervene.

In the spirit of compromise, a proposed solution. It has the flatness Paul appreciates along with climate and geography markedly similar to Fargo. A large fairgrounds with plenty of camping and motorhome space, a racetrack facility for the GS Giants, plenty of conditioned or outdoor vendor space, and more—including this:

https://goo.gl/maps/D5g6uNpzYv92

Unlike the indoor beer garden at Billings, this one would be...on ice. Closing ceremony attendees laughing in the face of flame cars, as the ceremony is conducted...on ice. Rent-a-skates for those who want their morning exercise but don’t like walking/running in the heat and humidity. And so on...



Best,
DG
(Tongue in cheek, of course—but it really IS a huge ‘ol fairgrounds complex...)

snotty54 said:

How about Asheville? Average 2000ft ASL, short distance from anywhere to great 2 lane roads, Smoky Mtn Nat'l Park, the Blue Ridge, etc., etc.

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Maybe 2020, wrong zone for 2019:

On a semi-serious note here ..... when does the 2019 location "officially" get announced?

gsinnc said:

On a semi-serious note here ..... when does the 2019 location "officially" get announced?

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The 2018 rally location was announced in early May 2017, so perhaps the 2019 site will be announced this coming May. On the other hand, there has already been an unofficial announcement that Fargo is the site.

akbeemer said:

The 2018 rally location was announced in early May 2017, so perhaps the 2019 site will be announced this coming May. On the other hand, there has already been an unofficial announcement that Fargo is the site.

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Great! Thanks. Fargo works for me ... so long as I steer clear of any wood chippers!

I’ll wait for y’all down in Colorado, at a nice cool real rally site!

flyhi2cfar said:

I’ll wait for y’all down in Colorado, at a nice cool real rally site!

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You will find that Fargo is cooler than either Kentucky south of the river near Cincinnati or Florida.

I just have a sneaky suspicion/fear from many past MOA experiences... that a Fargo cool zone may not be present!

PGlaves said:

I have posted before. I will post now. I will post again.

There is only one logical choice for this rally: Fargo. North Dakota. Take it to the bank, or at least the payday loan guys.

p.s. I heard that Odessa, Texas - known as Slowdeatha to regional residents wanted a shot but was laughed out of the hotel conference room, never to ever return. But unlike Fargo this is only a rumor.

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Hey sorry Paul; but, I just don't get this? When there are choices like Colorado and New Mexico; even Wyoming, in this region; why Fargo? First off it's only 475 miles from the 2018 site in Des Moines, Iowa! This is pretty much the same (northern-plains) climate as Des Moines; less than 1K in altitude and 90 degrees plus in July! And since it's as flat as it comes, there's no place to go to escape the heat/humidity! At least in Salt Lake City it was a lot less humid, and the mountains were 20 minutes away! Again, If you've got Colorado and Northern New Mexico in this region why would you ever want to go to Fargo, N.D.?
I'm beginning to wonder about the motivation and common sense, concerning the choices the MOA board is making concerning these Rally sites?

Regards: Chuck #19,958

chuck3 said:

Hey sorry Paul; but, I just don't get this? When there are choices like Colorado and New Mexico; even Wyoming, in this region; why Fargo? First off it's only 475 miles from the 2018 site in Des Moines, Iowa! This is pretty much the same (northern-plains) climate as Des Moines; less than 1K in altitude and 90 degrees plus in July! And since it's as flat as it comes, there's no place to go to escape the heat/humidity! At least in Salt Lake City it was a lot less humid, and the mountains were 20 minutes away! Again, If you've got Colorado and Northern New Mexico in this region why would you ever want to go to Fargo, N.D.?
I'm beginning to wonder about the motivation and common sense, concerning the choices the MOA board is making concerning these Rally sites?

Regards: Chuck #19,958

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Check your pant leg, Chuck—feeling a tugging sensation there?

Best,
DG

GTRider said:

Check your pant leg, Chuck—feeling a tugging sensation there?

Best,
DG

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The 2018 rally is still six months away...and you're already complaining about the possible choices of the 2019 rally?...

GTRider said:

Check your pant leg, Chuck—feeling a tugging sensation there?

Best,
DG

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That sir is funny! Regards: Chuck

daboo said:

The 2018 rally is still six months away...and you're already complaining about the possible choices of the 2019 rally?...

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Oh Mr. Boo; are you really complaining about me complaining about the 2019 Rally site selection process? So, maybe a bit of a backstory would help here? I've been a BMWMOA member for 38 years, and have attended, (and volunteered at), 20-25 MOA National Rallies, (lost exact count, as I'm getting kinda old). I try not to complain too much in life, as I look at it like; if I wake up in the morning: it's a good day/life! However, this is a motorcycling forum where it's common to have an exchange of ideas on issues concerning all of us, and I'm just giving my opinion in the effort of contributing to the site selection for upcoming Rallies.

The OP/thread was: "2019" Rally site? Not sure why you would be bothered by the timeliness of anyone's replies?

You seem to be kinda new around here; although I have seen some of your posts on the F800 Riders website; seemed like a bit of complaining going on over there, but I don't know? I don't want to complain about that too!

PS: my main point, er "complaint" about Fargo, ND was that it's only 475 miles away from this years Rally site; and I personally would enjoy going to an area further away, (different typography/roads etc) to any previous years' Rally!

Regards: Chuck # 19958

Change the Rally Map

Instead of the Rally Map going North to South to establish the 4 Zones, it ought to go East to West establishing 3 zones with all the MOA Rally being held only in the upper zone. Starting somewhere around the bottom of Oregon/top 1/4 of Cali to the bottom of Mass/Philly area.

As long as the Rally is held in July, the possibility of Rallies being held anywhere other than the Northern tier more of a gamble. The high heat/humidity that most folks would choose not to endure, especially the "average" rally attendee.

With all the requirements that the MOA Rally has, I'd think that the MOA is quickly going to run out of new locations to hold the Rally. Personally, I enjoyed the Hamburg site and wouldn't mind to go back there.

Of course, I'm all for a Rally in a Southern state, but that'll never happen due to the humidity and heat that's found down here, especially in July. Unless there's a site with some altitude.

Never can tell about that weather..

DC

The problem isn’t the rally zone map, it’s the calendar. We MUST adhere to the schedule honoring the Holy Month of the Church of the Holy Rollin’ Motorrad.


Seriously, your three horizontal lines on the map would be useful. The northern zone would host rallies in July, the central zone host rallies in June, and the southern zone host rallies in May. Or, you could split the 60 combined days of June and July into three 20-day segments. The rally calendar would rotate through the resulting 3x3 grid and could be scheduled out several years in advance for those who need to plot vacation time well into the future. You could aim for better odds of decent weather in each of the grid squares and get at least a chance of both escaping some oppressive heat and having a rally hosted in a far southern locale.

But something like that would be blasphemous now, wouldn’t it... and it still doesn’t help with...flatness.

Best,
DG

Howze 'bout an eastern and a western rally, one being spring and one being fall and they change for the next year.
OM