what are the most popular rallies ?

[bmwrebel]

Two good rallys now are the Dinks in central IL in August and Square Route in early June. The Dinks have a theme rally and it is as much fun as the classic DCR rallys were back in the day. BMWBMW Square Route has a great camp ground, great back roads and a lot to see in the area. Both rallys feed you and have entertainment. I dont make as many as I useto, but I recomend these. Ramblin Rebel

 

[gsinnc]

Too many Rallies too little time

Americade is awesome! So many bike to see, such great people, so much to do in only 5 short days. Been 14 straight years!

Honda Hoot is sort of like Americade light! Good people, good vendors and Honda really does a nice job. Just don't like Knoxville as much as when it was in Asheville.

Biktoberfest ..... place to see and be seen! Fun for a day!

 

[judjones]

1. Iowa Guzzi rally, Elkader, IA. Best rally food, good food all around the area, and you can flog your bike on the dirt track when the horses aren't on it.

2. Paonia.

3. Arkansas Fall Color Tour, a dual sport event in Clarksville.

4. Rally Week in the Black Hills. Avoid Sturgis proper, avoid pavement. Bring a DS and dirt bike and enjoy the best of the Hills, plus racing every night.

5. GR3 (formerly in Bagley,WI) used to be a don't miss. It's still good, but has moved around too much to develop a real flavor. It's on a tough weekend, competing with a really good trail ride in Theilman, MN and a 3-speed bicycle ride around Lake Pepin.

6. Bear Tooth Rendezvous. Not nearly as much fun since they banned dogs, but the riding is incomparable.

7. Falling Leaf. My first rally ever, in Bland. Even better in Potosi.

8. Hiawatha. Best off-road golf carting.

9. Ontario Sport Bike rally, Parry Sound. Haven't been to this one for a long time, but it might be the coolest rally I ever attended.

Dells? used to be good, but not since it became a motel rally.

 

[sheridesabeemer]

Like to hear your comments on what rally I should NOT miss.

As a New Englander you should not miss the YB Damn Yankee's in Heath, Finger Lakes and Hermit Island - Down East Rally

 

[Mongo]

Holy resurrected threads batman!

 

[PAULBACH]

The best rallies are the one you can get to. They are all good especially the ones in your own back yard.

1. Green Mountain Rally in Vermont. Awesome riding, great food and the only rally with unlimited free popcorn.

2. Finger Lakes Rally. Also featuring wonderful riding and Bob Henig of BOB's BMW sponsors a superb Ride for Kids buffet breakfast. There is also a world class motorcycle and aircraft museum nearby in Hammondsport.

3. Airheads at the Aerodrome. Keep this one a secret since those of us lucky enough to get a spot like to keep the steak roast a secret. And then there is the air show of vintage aircraft.

4. Damn Yankee Rally. The roads in Western Massachusetts are mostly unknown to the Motorcycling community and the there is always a good touring opportunity.

5. BIG Gig urban rally. Held in the largest city in the United States. It exists to help break up the winter and usually falls half way between national rallies.

6. Salty Fog Rally. A new rally that cares more about good food and some on the most scenic rides in North America. No beer tent.

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Mega Events

BMW National Rally with Camp Gears. The biggest BMW rally of them all. The yearly family reunion. Since it travels to a new location each year it never becomes stale or ho hum.

Daytona - plenty to do and see every day without ever having to go near Main
Street. But do go to Main Street once to be sure you really didn't miss something. Don't miss the auctions (several of them) at Stetson University in nearby DeLand. Most of the motorcycles to be auctioned will be on line before the auction.

Americade - 50,000 attendees during the week must like something. The riding in the Adirondacks is a special treat. BMW sends two trucks of motorcycles and still people line up at 6:00 a.m. BMW also sponsors two boat cruises and a rodeo. The year Christian Pfeiffer will give a free show atop Prospect Mountain. Ben and Jerrry is giving free ice cream to all attendees.

That's nine and I'm leaving room for at least one new one this year.

 

[Rapid_Roy]

The Top O the Rockies is nice, but I can't go that far.
I always go to the Great River Road Run, Hiawatha, The National, and the Dells. I may try to hit the ADV Rally in St Germaine WI this year also, in August.

 

[Mudbug]

Black Hills BMW Stampede
Top 'o the Rockies
The Curve Cowboy Reunion
Bavarian Mountain Weekend in Sipapu
Texas Hill Country Rally
Texas National BMW Rally
ROT - Republic of Texas Rally
RAT - Ride Around Texas
BMW RA Annual Rally

 

[Sue]

Almost EVERY rally I've been to was my favorite - while I was there.

There are some that I don't miss, or hate to miss:

Great River Road Rally
Iowa Rally
Wisconsin Dells Rally

But oh -- so many more are SO excellent!

 

[184480]

Living in Denver the "Rally's you can get to" theme rings true....
There's lots of rallies around the country that sound great but this thing called "work" seams to take a lot of my time.
So my favs are
1. Top O the Rockies of course!
2. Bavarian Mountain Weekend in Sipapu, NM
3. Husker Rally in Franklin, NE
4. Thunder Mtn Rally Cedaredge, CO (moving to Hotchkiss, CO this year)
5. Red Rocks Rendevous in Panquitch, UT
6. Road Runner Rally in Heber, AZ
7. Any MOA rally I can get to, been to Redmond, Spokane and West Bend.
8. Any RA rally I can get to. Been to only 1 in Red River, NM but would like to try to get to this years up in da UP. Been there and it is beeeeeutiful country.
Also what I try to do every year is to get to one or two rally's that I haven't been to. This year Black Hills, Beartooth or the Iowa rally or Land of Oz rally's are on the list of maybes....

 

[osbornk]

ANY annual MOA or RA rally within 600 miles of my house.

 

[Bud]

Dave Swider is right on the money with his response above!

Stop thinking of Charleston as a "city" and start thinking of it as a small friendly town with fantastic venues for our gathering.

The RA did go to a fantastic riding area and gather at a small ski area about 12 miles from the middle of nowhere in the wilderness. About 1500 people showed up by an optimistic count. Had the usual 6,000-7,000 people who usually show up for an MOA International gathering showed up in Red River the event would have been a disaster due to a lack of facilities to handle the attendees. It is not easy to find a location that has the facilities to handle a crowd of our size on motorcycles and still offer our attendees an interesting riding experience. I think you will find that Charleston meets both of these goals in spades. See you there.

I'm taking drugs. Was Charleston announced as the 09 rally site?

 

[cheesewhiz]

My personal most bestest is: Oktoberfest @ Beemer Hill

Then the Dells

I'm still pretty much a noob but I'm aging FAST

 

[kbasa]

I'm taking drugs. Was Charleston announced as the 09 rally site?

Read the date of the post, Bud.

 

[Bud]

Read the date of the post, Bud.

Kbasa, my friend, if you were taking what I'm taking, you wouldn't be able to see, let alone read.

I'm gonna go take a couple more and go back to sleep.

Really is kind of funny, in a drug induced, hazy sort of way.

 

[DHairgrove]

Rallies...

#1 Paonia, CO

#2 Falling Leaf, Potosi, MO

#3 That neat little rally in Sturgis, MS where all those cool old BMW's can be seen..

#4 Sipapu, NM

#5 Chief Joseph, John Day, OR

#7 Roadrunner, Heber, AZ

I like a lot more, but these are my favs....

 

[R1100rtp]

Kbasa, my friend, if you were taking what I'm taking, you wouldn't be able to see, let alone read.

I'm gonna go take a couple more and go back to sleep.

Really is kind of funny, in a drug induced, hazy sort of way.

nite! ZZZZZzzzz






Heal fast!!!

 

[sheridesabeemer]

it does my heart good to see someone using the search function.

 

[copilot]

We try to never miss Finger Lakes. Wine, wine, wine and Watkins Glen.

We also like the Dells Rally, Falling Leaf, Hiawatha and GR3. Who can forget the Chicken Rally! First time for that one last year.

Mark and Tina

 

[PeoriaMac]

ski areas = ??

I would think a Ski resort area in the summer should fit the bill.

Well, we did Lake Placid, NY back in the 1980's. Beautiful area. Problem was that ski resorts get used for all sorts of things off season. We got there fairly early, and still had to camp next to the piles of horse manure from the Horse Show that had been there the previous week. The most wide-open rally I can remember was Shreve Ohio--also back in the 1980's. Huge campground, and people could spread out if they chose to. Which, of course, many diid not.

Mac