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**BearBait** · 10-07-2012, 01:29 PM

So Woodswoman has been mourning the approaching end of the riding season and reflecting on all the fun we have had through the warmer months getting together with our friends for rallies, rides, etc. As usual we found ourselves wishing that we could have crammed more “fellowship and foolishness”, as Capt Cruiser so pithily put it, into the season.

One would naturally think: Plan more rides, plan more rallies. But the reality is that rallies are a lot of work for the planners and require the taking of vacation days – a commodity in always limited supply – by the attendees. One day rides are nice but the fellowship and foolishness is sadly limited, usually, to the lunch stop.

In the end, Woodswoman hit upon a concept that would do credit to a devious, scheming masculine brain: why not set up some "One Night Stands"?

The idea is this: some organizer finds a hotel/motel which has certain necessary attributes:
* location within an easy day’s ride of most of the group,
* reasonable rates, tolerance for parking lot fellowship,
* and a breakfast/dinner restaurant within a short walk if not on the premises.

Then the organizer publishes the details and interested VR members reserve rooms, ride in, spend the night – presumably a Saturday night – enjoying the company of their comrades at dinner and over drinks/fire in the parking lot, and ride out homeward in the morning.

Easy for the organizer: no rides to figure out because the riding to/from the event is the “ride” part; no lunch stops to worry about. Easy for the participants: only one night’s charge for a room; no need to take a vacation day. But everyone gets the core benefit of a bigger event, the fun company of friends, for as long as he/she can stay awake on the Saturday night.

Opinions?

4d · 10-07-2012, 02:46 PM

Sounds great. I've had that ideal for years now but was affarid to bring it out of fear that no one would like it.

Even if we meet for lunch on Saturday and had a ride to the motel would be great. If the rider doesn't have to ride 500 miles. I'm an AM person so leaving home at 6 or 7 is no problem to me and Fatima during the summer months when she doesn't work.

I think I would limit our selfs to 200 to 250 mile ride to most meet ups. It's not the ride up but the ride back home that gets very boring.

I'm in.

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brownC50 · 10-07-2012, 02:53 PM

Chris has suggested a good idea. The concept may be best suited for smaller regional rallies, but it does not eliminate the option of someone using their vacation time to ride a greater distance to get to the rally if they so desire.

**sweetlu** · 10-07-2012, 03:01 PM

What's wrong with reruns ?!? :p

Chris's idea is awesome!!!!!

Woodswoman · 10-07-2012, 03:15 PM

Tom, I do picture this being regional, and not getting too large.

The idea isn't to replace a rally. It's to improve on a lunchtime "meet & greet," without being too expensive for the attendees in either cash or vacation time -- and without being to much work for the organizer.

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Born2bWild · 10-07-2012, 05:14 PM

We've done that at the Hub a few times. Once when a member from out of town was in town for 1 night only and was riding. We all just met up there and spent the night. It's fun to do that.

**Mr. Efficiency** · 10-07-2012, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BearBait

So Woodswoman has been mourning the approaching end of the riding season and reflecting on all the fun we have had through the warmer months getting together with our friends for rallies, rides, etc. As usual we found ourselves wishing that we could have crammed more “fellowship and foolishness”, as Capt Cruiser so pithily put it, into the season.

One would naturally think: Plan more rides, plan more rallies. But the reality is that rallies are a lot of work for the planners and require the taking of vacation days – a commodity in always limited supply – by the attendees. One day rides are nice but the fellowship and foolishness is sadly limited, usually, to the lunch stop.

In the end, Woodswoman hit upon a concept that would do credit to a devious, scheming masculine brain: why not set up some "One Night Stands"?

The idea is this: some organizer finds a hotel/motel which has certain necessary attributes:
* location within an easy day’s ride of most of the group,
* reasonable rates, tolerance for parking lot fellowship,
* and a breakfast/dinner restaurant within a short walk if not on the premises.

Then the organizer publishes the details and interested VR members reserve rooms, ride in, spend the night – presumably a Saturday night – enjoying the company of their comrades at dinner and over drinks/fire in the parking lot, and ride out homeward in the morning.

Easy for the organizer: no rides to figure out because the riding to/from the event is the “ride” part; no lunch stops to worry about. Easy for the participants: only one night’s charge for a room; no need to take a vacation day. But everyone gets the core benefit of a bigger event, the fun company of friends, for as long as he/she can stay awake on the Saturday night.

Opinions?

Uhhhh, well, we call it SAMM...

We do this, and other things. We just did it in Rochester with great success.

Although its good to publicize the concept, SAMM is already doin it.

Woodswoman · 10-07-2012, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Efficiency

Uhhhh, well, we call it SAMM...

We do this, and other things. We just did it in Rochester with great success.

Although its good to publicize the concept, SAMM is already doin it.

Good on ya, Bill. But we haven't done it, to my knowledge, here in the Northeast in the almost 5 years I've belonged to the VR. Hence the trial balloon.

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4d · 10-07-2012, 06:28 PM

I think some of us in the north east have done it. 2 years ago we had our ride to the most eastern point in the US (lubec Maine). Which went well. We all meet in Augusta Maine, rode to Lubec, slept there one night and the next day. Every one went home in different directions.

The only 2 people that rode together was me Paul and April, and we added one extra night to the trip on the way up. Had a great time. One of the best rides every.

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vortex1x · 10-07-2012, 06:42 PM

Count me in, I love 1 night stands.........

And I can easily make New England, Penn, even down to Delaware......

Awesome Idea......

10-07-2012, 01:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
BearBait Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tannersville, NY (Northern Catskills) Posts: 4,214 Thanks: 597 Thanked 559 Times in 383 Posts	New idea: One Night Stands So Woodswoman has been mourning the approaching end of the riding season and reflecting on all the fun we have had through the warmer months getting together with our friends for rallies, rides, etc. As usual we found ourselves wishing that we could have crammed more “fellowship and foolishness”, as Capt Cruiser so pithily put it, into the season. One would naturally think: Plan more rides, plan more rallies. But the reality is that rallies are a lot of work for the planners and require the taking of vacation days – a commodity in always limited supply – by the attendees. One day rides are nice but the fellowship and foolishness is sadly limited, usually, to the lunch stop. In the end, Woodswoman hit upon a concept that would do credit to a devious, scheming masculine brain: why not set up some "One Night Stands"? The idea is this: some organizer finds a hotel/motel which has certain necessary attributes: * location within an easy day’s ride of most of the group, * reasonable rates, tolerance for parking lot fellowship, * and a breakfast/dinner restaurant within a short walk if not on the premises. Then the organizer publishes the details and interested VR members reserve rooms, ride in, spend the night – presumably a Saturday night – enjoying the company of their comrades at dinner and over drinks/fire in the parking lot, and ride out homeward in the morning. Easy for the organizer: no rides to figure out because the riding to/from the event is the “ride” part; no lunch stops to worry about. Easy for the participants: only one night’s charge for a room; no need to take a vacation day. But everyone gets the core benefit of a bigger event, the fun company of friends, for as long as he/she can stay awake on the Saturday night. Opinions? __________________ BearBait '11 Vulcan 1700 Vaquero (Ebony)

10-07-2012, 02:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
4d Senior VR Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tiverton RI Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 9 Thanked 189 Times in 162 Posts	Sounds great. I've had that ideal for years now but was affarid to bring it out of fear that no one would like it. Even if we meet for lunch on Saturday and had a ride to the motel would be great. If the rider doesn't have to ride 500 miles. I'm an AM person so leaving home at 6 or 7 is no problem to me and Fatima during the summer months when she doesn't work. I think I would limit our selfs to 200 to 250 mile ride to most meet ups. It's not the ride up but the ride back home that gets very boring. I'm in. . __________________ I'm working on being politically correct. But its going take a VERY VERY LONG TIME

10-07-2012, 02:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
brownC50 Senior VR Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Delaware, Wilmington Posts: 4,966 Thanks: 755 Thanked 243 Times in 158 Posts	Chris has suggested a good idea. The concept may be best suited for smaller regional rallies, but it does not eliminate the option of someone using their vacation time to ride a greater distance to get to the rally if they so desire. __________________ "Ah Say... Ah Say... " What happens if you get scared half to death twice? " 2005 C50 Black .... 36,000 + Happy Miles (That's 57,936 km for our metric friends)

10-07-2012, 03:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
sweetlu Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Flemington, NJ Posts: 7,030 Thanks: 536 Thanked 295 Times in 191 Posts	What's wrong with reruns ?!? :p Chris's idea is awesome!!!!! __________________ aka: "Jersey" - Honorary Louisiana Cajun 05 C50 --> 05 C90 --> 07 FLHX --> 08 GL1800 / 1994 FXSTS --> 2011 FLTRU / 2007 DL650

10-07-2012, 03:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Woodswoman Senior VR Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Catskill Mountains, New York State Posts: 5,182 Thanks: 856 Thanked 887 Times in 568 Posts	Tom, I do picture this being regional, and not getting too large. The idea isn't to replace a rally. It's to improve on a lunchtime "meet & greet," without being too expensive for the attendees in either cash or vacation time -- and without being to much work for the organizer. . __________________ Woodswoman (a/k/a Mrs. BearBait) *Dum Vivimus, Vivamus!* 2010 Victory Cross Roads, "Doctor Pepper"

10-07-2012, 05:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
Born2bWild Senior VR Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: AR, Bentonville Posts: 27,457 Thanks: 14 Thanked 61 Times in 47 Posts	We've done that at the Hub a few times. Once when a member from out of town was in town for 1 night only and was riding. We all just met up there and spent the night. It's fun to do that. __________________ Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

10-07-2012, 06:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
4d Senior VR Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tiverton RI Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 9 Thanked 189 Times in 162 Posts	I think some of us in the north east have done it. 2 years ago we had our ride to the most eastern point in the US (lubec Maine). Which went well. We all meet in Augusta Maine, rode to Lubec, slept there one night and the next day. Every one went home in different directions. The only 2 people that rode together was me Paul and April, and we added one extra night to the trip on the way up. Had a great time. One of the best rides every. . __________________ I'm working on being politically correct. But its going take a VERY VERY LONG TIME

10-07-2012, 06:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
vortex1x Senior VR Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Syosset, New York Posts: 3,173 Thanks: 154 Thanked 86 Times in 60 Posts	Count me in, I love 1 night stands......... And I can easily make New England, Penn, even down to Delaware...... Awesome Idea...... __________________ 2012 Victory Cross Country Black 7Jurock 14" windshield with Flip Driver backrest Passenger backrest & luggage rack Floorboard foot pegs Stage 1 pipes MP3 player adapter Saddlebag Liners 2006 C50T Dark Grey (traded in) 12' Mini Apes W/ braided Cables, Lightbar, Gel Seat, Rear Fender Rack (Solo Look) Sean In an ideal summer, correctly lived, every motorcycle should age more then it's owner.... Peter Egan

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