HOG membership.....???
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threesteps
Junior Member
Suggest you give it a try. Dues are usually pretty low (Think it is $10 year for us) and our local dealer has a discount on merchandise for HOG Chapter members. I
Cpt.FancyPants
Banned
I recieved a free one year membership when i bought my RG. I thought everyone was nice and all,but i'm not the joining type of person. I really didn't have the time to participate to much in group things. Most all of my riding is during the work week(to and from).
Give it a try for awhile you might like it. You will make a few friends
Give it a try for awhile you might like it. You will make a few friends
SteveRindge
New Member
In addition to all the other points made, being a HOG member is an advantage at rallies. At Sturgis last year, there were as place for free patches and snacks, and a set up for washing bikes.
It will all depend on what you are trying to get out of it. HOG chapters are different from one to the other. The local one here has had a rough road, but the people are great and the dealership is really behind it. Some dealers can care less and rule the chapter like dictatorship.
Just go to a meeting and check it out yourself. My wife and I have meet a lot of new people and have gain many friendships through the years. I've held every position except Ladies of Harley.
I enjoy it and had lots of fun in all positions and I've learned allot.
So as mentioned, go to a meeting and see what it's like. You'll either like or not like. I've moved on to a tighter brotherhood now and it's more to my liking at my stage of life.
Ugly John
Just go to a meeting and check it out yourself. My wife and I have meet a lot of new people and have gain many friendships through the years. I've held every position except Ladies of Harley.
I enjoy it and had lots of fun in all positions and I've learned allot. So as mentioned, go to a meeting and see what it's like. You'll either like or not like. I've moved on to a tighter brotherhood now and it's more to my liking at my stage of life.
Ugly John
Skratch
Active Member
I joined my local chapter and really enjoy it. Good people and TONS of rides. Check out a meeting.
As far as the gas, you pretty much stop every 50-70 miles. If anything, just to stretch the legs. But if you've got a smaller tank, they'll make sure you're taken care of.
Check out the local chapters. You may find one you like. I was involved for many years in my dealer's local HOG chapter. Did the officer thing, the road captain thing, and taught group riding to new members.
I got tired of the political stuff, dealing with the "friendship pods", the attitudes (look at me! I just spent 20,000 on bike! I'm so cool!). I got tired of the "scare" factor when riding with many folks I really didn't know. I got tired of babysitting riders, old and new, that did not have a clue on how to ride, or ride in a group.anic:newsmile017: It got to the point where I had a group of friends (my friendship pod) that would only ride with each other, basically because we knew each other riding skills. At that point, I stopped being a road captain except when I rode with this group. 6 months after that, I dropped my HOG membership. So did most of the folks I rode with.
Don't get me wrong. I had many good experiences, also. Some of them included teaching group riding, being an officer and a road captain.
Remember one thing. The HOG chapter is a marketing tool for the dealer. Some dealers support the group, some don't. We had a dealer that was not too bad. Well.. Until he wanted the HOG chapter to start paying "rent" to use the meeting/conference area at the dealership. Until he eliminated the across the board parts discount and went to a HOG bucks system. You got HOG bucks good for purchases based on how much you spent buying other items (T-shirt, oil, filters and some other maintenance item, and service were not eligible for HOG bucks).
Try it, you may have a good time.
I got tired of the political stuff, dealing with the "friendship pods", the attitudes (look at me! I just spent 20,000 on bike! I'm so cool!). I got tired of the "scare" factor when riding with many folks I really didn't know. I got tired of babysitting riders, old and new, that did not have a clue on how to ride, or ride in a group.
anic:newsmile017: It got to the point where I had a group of friends (my friendship pod) that would only ride with each other, basically because we knew each other riding skills. At that point, I stopped being a road captain except when I rode with this group. 6 months after that, I dropped my HOG membership. So did most of the folks I rode with.Don't get me wrong. I had many good experiences, also. Some of them included teaching group riding, being an officer and a road captain.
Remember one thing. The HOG chapter is a marketing tool for the dealer. Some dealers support the group, some don't. We had a dealer that was not too bad. Well.. Until he wanted the HOG chapter to start paying "rent" to use the meeting/conference area at the dealership. Until he eliminated the across the board parts discount and went to a HOG bucks system. You got HOG bucks good for purchases based on how much you spent buying other items (T-shirt, oil, filters and some other maintenance item, and service were not eligible for HOG bucks).
Try it, you may have a good time.
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Skratch
Active Member
I gotta say, our local dealer (2 stores) supports the chapter extremely well from what I can tell. (I've been personally very pleased with them myself as they are truly relationship and service orientated) Most dealers I go to use the Hog bucks types system which doesn't do much for the passer-by customer. My local store has a 10% HOG discount which alot of stores I've seen don't. I get points for the chapter events and rides I attend. At the end of the year, the dealer gives you a check for merchandise to be spent before Christmas. You can use it on anything the dealer sells.
Last year I got 80$ from the dealer and I didn't get to a large amount of events. I'll get to more this year. But I know people in our group that got hundreds of dollars and got some nice presents for their rides.
Last year I got 80$ from the dealer and I didn't get to a large amount of events. I'll get to more this year. But I know people in our group that got hundreds of dollars and got some nice presents for their rides.
Jim B.
Junior Member
I got a free one-year membership in HOG when I bought my 09 Road Glide. I then joined the local chapter affiliated with my local dealer. The dealer gives a 10% discount to all active HOG members and that more than offsets the cost of the national and local chapter dues. I've met a lot of nice people at the meetings and I've gone on several rides with them. I've found that I'm not a big fan of large group rides, but I still attend the monthly meetings since they are a great source of information about local motorcycle activities.
