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Bummer

I ride a Yamaha Royal Star Venture. In the motorcycle world they're as rare as a 370Z Roadster in the car world.

I'm a member of a forum aimed at the Venture. Compared to some forums there's not a lot of activity. On the other hand there's as much activity as the forum-active base can support. When people ask a question they almost always get a solid answer. As a result of the relatively small user base a lot of us know each other.

One of the things we do to help build camaraderie and a general sense of family is to have regional Meet and Eats, and two types of rallys: smaller local meets and an annual "International". All involve rides of various lengths as well as the opportunity for members to get to know each other.I've hosted local Meet and Eats that drew members from not just Indiana, but Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. I've gone to a couple in Michigan that drew quite a few of the Canadian members. All of these are organized by proactive members who just decide to do it. (The big rally is a bit more complicated, but still organized by local volunteers.)

I've looked in several of the regional areas of the forum and found very little. I'm wondering if this has been tried and generally failed due to the low number of Z owners overall. (Realizing, of course, that a guy in California isn't very likely to be able to drop in on a M&E in Indiana, and vice versa. )

Of course, I realize this isn't all that Roadster specific, just musing about a possible way to pick up the feel of activity on the forum.

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Steve