Well.....I have been a member for a while.  I initially joined because I would compete in Trials and you had to be a member to ride at any AMA sanctioned event.  If you got the Roadside Assistance....you got that benefit....and you will also get a 10% discount from anything you buy from Bike Bandit.  You also get their magazine which has good articles.

The AMA is a big orginization and they do a lot of lobbying to benefit the motorcycle rider both on and off road.  They are getting funding for "motorcycle only checkpoints" revoked, lobbying to stop the mandatory spread of E15 fuel, working to keep public land open to riding, and lobbying to keep needless laws imposed on motorcycle riders.

My only issue with them is that they have gotten so big....they have become a bit like the government that they are lobbying against.  When my membership is up for renewal and I get a notice from them I will quickly send in my check for the renewal.  Then a week or so later I will get a package in the mail with my new membership card.....followed a few days later by a notice telling me that my membership is about to expire.  When I sent them an email about this they told me the mailing are prepared weeks in advance.......and they don't compare the mailings wit the renewals that have been received.  They were also easily confused when I requsted to receive the "Street" version of their magazine even though I have a Competition membership which is Off Road......so when that confused them and I kept getting the Off Road version I just sent them a letter and $ 10 so I could get both magazines - and guess what...the next month I got 2 copies of the Street version!

They are a good orginization....just a bit too big and bogged down in their self imposed bureaucracy.    

 

Doug B wrote on 04/22/14 at 13:54:46:


I dunno....I only sign up 1 year at a time.

The museum is also a nice visit if you are near Columbus, OH.  The Vintage Days at Mid Ohio race track is also a good time...it is July 11-13.