ohiomoto wrote on 03/27/21 at 05:00:51: Group riding is one of the most dangerous ways to spend time on a motorcycle. Google it. At the very least, you'll understand what can go wrong and possibly save your life.
On our group rides the largest group we ever had that I was on was about 9, and our trip to Texas in a few weeks will have 6 or 7 bikes. For a group of 2 or 3 other riders is the easiest and most fun. As you add more than 4 bikes it becomes difficult to keep the group together. Stop signs and traffic light can break up the group, passing slow cars as a group becomes difficult, it is hard to stay close together and cars can pull out into the gaps and break up the group.
I went to a motorcycle show in my home town and entered the motorcycle show, the slow race - and I also signed up for a Poker Run. The Poker Run started at a bar and most the riders were having a beer and we got a Poker Card before we rode to the next bar. There were about 60 bikes and the leaders would block intersections for us to roll through as a group. The rides between stops was somewhere around 30 minutes, and it seemed we stayed at each new bar for 30 minutes while the riders all had another beer or two! Although the scenery was good and it was nice to be riding around my old home turf - the quality of the ride was poor.........too many poor riders and motorcycles with straight pipes all around me. On the last leg the guy right in front of me had a Triumph Rocket 3 with an incredibly loud exhaust - it was very irritating to have to ride behind him.
Look for a local rider that rides similarly to you, and hook up with them for rides.
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