Top of Page Q: Why are NorCal members so proud of the 49er?
NorCal members take great pride in the ’49er Rally, and a lot of folks work many long hours and donate their own personal funds to make it the success it is every year. The format of the ’49er is an extension of the basic philosophy of the club: A riding and camping oriented event. The fixed location of the rally allows us to expand on this theme to include vendors and hot meals and showers and the like, but it remains at its core a place to ride to and camp when you get there. I wish we could put on an event that was the best of all things to all people, but I’m afraid we wouldn’t get any help from the membership if it wasn’t basically a ride and camp function. A lot of motorcyclists aren’t riders and campers, preferring instead to hang out at the local motorcycle shop or bar and bench race, or drive a motor home full of family and pets with their bike on a trailer behind it, or carve canyons on their sport bike on Sunday mornings. We harbor no ill will toward these folks, but they pr
