I was under the impression that this was mostly solo stuff or with a few friends i didn't realize you went with a group of people. My bad. But on the Solo rides they have i wouldn't pay i would just ride them.

the RALLY's are just that... a group of people...

the ones I listed are individual challenges... I want to do them with someone... as it'd be a hell of a lot easier IMO...

I can push my self... but often talk my self into stopping early.

Like with my ride from Gaylord MI to Trips... we rode 740 miles... with out Gas and Capt. Avery there to entertain me and shoot the shit with at the gas stops... I'd have stopped and just called it a night at 600 miles...

but having them there kept me from even thinking about stopping. shit to be honest... I could have ridden another 260 miles that night and gotten an Iron butt on a fucking DRZ...

just gotta find someone who's of the same (fucked) mind set

No, this can be a solo or a group event. I'm going to do it solo, but you bump into people doing the same thing at the same spots all day, plus at the end you get to swap stories and drink beer. Its very much a social event. Again, to me it sounds like fun and I'll let you know how it goes.

You ride your own ride. You can pair up with others if you wanna. I was talking about the ending events... they usually have a banquet/social dinner along with award presentations. With the really big rides, they usually have a start banquet and an end banquet. You'll run into other folks doing the same event, during the event. While it is competitive, it's still very much about the camaraderie before, during, and after. What did you do to your bike and why, have you thought about this, can you help me with that, what's the best road you've been on, have you been here, what got you started.... these folks can talk for days :)

Yes.. exactly :) you will have fun!