@Archer & fish-man....
I'm a member of the BMW Motorrad Club KZN, been one for 3 years now and actually became a committee member last month. Typically we don't see many superbikes (RR maniacs) join the club, its 95% GS riders with the occasional GS rider with too much money and has an RT or GT for the easy stuff... Our club has fantastic members, the support and wealth of experience / knowledge of products is invaluable.
Group riding is well organised and done in a safe manner, always a leader and a tail. We follow a proven recipe for riding, staggered formation, safety distances, good etiquette on gravel so as not to roost the guys behind. Always wait at turns for the next guy behind to catch up. In all its great fun. We ride once every two weeks, typically anything from 10 to 25 bikes at a time. An average ride would be between 200 and 350km.
Additional to that, we arrange long weekend rides two or three times a year for the whole club, our next one is in August to the Hole in the Wall on the wild coast. Then regularly smaller groups will arrange other trips, 5 of us did 3 days through Lesotho earlier this year. Others did the West Coast Train & Ride from JHB.
The point is you get to meet great people and see lots of new places, even if just within your province. I'd say its worth the membership fee, which for KZN is R400 per annum!
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My dad was in for 7+ years now, still in I think. So I kinda just tagged along with him. The club has become a bit more strict this year though, so non-members end up paying R50/100 for the rides/events (they have various training events), whereas members pay a once off for the year of somewhere around R200. Mostly goes towards the costs of the backup vehicle that will come along on some trips.
