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History
How it all started...
After being out of
Motorcycling for almost 15 years, I decided to buy a new bike and to start
enjoying life just a little bit more than I had been. After a few weeks of
riding alone I knew there was still something missing..... The Brotherhood of
Biking. It was at this point where I decided to start a Riding Club in the
Memphis Area to meet new friends and to get the people riding together and
sharing the thrill of Motorcycling in a manner that was acceptable to all. After
getting a few people together and coming up with the name Southern Cruisers
Riding Club, I decided to put up a small Web Site on the net and start the
Cruisers Forum so we could all have an on-line meeting place to discuss plans
for rides we were setting up. During this time we were working on a Club Patch
and went through about a dozen different designs before we all decided on the
Current SCRC Club Patch.
Shortly after The Memphis Chapter started to form, I was contacted by Jerry
Longdon "HIP" from the Knoxville area and was asked about the Club.
After telling Jerry that it was just a Local club we decided to open a Chapter
in Knoxville Tn just to see what would actually happen. Lots of decisions were
made at this time about how to run the Southern Cruisers including a NO DUES
Style Club, Not to give the Club a Bad name and, to keep it all clean and legal.
Now the Knoxville Chapter was starting to organize and the Southern Cruisers was
now a Tennessee Club.
A little time went by and everything seemed to be going well for the two
Chapters, Then I received a Phone Call from Tim Jones in Rome, Georgia . His
first words were something like this " How about a Georgia Chapter "!
Still kinda shocked that someone would want to start a Chapter of the Southern
Cruisers other than myself we got the Rome, GA Chapter going. After a few phone
conversations with Tim, He told me that he designed Websites for a living and
that he would gladly set up the Southern Cruisers with our own Domain Name and
build and maintain the site for us. Still kinda in shock from all of this I
agreed and Tim built" http://SouthernCruisers.Net " and that's when
everything started happening.
We begin talking to People in South Carolina, Oklahoma, And from all over
the place, at that point on it seemed that everyone was wanting to be a part of
the Southern Cruisers Riding Club. We started opening up new Chapters all
over the United States and people were starting to join every single day and it
was at that time I realized that other riders were wanting a Club set up just
like we had set up the Southern Cruisers.
Now just Six Years later, We have Chapters spread all across the United States
and even out side the United States and we are growing faster than ever before,
With over 30,000 Members in the Southern Cruisers
Riding Club, I can gladly say we have made it to the Big Time !
Rick Perry (aka) Rickster
Founder and President
Southern Cruisers Riding Club