What a Great Spyders in the Ozarks rally!

[Tango]

What a great rally by Lamont, Joan, and their staff. BBQ, pie run, vendors. Great job to all! Tom

[Mazo EMS2]

Other than meeting our now great friends from Iowa several years back, we had a pretty bad experience on a guided ride at one of the first SITO rallies. But I think we're all thinking about going to it next year if they put it on. I think I counted 111 bikes leaving for the Pie Run....NO THANKS!!! But it sure is a nice area to ride.

[EdMat]

. I think I counted 111 bikes leaving for the Pie Run....NO THANKS!!! But it sure is a nice area to ride.

I think 111 would have been a low count.

Edit: Now that I look at one of my drone shots maybe it was not as many as I thought. My mind had it pegged around 175 but that would have been high. Several groups had already left when I got this shot, but nowhere near enuff to make it up to the number I had in my mind.

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[Partzman23]

We had a great time at the SITO RALLY at Lamonster Garage. This was our first time at this rally. We will definitely be back next year. Met some awesome Spyder Ryders from Springfield Mo, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Excelsior Springs Mo. A local Spyderlover, Larry, took a group of us on some awesome rydes down to Branson and the Peel ferry. A great Rally it was. I am sorry it is over and we have to go back home.
A big thank you to Lamonster Garage and all the vendors that helped to make this such a Great Spyderlovers Rally.

[Wmoater]

5 more years! I retire! Can we keep all these rallies going please? The best ones all seem to be in the fall and I only have summer off.

[EdMat]

When Lamont and crew decide to have a shindig! Will try and add some more pics over a few days.

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[EdMat]

Pie Run

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[BajaRon]

Lamont and crew put on a class act this last week. It was great to finally meet so many that I've spoken to on the phone. Thank you for a great time Lamont! No one does it like you.

By the way, the pie was AWESOME! If you missed the pie run, you really missed a good thing.

[MNF3]

This was my first SITO and it was great! It was fun to meet some of the ryders and vendors that are here. Beautiful rides as well! I will be back again!

[Lamonster]

A big thanks to ALL who made their way to SITO and to all the staff and volunteers that helped make this such a great event. Steve and Debbie, Jason and Michele, Claude, Marty and Rhonda, Elijah and Brian and of course my wife Joan and Jacob all worked their tails off to help me pull this event off. I couldn’t have done it without them. Love these folks

We enjoyed seeing old friends and making new friends. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the weather was perfect. The only downside was we have outgrown the parking situation and we can only do so much with one technician. It was great to have John from Elka helping out with the shock installation and Brian doing the work of two good technicians. I helped as much as I could with some of the installs but still could have used another tech or two.

The pie run was a hit and so was the BBQ. We gave away some great prizes and and people loved riding in the Ozarks. We had a lot of help with the cleanup and folks were very excited about the event as a whole.

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[CloverHillCrawler]

Sorry I missed it, I am planning trips for next year. Hopefully this will be one of them.

[acdcking12]

This was my first Rally. I was a tad disappointed. People seemed to keep to their own little groups, and it was hard to get people talking. Was not nearly the vendors I was expecting. I thought the pie run was going to be a nice long ride. On Saturday me and the wife ended up just riding around roaring river, and Branson on our own up to the bike show. I expected the bike show to be in the evening so that the bikes with lights could be turned on.

So for me, It was ok. It just all seemed a bit disorganized.

[EdMat]

This was my first Rally. I was a tad disappointed. People seemed to keep to their own little groups, and it was hard to get people talking. Was not nearly the vendors I was expecting. I thought the pie run was going to be a nice long ride. On Saturday me and the wife ended up just riding around roaring river, and Branson on our own up to the bike show. I expected the bike show to be in the evening so that the bikes with lights could be turned on.

So for me, It was ok. It just all seemed a bit disorganized.

Keep going to them. Pretty soon you are part of many of the "groups". Sign up for rides or choose some of the preplanned routes and just wing it. I had a sore neck all week so I didn't get in as much riding as I wanted but I got to do something else I haven't done since my 20's. I said to heck with motels and decided to camp out.
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[Lamonster]

This was my first Rally. I was a tad disappointed. People seemed to keep to their own little groups, and it was hard to get people talking. Was not nearly the vendors I was expecting. I thought the pie run was going to be a nice long ride. On Saturday me and the wife ended up just riding around roaring river, and Branson on our own up to the bike show. I expected the bike show to be in the evening so that the bikes with lights could be turned on.

So for me, It was ok. It just all seemed a bit disorganized.

I see you're from Kansas, there was a good group there from the Kansas City Spyder Ryders there at the event. It would be a good idea to hookup with them so you could feel like you're part of a group.
You're right about the vendors, I wish we had more. We had two cancel at the last minute because they couldn't justify the fuel and hotel cost for such a small event. It hard to get vendors to show up when there are only 500+ riders. The ones that did show up did well.
The pie run was manageable with close to 200 Spyders. There's no way we could have made that a long ride with that many riders.
Sorry you felt it was disorganized but I don't know what we could have done different. All the rides and events were well organized as far as I could tell. For sure there were some things we could have done better. The idea was to promote riding in the Ozarks and fellowship with like minded riders. I hope you at least had a good time riding.

[UtahPete]

This was my first Rally. I was a tad disappointed. People seemed to keep to their own little groups, and it was hard to get people talking. Was not nearly the vendors I was expecting. I thought the pie run was going to be a nice long ride. On Saturday me and the wife ended up just riding around roaring river, and Branson on our own up to the bike show. I expected the bike show to be in the evening so that the bikes with lights could be turned on.

So for me, It was ok. It just all seemed a bit disorganized.

I think first rallies are either underwhelming or overwhelming, depending on your expectations. Every Spyder event is different, hosted by people for whom it is a labor of love I think. As a past event organizer, I can tell you that it's a lot of work and we as organizers hope for a good turnout and a good positive attitude from the attendees. We're there to put it together for you; what you do in terms of joining in the events and going with the flow and reaching out to strangers is out of our control.

[bigbadbrucie]

People seemed to keep to their own little groups, and it was hard to get people talking.

My only GWRRA rally had the very same problem. After attending only the one “National” rally, I swore that I would NEVER attend another, and I haven’t, and now at an age approaching OLD, I have no intention of putting myself through another “lonely, painful experience”. Over the years I have attended many small, local rallies and had a great time.

[fritzer1]

I see you're from Kansas, there was a good group there from the Kansas City Spyder Ryders there at the event. It would be a good idea to hookup with them so you could feel like you're part of a group.
You're right about the vendors, I wish we had more. We had two cancel at the last minute because they couldn't justify the fuel and hotel cost for such a small event. It hard to get vendors to show up when there are only 500+ riders. The ones that did show up did well.
The pie run was manageable with close to 200 Spyders. There's no way we could have made that a long ride with that many riders.
Sorry you felt it was disorganized but I don't know what we could have done different. All the rides and events were well organized as far as I could tell. For sure there were some things we could have done better. The idea was to promote riding in the Ozarks and fellowship with like minded riders. I hope you at least had a good time riding.

No excuses or apologies necessary. Judi and I watched Lamont, Joan, Jacob and crew work their buns off every day to make this SITO event a smashing success. Prayers are offered up by us that Lamont and Joan stay healthy for many more years of service to the Can Am community .

[RapidSpyder]

5 more years! I retire! Can we keep all these rallies going please? The best ones all seem to be in the fall and I only have summer off.

There’s always the Deadwood 3 Wheeler Rally in July and Sturgis in August until then….

[BajaRon]

What a great rally by Lamont, Joan, and their staff. BBQ, pie run, vendors. Great job to all! Tom

The Pie was definitely AWESOME! I could have skipped dinner and just ate pie until I was sick!

[scooterexpress]

hi as one of the vendors id like to say thank you lamont for having us there and also to all the spyder ryders that came and supported us without support from the ryders us vendors would disappear and alot of events would decrease in size due to no vendors. well we hope to be back there next year and to all that didnt get a chance to come by theres mail order just go to our website merlinsblood.com..
thanks again ev1.

r,
jim booth