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UPDATE: Event Site and Registration Link HERE! Hi everyone! I’m Rose, and I am both the President of Sin City Victory Riders, Chapter 17 in Las Vegas, and the Event Chair for the 20th Annual VMC National Meet. We are very excited and honored to be afforded the opportunity to host this prestigious event, show off our beautiful city and surrounding areas, and show our Victory Family an Epic Time! In an effort to consolidate all questions and answers into one easy to find, search and reference location, we will be answering any 20th Annual National Meet in this thread alone. We will be posting in other forums with similar instructions linking here. As much as we want to put it all out right now, we have been advised to pursue a more methodical timetable. As such we expect the website to be up and operational in its first revision in 3 to 6 weeks. Q&A here after the website goes live will be much more responsive. Persons that will be officially responding to questions on behalf of the hosting chapter will be: Myself 😇 President “Sweet Pea” Danielle Vice President “mom3moos” Levi Secretary “theflashman” Phil Spokesman “PrometheusVII” In closing, I hope you guys are as exited to come out to Vegas as we are to be hosting it. We all look forward to seeing you when September rolls round!

Mark your calendars for Sep 9-12, 2021 for the 2021 VMC National meet hosted by the Sin City Victory Riders, Las Vegas, NV. More info to follow from the hosting club. Big congratulations to this club. A big thank to the other clubs and volunteers that have and will sure Victory, the ride never ends.

On December 7, 2019 members of the Adirondack Victory Riders presented a check of just over $9100.00 to the Double H Ranch. The Double H Ranch, our charity of choice, is an organization that provides a wide array of outdoor experiences and activities for children with life threatening illness'. We wish to thank all the people who attended the 2019 VMC National Meet in Lake George, who helped make this a very memorable event. Also we would like to thank the following vendors who donated goods and services, and ask you to please consider purchasing from them again soon. Counteract Balancing * Kirsh Helmets * Lake George Distilling Co. * Pork Chops Vic Pucks * Ronnies Motorsports * Spike Unlimited * Taylor Specialties * The Crossroads * Vic Sticks * Warren Tire * Wildhorse Powersports * Witchdoctors * And of coarse countless individuals who donated CASH or ITEMS for the benefit of the Kids of the Double H Ranch. A Huge THANK YOU!!

Road construction didn’t allow us to see an original trail covered bridge but we were able to see Contract Falls in Cloverdale, IN as our last stop of the day.

Leg 4 lunch stop in Vernal, UT

Oh that’s not true! I just got got home from the rally 2 hours ago.. 2178 mi from Kansas to TN. I know quite a few others that won’t post for a few more days cuz they are still riding. Hang on a bit for those pics. Here’s my few

Leg 12 was arguably the most scenic leg this side of the Mississippi! Started off visiting Castleman's River Bridge, Flight 93 Memorial, lunch at The Hen House, LaVale Toll Gate House and a scenic overlook on the way to Frederick, MD to meet up with Rick Burgess. Great experience riding the V2V this weekend!

Last post for me this trip. Had a wonderful time as always. It was great to see my Vic family sisters and brothers and meet great new ones along the way. US40 out of Columbus all the way to the Bears Den in Cambridge to meet Leg 11 Captain Sam Titus. Picture at lunch with Sam’s wife Amber, Wayne Sr, Mark Merle and myself. The traditional passing of the bag and bars to Sam who took Amber and Mark to Uniontown while Wayne Sr and I headed home. have a great ride the rest of the way V2V 2021!! Until next year!!

Meet up with Bill Pittenger from Nashville, TN in Effingham,IL and rode to a great lunch at the Moonshine Store.

Leg 9 - Madonna of the trail in Vandalla, IL.

June 27, leg 6 Paul Simpson baton handoff to leg 7 Lowell Johnson.

JUST WANT TO SEND MY GREETINGS TO EVERYONE WHO IS ATTENDING OUR 2020 NATIONAL RALLY AT JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH ARNOLD AND I HAD PLANNED TO ATTEND BUT COVID CONCERNS (AS WE ARE IN A HIGH RISK CATEGORY) HAS KEPT US AWAY. OUR NATIONAL RALLIES ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONAL AND ENABLE EVERYONE TO GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AND FELLOW RIDERS THAT, IN SOME CASES, THEY DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN, AS WELL AS ENJOY RIDING IN AREAS OF OUR COUNTRY THAT ARE ALWAYS MEMORABLE. HOW WE BOTH WISH WE COULD BE THERE WITH YOU! WE ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING ALL OF OUR FELLOW VMC MEMBERS AT THESE GET-TOGETHERS AND REALLY MISS NOT BEING ABLE TO THIS YEAR - BUT I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL CARRY ON AND HAVE A GREAT TIME! ENJOY! BE SAFE! HAVE FUN! AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VMC RALLY! CANDI CHRISTIANSEN NATIONAL SECRETARY

Leg 6 dinner in Platte City Mo (near Kansas City). Known as the Veterans Leg and Meet in the Middle. We had 16 attendees for dinner. It is traditional to have a cake to honor all of our veterans. We have 3 Navy veterans among the group. Anthony Schleisman, Charlie Dischner and Klent Harkness.

Leg Captain for legs 1-3 reporting safe back home. I had a great time leading a great group of VMC members Patti and Tom Wise, Lowell Johnson and Vivian Hardin, Jim Koshar, and Mike Riddelle, Thanks for joining me it was so nice not to ride it alone. 1077 miles door to door. Looks like Wayne is got a good ride going today including a stop at Indianapolis Motor Speedway looking at the spot track- Gene

Leg 3 Meets leg 4 The gang for legs 3 and 4/

Group wanted to visit the Iron Pony motorcycle superstore before heading to hotel. Shawn took off home and the three of us had wings for dinner before heading to hotel. Sorry about the photo orientation, couldn’t edit it.

Leg 10 started wet as we rode to IMS but it stoped raining after we left the track. Wayne Sr, Bill Pittenger, Shawn Arteritero, and myself were the leg 10 riders.

My route and pictures from meeting the group in St. Louis. Have a safe and dry trip for the rest of your journey from the Gateway chapter! https://www.relive.cc/view/vmqX2Y1ZWLO

Leg 5 lunch at Mishawaka near Bellevue CO on Highway 14. Amazing what a business can do at a wide spot in the road. Tables were right by the river. 18 bikes

Baton pass start of leg 5, Saturday, June 26 at Craig CO. Michel Magers (leg 4) to John Dextras (leg 5).

Dinner in Ely, NV. 13 folks at the table. Several folks surprised us a leg or so early. Great riding today, perfect temps (especially through desert). Leg Captain Rose planned a perfect route.

Leg 1 baton handoff. Brent Fletcher (leg 1 captain) to Rose Mandile (leg 2 captain)

Victory Highway eagle at Contra Costa Park in Antioch, CA. Brent, Dave, Tom, Lowell, Jimmy ‘Papillon’ Nikides, Manny

Great fellowship at dinner with Leg 5&6 riders.

You all are too kind. We at Sin City were blessed to have the opportunity to host this prestigious event. We strove to ensure we lived up to expectations, and any measure of success our event had is due in no small part to the efforts of those in our club, and those who showed up to make this event what is was. Thank You Everyone! #TheShirtOffMyBack

It was great meeting up with you guys, only wish I could have gone all the way. It has been a very long time since I've seen the batton. Brings back good memories. Lobo

I agree with you, Wouldn't it be something to use the baton as a connection to every chapter to promote the club.

The sand that connects west and east under a single big club. Thanks to everyone for the strong emotions I felt when I saw these images. A real sense of pride and belonging. VICTORY MOTORCYCLE CLUB WHERE THE RIDE NEVER ENDS

On to Richmond to see the site of the first toll gate in IN and the IN Madonna of the trail. A few ride shots while on US 40.

Leg 8 baton handoff from Tom Keller to leg 9 captain Wayne Oosterhoff Jr.

13 bikes made the trip st St Francis, KS to the Motorcycle Museum.

Dinner in Fort Morgan CO, end of leg 5. 20 people at the table.

Leg 3 to Leg 4 baton handoff in Midway UT. Rose Mandile to Michael Magers. 12 riders on leg 4.

Just a few of the bikes at the Gold Nugget in Carson City, NV. 13 folks for dinner! A great day of riding and friendship.

The National Rally in Johnson City, TN was AWESOME! The Tennessee group were great people, the hotel staff was excellent and thankful we were there. 236 people was the mentioned number. The meal at the Swiss Chalet was delicious and and wonderful staff. Of course, those who have ridden in eastern Tennessee and North Carolina know it is some of the most beautiful, fun and challenging roads in America. Even the weather was cooperative. Those who were afraid to come missed out on a great time. Victory owners are a different breed and we met so many new friends and had a lot of laughs. It was worth it!!! I rode almost 900 miles each way to be there and it was worth it!!!!

Here is a very faded front panel of the first V2V shirt, that I had designed for the V2V in 2001. FYI, I had designed the 2013 Fishy shirt to commemorate fellow member Sydney "Fishwich". who passed away suddenly. She was a leg captain of the previous year V2V, on her 2004 50th year anniversary (Polaris) Vegas. She deserves to be remembered.

You want pictures huh? How 'bout these? Nothing here is in order - most of the "people" picks are from the Meet n Greet on Thursday night - man were those munchies good! The "road" pics are from both Friday and Saturday - both excellent rides led by excellent leaders!

Happy 4 of July! We made it to San Francisco and enjoyed dinner at the Crab House. I made new friends on this year V2V and hope to see everyone again on another VMC ride soon. Here is a couple of photos from dinner. I made sure Tiger/Fish Witch was apart of dinner. I will post more later.

Leg 6 last stop before hotel, just an interesting bit of history in Lexington, MO. That is a cannon ball in the column of the courthouse.

Leg 6 lunch stop in Centertown, MO. Tammy was manning the grill, fryer and register.

Leg 6 left Collinsville IL today 6-27-19 with 5 riders; Leg Captain Lowell Johnson, Dave Crew, Brent Fletcher, Anthony Schleisman, Viv Hardin. Tom and Patti Wise took the direct route to Platte City Mo due to the heat. First stop was E St Louis to view the arch.

Paton exchange with Lowell Johnson who is leading Legs 5 and 6.

Had a great ride today (Leg 5) with some great people! Hope to do it again!

Meet up with Mike Simpson for dinner

Leg 4 riders. Tom and Patti Wise, Vivian Harden, Lowell Johnson, Wayne Oosterhoff, Sr and Jr.

Leg 3. 6-24-19. 7 riders. Gene Hunt, Jim Koshar, Mike Riddelle, Tom and Patti Wise, Viv Hardin and Lowell Johnson. Photos of Madonna of the Trail in Wheeling WV. A little explanation of the National Pike and the mile markers from Hwy 40. More pics to come.