+1. Getting out of directly running the racing biz was absolutely the right decision. Not sure that what DMG is doing is the right way to go, but in the long run, I think they're still a better bet than the old AMA Pro Racing crowd. And they're no longer bleeding membership dues to support a failing series.I for one, am very happy about the AMA's renewed focus on motorcycling rights and preserving riding areas and rights. It is a bigtime up hill battle.
That's pretty ******. Did you call the AMA to let them know?Well, the wife justed called saying she has a flat. Got 2 of the 4 kids with her. First test of the roadside assistance. Let's see if they get to her before I do.
Update: She called, they told her it would be three hours. A good Samaritan stopped and helped her change the tire. I was about half way home when she got back on the road.
I think AAA took about 30-45 mins the last time she got a flat, a few years back.
Update #2: Got home and the wife said after she and the nice older gentleman got the spare on and it all buttoned up, she called back to the AMA Roadside Assistance program to tell them to cancel the call. The operator replied that they hadn't even found anyone, yet, to go out on the call. Additionally, on the first call to the program, a different operator gave my wife the 20 questions routine - do you have a spare, do you have tools, does your hubcap have a lock, etc., and started getting a bit belligerent.
When we she called AAA on the previous occasion, they asked where she was, what the problem was, then said how long it would be.
If this is the typical response from the AMA RA Program, I'm gonna have to go back to AAA or look at what our insurance offers. With two kids, 3 and under, in the car, my wife can't be waiting for 3+ hours on the side of the road for a truck that may or may not show up. And how will it be on the bike, riding the back roads in bumf*ck egypt and you need assitance? She was about 12 miles outside of Annapolis, not like it was in the boonies.
Very disappointed.
That's the kind of thing that ticks me off too. But I'm in my 11th year of membership and never received any AMA based solicitations.When I was a member and specifically checkmarked the option NOT to share my information....they promptly sold/loaned/gave my name to Bank of America and still get solicitations with AMA logos more than two years after I pulled my membership.
I think AMA has still lost their way.
No, they did engage in some relationship with B of A for a period and quit. While I'm impressed they manned up and admitted it....I think they're still lost.That's a clerical error. Your app must have been processed on a Monday.
Ditto.I have been a member for several years now. Don't hate them. Don't love them.
As far as I know, I think they are about the only organization lobbying and vehemently defending motorcyclist's rights. THAT I do think is extremely important and is why I keep renewing. I don't always agree with all their positions or philosophies, but still believe they do more good than bad.
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