Twin Valley Rally

The Twin Valley Rally is held annually, one weekend in late September. For 2010 the dates were September 17, 18, and 19. The Rally opens at noon on Friday and runs through about noonish on Sunday. See the rally page (under categories) or visit the forums to see pics from the 2010 event.

Regular Breakfast Meetings

TVR Regular Breakfast Meetings are held every weekend as follows:

• First Sunday, Greenwood Restaurant on Rt. 11 five miles north of Troutville
• Second Saturday, Famous Anthony’s on Crystal Springs Blvd in Roanoke
• Third Saturday, Swinging Bridge Restaurant in Paint Bank
• Fourth Sunday on even months, Hale’s Restaurant on Rt. 11 in Shawsville
• Fourth Sunday on odd months, Tuggles Gap Restaurant on Rt. 8 at the Parkway

Unless the schedule changes we begin to gather at 9:00am and sit down to eat at 9:30am. The schedule may occasionally change to accommodate rides or events, so check the calendar and forum for the latest information.

Maps and directions to the breakfast locations are here.

Malt Therapy

Once a month we gather at a local watering hole for a Malt Therapy session. It’s usually on the Thursday evening between the 2nd Saturday and 3rd Saturday breakfasts. The location rotates between Roanoke River Valley, New River Valley, and occasionally the greater Floyd County Metro Area, with little or no regularity. If you want to help decide where to take our therapy next month, you’ll need to be in therapy this month.

Special Events and Organized Activities

Twin Valley Rally is held the third weekend in September at Willville Motorcycle Camp in Meadows of Dan, Va.

Members sometimes organize rides or special events in addition to the regular meetings. These include the annual pot-luck dinner and Willville camping events. If you have an idea for a ride or tech session – lovely. Post on the forum and it can be added to the calendar.

The unofficial TVR FAQ

Perhaps the most frequently asked question prospective new members email about is, “do y’all have organized rides?”

The short answer is… well, define organized. Rides are typically conceived around the breakfast table or while kicking tires in the parking lot. If you show up for breakfast you will almost surely have an opportunity to go for a spirited ride with a bunch of friendly folks. Now if you mean, do we have some formal process by which we designate routes and destinations far in advance, assign it a name, have checkpoints to distribute playing cards along the way, or assemble dozens of flag-waving, chrome-laden, thousand-pound machines into a parade, well… not so much. Under the unofficial we’ll try anything once policy, we have dabbled in stuff that might be construed as organized, and who’s to say it won’t ever happen again, but this is not something we aspire to in conjunction with our bacon, eggs and caffeinated beverages. Smaller groups get together spontaneously, and with an amazing degree of regularity. So you could say, we rides. Whether it would be considered organized… probably not.

Check the forum and calendar for dates and locations of upcoming events.