Who We Are!
The Border Riders Motorcycle Club “BRMC” is a not-for-profit 501(c)(7) organization for gay men who like to ride motorcycles and who like to go camping on their motorcycles. Our membership spans the Pacific Northwest with the greatest participation in the Portland, Seattle and Vancouver B.C. areas. We are one of the largest and longest-running gay motorcycle clubs in North America. We welcome like-minded guests to our Meet & Greets, day rides, and to our monthly meetings and summer campouts with a sponsoring BRMC member.
Table of Contents
All the news you need to know about the BRMC
Banquet Recap By Ron S.
Photos By Tom C.
March Meet & Greets Portland and Seattle
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Members’ Birthdays
The BRMC 2026 Calendar of Events
Non BRMC Motorcycle Events
Request for Pictures & Closing Comments
Annual Banquet Recap
This year’s banquet was hosted by Treasurer Stan C. and club member Alan H. at the newly remodeled Robinwood Station community center in West Linn, Oregon. Our hosts arrived early to get everything set up at the venue. The club changed things up a bit this year with a potluck so we took advantage of the well-equipped kitchen.
After appetizers and the social hour we had a chili cookoff themed dinner with assorted dishes and sides. Attendees voted on their favorite chili for a prize awarded after dinner. The tasty chili by new member Jason S. and guest Eric A. won and Jason selected a knit cap for his prize from the Gear Store.
Historian Don W. prepared a nice slide show of club photos that ran on the big screen in the large hall/former firehouse garage. The program started with the US and Canadian national anthems sung a cappella. New members Jason S. and Jerry K. received their club patches and kudos from sponsor Stan C.
Milestone membership anniversaries were announced including 50 years for Honorary Member Roy S., 30 years for Emeritus Member Jeff B., 15 years for Road Captain Dale C. and 10 years for President Dennis H. Rider of the Year was awarded to Don W. for his tireless work on club history, photos and documents.
A professional Year-in-Review video by former member Dave J. capped off the program. Then, dessert (always a favorite) including Secretary Tom C.’s signature pies and cleanup. The new banquet format seemed to work well and was widely enjoyed.
Ron S.
Vice President
Febuary Photos
March 2026 Day Rides
Portland
No day ride planned for March.
Seattle
No day ride is scheduled for the Seattle area this month. Watch for next ride first Saturday in April.
March Meeting
The March Meeting will be held on Saturday 3/21 at the home of Don W. and Jorge B. in Lynnwood, WA.
Registration is $25, opening on 3/3 and closing on Wednesday 3/18.
March Meet & Greets
Portland M&G
Portland’s March Meet & Greet is being hosted by Jason S. You can find us on Wednesday the 4th at Bruno’s - 6258 SE Foster Rd - Portland, OR. 97206. Arrive around 5:30 for dinner & conversation.
This is a great way to meet club members, learn about the club, & learn about our upcoming events for 2026.
We hope to see you there!
BC M&G
We are still looking for a member in BC to take the lead on this. Please let Dennis know if you are able do this.
Seattle M&G
The March Meet & Greet in Seattle is at Slim’s Last Chance in Georgetown at 6pm on Wednesday March 11th.
The address is 5606 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
We hope to see you there!
High Mileage Competition
Members are invited to join our annual High Mileage competition! Read the rules in the Members Area.
This mileage competition is open to any and all active Border Riders Motorcycle Club (BRMC) members who choose to compete in the most miles ridden on their motorcycle(s), including 3-wheeled vehicles that have handlebars and a saddle for the use of the rider.
Reader’s Corner
A place for you, the reader, member and/or guest, to contribute.
Tell us about your travels, adventures, mishaps, etc.
To contribute, send your story & pictures to News@BorderRiders.com
Keep in mind, you can write about a trip that happened over the summer. It’s doesn’t have to be something you did last month.
Gear Store
The Gear Store has several new items and will be at Victoria Day. This is a perfect opportunity to freshen up your BRMC Bling in preparation for our 2026 events. Please bring cash or check as we do not have the ability to accept credit cards on site.
From the Handlebars of the President
Our winter season is slowly coming to an end, days are getting warmer and good riding weather will be coming soon. Next time you go into work put in PTO or vacation request for the third Friday of each month, May through September. That way it is easier to join us for each of the riding/camping weekends and spend time with friends riding and socializing. Be sure to check out the weekend trips that Dale has put together for this year.
Dennis H.
President
president@borderriders.com
Vice President Chatter
Join us at our spring spectacular meeting in beautiful Lynnwood, WA on Saturday the 21st!
Ron S.
Vice President
Road Captain Rumblings
I really enjoyed the banquet this year. We had a lot of great guests, and two new members got their Colors! Congratulations, Jerry K. and Jason S.!
And amazingly, we awarded a 50 year membership pin to Honorary Member Roy S. of Portland, Oregon. 50 years as member of the Border Riders Motorcycle Club! Tom C. and I went to spend some time with Roy on Sunday after the banquet. We had a chance to visit with him and hear some about the old days of the club and check in on him and see how he was doing. Tom was able to record a bit of our conversation to be added to our archives.
And speaking of archives, I just want to send another special thank you to Don W. for all of the work he's doing to gather and eventually make accessible all of the historical club documents and photos we have been able to collect over the years. Congratulate Don on being awarded Rider of The Year for doing all of this work for the club. And it is a lot of work. Thank you, Don!
Dale C.
Road Captain
Treasurer’s Ramblings
Secretary Thoughts
A Brother’s Birthday
We have one brother with a birthday this month:
Doug H on March 1st.
Take a moment out of your day to send a birthday wish!
2026 Events
March 7 - Day rides (weather-dependent)
March 21 - Monthly meeting near Seattle WA
April 4 - Day rides
April 18 - Monthly meeting in Vancouver WA
May 2 - Day rides
May 14-18 - Victoria Day, Pine Flats. Ardenvoir WA
June 6 - Day rides
June 19-21 - Union Creek Campground near Baker City OR
June 27-29 - Team Oregon motorcycle skills classes
June 30 - July 5 - Special camping and riding event in central OR
July 17-19 - Coho Campground near Montesano WA
Aug 1 - Day rides
Aug 14-16 - Sutton Campground near Florence OR
Sep 5 - Day rides
Sep 18-20 - Ruckle Park on Salt Spring Island BC
Monthly Meet & Greets
BRMC members will be available for interested individuals to meet and learn more about the club and how to get involved. For locations and times, check out the following list of times & location. Watch our FB for last minute details or changes.
Portland: Meet & Greet - 1st Wednesday of the month, now a moveable feast! 5:30pm at a restaurant in the Portland area. Watch the newsletter and/or Facebook for last minute details.
Vancouver BC Meet & Greet - The club is looking for a host for this event, please contact Dennis if you are interested.
Seattle: Meet & Greet - 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6 pm at someplace new. Watch the newsletter, website or Facebook for exact location. We usually meet for dinner at 6 pm followed by the M&G at 7.
Member & Guest Non-Sanctioned Day-Rides
In addition to the club's monthly M&Gs, local rides frequently happen on the 1st Saturday of every month. Additionally, members & guests going on an impromptu day-ride, or to some other activity, will post their plans on our FB page so others can tag along. Again, watch our FB page for last minute details or changes.
To learn more about local event’s, impromptu events, or to check status on any event, check out our FB page or email the Road Captain at Captain@BorderRiders.com.
Hey, did you notice that trend? Yep, keep an eye on our FB page for last minute changes and details for all events.
Contributions of Photos & Stories
Please feel encouraged to send us your photos of our activities to News@BorderRiders.com. Please be aware that often your email client or and/or our storage system might downgrade the file size/image quality.
Club Archives - We are working hard to consolidate the digital archives. We recently added over 4,000 new photos going back to 2004, but there are still lots of gaps.
We need your help!!! Please consider scrubbing your image archives and submitting them to the club in the original size. This will help us complete the picture. (You will be given instructions on how to upload them to our Google Drive.)
Create folders if needed and include the year and month first, then your name. Event name is helpful but not required. For example:
2021 03 Seattle Day Run – Don Pics
2025 01 Don Pics
2025 02 Don Pics
Also, if you do anything interesting outside the club, we’d love to hear about it. Send us a short story with some photos and we will try get it into the next newsletter. It doesn’t have to be motorcycle related to be interesting. We are very diverse.
If you have photos and stories to share, please send to news@borderriders.com