I joined several years ago. They are the motorcycle equivalent of the NRA. Without them, and a few others, the nanny staters will destroy motorcycling. Plus, you get free roadside assistance.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
