The Lost 202 Riding Club was founded on 1/2/2005, by the 10 original founding members. The 10 of us had previously been members of another international riding club. The local chapter of that club was chapter 202. That club had positioned itself as a "family values" riding club. They had rules... rules, rules and rules! Many of which we did not agree with. Membership and rides were another problem. While we were experienced and aggressive riders, the club was open to anyone that filled out an application online and new, inexperienced and often unskilled riders were regularly showing up for our rides. All too often these new riders were ending up out in corn fields. We had considered splitting off and starting our own riding club for some time. The straw that finally broke the camels back came when one of our members went down and sustained serious injury. We wanted to hold a fund raiser for him, but the international riding club said we could not hold the fund raiser in a bar. That's was it. We decided to go ahead with our plan and split off, forming our own new independent riding club. We got Lost... the Lost 202.

Please do not take this the wrong way, our former club, "the international riding club", is a GOOD club. It serves a valuable purpose for those that are looking for that sort of experience. It was just not what WE wanted. The Lost 202 is a riding club, not a motorcycle club. We are not MMCC (Minnesota Motorcycle Club Coalition) sanctioned, however we are non-voting members of the Coalition.

The Lost 202 wears a one piece patch which clearly identifies us as a "Riding Club". It is our patch and not considered "colors" by the MC community, but we respect it. We accept both men and women riders into membership, and we accept any make of motorcycle. The club is made up of approximately 50% Harley Davidson and 50% other makes. We do not have a traditional "Clubhouse", but we do have our own private bar known as "The Wolves Den" or just "The Den".

So, the Lost 202 exists now. But why? What is the Lost 202?

The purpose of the Lost 202 is to bring together fellow motorcyclists whose common interest is motorcycle riding, to promote social camaraderie, support various non-profit charities, and to aid and assist its members when needed.

Motorcycle riding and socializing (spell that: “party”), is what we do. We look for members to be committed to participating in the club, both by riding with us and by partying with us. Our Saturday rides will generally average in length from 120 to 300+ miles. We attend many local and regional rallies and biker events, usually but not always camping. We gather 1 or 2 times a week to just hang out, shoot some shit and enjoy life.

Lost 202 rides and riding style are geared toward intermediate to advanced skills riders. Lost 202 rides are closed rides, open to Lost 202 Members or Member invited guests ONLY.

If you are looking for a club to ride with a time or two per year and that’s it, the Lost 202 is not for you. We do expect a certain level of participation on both rides and at social events to maintain membership in good standing.

A word about Lost 202 Rides and Riding Style.

The Lost 202 was formed for a number of reasons, among those was the desire to ride aggressive rides with proficient riders that know how to safely ride in aggressive group rides, and not worry about the constant influx of new riders that some other open membership clubs experience. There is nothing wrong with new riders, we were all new once and it’s not a put down or insult. However.....
1.) New riders may interfere with experienced rider’s enjoyment of the ride.
2.) New riders may be influenced to ride beyond their skill level in an effort to run with the more experienced and aggressive club members.

It’s just a fact. New or inexperienced riders have an impact on those that ride with them, both behind them and in front of them. Some behind the new rider will become bored or frustrated at being held back. But, we as a club also have a concern that a new riders “pride” may influence them to attempt to ride with us at our same level… and this may result in them riding beyond their abilities which will in the best case scenario, cause that rider a lot of stress and in the worst case, could result in them crashing... this has already happened to us once and we don’t want it to ever happen again.

Ride Your Own Ride

We’ve all heard the saying “Ride your own ride.” We in the Lost 202 do believe in that sentiment. But if Someone’s riding skill is such that it prevents those behind them from enjoying the ride or riding “their ride”... they either don’t belong on a Lost 202 ride or we need to accommodate them in a way which will not hinder the other more experienced riders, nor put the lesser skilled rider at risk.

The Lost web page says... new or inexperienced riders are not welcome on our rides unless invited by a club member. If a newer rider is invited to ride with the club, a "buddy system" is used to accommodate this rider.

Membership
In three years, the club has grown from the original 10 founding members to 35 members.
Membership in the Lost 202 is by invitation. In order to be sponsored, the prospective member must have ridden with us enough to have been judged at least an advanced intermediate skilled rider and partied with us enough for us to feel that they "fit in" with the club. There is a 6 month waiting period once a prospective member is sponsored before they can be voted in as a full member.
There are three levels of membership.
Full Member
Associate Member (non-rider / passenger, significant other of a Full Member.)
Honorary Member

Lost 202 Events.

The Lost 202 Spring Party in April is one of the clubs two premier events of the year. The other is the Lost 202 Summer Blast held in August. The Spring Party features free beer, lots of great door and raffle prizes and the best live bands from the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Summer Blast is a weekend camping trip featuring a group ride on Saturday and a fireworks display on Saturday night. In addition, the club travels to many different rallies and events throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall and throws many themed parties throughout the year.

Visit our web site, www.lost202.com to learn more about the Lost 202. There you will find or club constitution, current rides, event calendars, photo albums and more.