The Voyagers originally started out as the Voyagers Goldwing Road Riders Touring Club. The club was sponsored by Bay Cycle Sales of Bay City, Michigan. The club first had their meetings at Bay Cycle in the showroom after the business closed. The club officers were: President - Bud Bowers, Vice President - Clark Wentz, Treasurer - Jim Garrison, Roger Mowery - no office listed. Mike & Lorna Rodriquez were the sponsors. Bob Hay published the first newsletter on July 28, 1983.

For the last 20 years, the Voyagers have been dormant as all the members were GWRRA members and active within Michigan Chapter V. However, due a resurgence of interest in reviving the group as a non-exclusive (not just Goldwings) riding group, we decided to regain official status. We're now a state recognized non-profit association.

We're composed of members from the area - Bay, Saginaw and Midland counties as well as Isabella and Clare. While many motorcycle clubs in Michigan exist as social and Marque clubs or groups - spending more time meeting and getting involved in charity events and fund-raisers, the VMR exists for people who are more interested in riding than in non-bike-related activities. The founding members all enjoy riding - short weekly rides such as an Ice Cream ride (picking a destination that has an ice cream shop, and selecting interesting routes to get there; and longer rides -- inside and outside the state. Many of the members are fairly high mileage riders averaging 15,000 miles a year. As well, all the founding members are very safety conscious. We all know folks who've been involved in accidents and we'd prefer riding in a manner to keep the numbers as low as possible.