First Sunday meetings @ Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall Breakfast 8:30-10:00 - Meeting @ 10:00

Welcome to the North Cascade Harley Owners Group!  Do you love to ride?  If you answered yes, then you may have found a home!  

We are a very active chapter who ride year-round, meet year-round and play year-round.     Our eclectic crew of riders' hail from as far north as Canada and Alaska, south to Monroe, east to the Idaho border and west to Island County.  We are a good-natured group who welcome new people and new ideas.   Our main focus of course is riding our Harleys...and being based in Sedro-Woolley, we have the unique joy of having the breathtaking twisties and landscapes of the Cascade mountains right in our own backyard!   You will also find us on the streets of Sedro-Woolley, and every corner of the Pacific Northwest... and beyond.    

Our General Meeting is held at 10:00am on the first Sunday of every month at the Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall.    Doors open at 8:30am for socializing and catching up, and breakfast is served to-order by the American Legion folks, $15 all inclusive.  Weather and roads permitting, a group ride will follow.  Don't be shy!  We are a friendly group who welcome visitors, and in fact we will even buy you breakfast!   Whether you're a seasoned rider or just revving up your interest in motorcycles, you'll find a family and friends in our community.  Come join the ride and feel the wind in your hair as we hit the highways together!  Start making some unforgettable memories and lasting friendships!  

Try us out and come to a meeting sometime, and/or a ride...

Better yet, come to a meeting AND go for a ride!  

 We hope you stay and play for a while.

Why should you join a Harley Owners

Group?

Are you one who enjoys riding most of the time by yourself but enjoy the occasional group ride?  Or maybe you are someone who absolutely loves the adrenaline rush of riding with friends, and the sound of Big Twins bouncing off the mountains. Wherever you fit in there, you will find it at NCHOG.  Being part of a HOG chapter offers many benefits...of course there’s the common denominator of being a Harley-Davidson owner, but there are also meetings and hanging with like-minded people.  Comradery, new gear and gadgets, learning new roads and techniques, safety tips, friendship, war stories and whoppers...we have it all.

Oh...and did we mention food?  

According to Harley-Davidson

According to Harley-Davidson, an official H.O.G.® chapter must be sponsored by a Harley-Davidson dealership, and ultimately, it’s the owner/dealership that determines how a chapter operates or even exists.  In 2019 Sound Harley-Davidson adopted us after our Dealership closed, and we have been working and playing together ever since.   Jenny B. is our in-house HOG manager, be sure to swing by and say "Hi!" next time you are at the Dealership!

Herding Cats

Officer elections are held every year for every position.  Officer roles are voluntary and involve attending an officer meeting every month along with keeping up on the business and events year-round.  All our officers have equal say in chapter decisions, and we are open to, and encourage each member to contribute their opinions, along with their participation.   It takes a village to do everything we do, and we are blessed to have such a large group of ready and willing volunteers to keep our rubber on the road!   

Financial Info

Though we do add a few bucks with 50/50 raffles and staging Saturday barbecues at Sound H-D, most of our funds come through our chapter members paying dues, along with generous monetary support from our sponsor Sound Harley-Davidson for specific events. We have a club Treasurer with a background in project management who keeps our financial records up to date and reports back to the membership and Sound H-D. 

We pride ourselves on being a small chapter who do big things, and for us...relationships truly are the golden lining. 

Some background about how North Cascade Harley Owners Group came to be.

In 1975 the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was a division of AMF (American Machine and Foundry) and struggling to keep the small market share they had left.  It was during this time that Fred Smith, working as a parts manager for Everett Harley, started to form his dreams of one day, owning a Harley dealership. 

Determined to follow his dream, Smith got in touch early in 1976 with the factory about opening a store in Skagit County. The Harley-Davidson district rep liked Fred and saw his genuine passion for Harleys. He helped push the motor company to approve Smith for a dealership.  

...and Skagit Harley-Davidson was born.   

As the dealership grew and prospered, Fred agreed to sponsor a HOG chapter and in December of 1988, the North Cascade Harley Owners Group was founded with 70 charter members. It would come to be known as NCHOG.

With Fred's retirement came a new owner and a name change for the dealership.  Though sadly, North Cascades Harley-Davidson fell victim to difficult economics and the pandemic and was eventually closed. 

Thankfully for the chapter members, the folks at Sound Harley-Davidson stepped in and petitioned the motor company to allow them to sponsor two Chapters.  In 2019 they adopted us and have supported our chapter ever since!