<\/strong>Dandenong Chapter.
Date chapter was founded:<\/strong>
9 February 1993.
City\/Town\/Suburb where chapter is based:
<\/strong>Dandenong, Victoria \u2013 an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sponsoring dealer: Number of members: <\/strong> Notable past events:<\/strong> Ongoing or future activities that members can get involved with:<\/strong> Can non-members try it out?:\u00a0<\/strong> In February 1993, the Dandenong H.O.G. Chapter was founded with 65 inaugural members. The headcount is now over 350 so they must be doing something right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[6,9],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-community","tag-riding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1673,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions\/1673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Harley-Heaven Dandenong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
355.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hosted Victorian State H.O.G.\u2122<\/sup> Rallies in 1993, 2002 and 2011. Thunder & Chrome music and bike extravaganza. Annual Alpine Ride to the Victorian high country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Annual Alpine Ride, ABCs of Touring, Rides to Eat, Very Special Kids charity rides, many inter-chapter events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2022_HOG-Thunder-Ride_HOG-members_group-photo_743-riders_Victotrian-Police_Nine-News-Melbourne_muster-point-1024x731.jpg\")
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Yes. We host a “try before you buy” system of local rides for them to experience the H.O.G. camaraderie for themselves.
What is\/are the chapters favourite ride destinations?<\/strong>
Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Ranges and Alpine mountainous areas, Gippsland ranges and restaurant strips in Melbourne.
Longest serving member:<\/strong>
Chris Thomson and Jim Edwards both are charter members with 32 years of continuous chapter and H.O.G., membership. Chris Thomson has had many roles in the chapter, is a retired real estate agent \/ auctioneer and is currently riding a 2021 Electra Glide\u00ae<\/sup> Revival. Our newest member is Sharon Sant (DanHOG No. 885), who is a self-employed seamstress specialising in high-end leather products. Sharon is a Ladies of Harley\u2122<\/sup> member and enjoys her role as an expert pillion on the back of her partner Steve’s 2021 Sport Glide\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2022_HOG-Thunder-Ride_Show-n-Shine_bikes-on-Terrace_low-angle-shot-of-bike-3-1024x731.jpg\")
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