I had a bad experience with Ulysses as well. Rode with them for about a year and a half, but a number of things made me cancel my membership and return my 60 year badge.
My wife, who didn't ride or pillion at that stage, found the women members very aggressive, if you don't ride we don't want you around even for a cup of coffee before the ride.
On a charity ride on my 250 cc learner bike, I stopped at a stop sign and got run over from behind by a Honda Valkyrie rider who hadn't thought that I'd actually stop.
Finally, I changed up from my 250 cc learner bike to an 800 cc Suzuki Boulevard M50. On my first ride on my new bike with a small group I was subjected to a ten minute tirade by a sports bike rider on why did I buy that piece of shite, his bike had the braking system of a racing bike and my bike only had a single front disc (this in front of a couple of Harley riders who's bikes both had only one front disc). No-one spoke out, they just let him rant on. Thoroughly unenjoyable experience.
There are some good people in Ulysses though, but I feel that there's a disproportionate amount of dickheads. I started riding on my own after that, and when we moved to central Queensland my wife started riding on the back.
Best of luck finding a group you're happy with.
There are two songs, "Stairway to Heaven" and "Highway to Hell" which I think give an indication of expected traffic flow
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