1979 a National MRA was formulated but continued infighting with the Victorian branch meant by the mid-1980s the National MRA had split into various state organisations with the Victorian organisation then registering the MRA Australia title. After a failed court challenge to the RTA in the mid-1980s over tramway "yellow bricks" the association was left by its founding president with a $20,000 legal debt which the MRA's solicitor Jim Gurry always stated would not be called in but the debt was paid off in full by the association. The founding president quit and membership declined. The association continued on for a few years but in 1993 the founding president retook control of the association in a hotly debated SGM. By 1998 after firing the association accountant he left the association again with a $16500 debt to the founding president's private company. There was no threat of insolvency because the founding President always insisted he would never call it in. Membership continued to decline. By 2002 the association was back in the black and repayments on the loan had begun as reported in the Association's Financial records. After a heated meeting the then President Alex Money was granted an AVO against the founding president for threats and harassment. Alex Money and the Association board then disagreed over court costs and Alex resigned. After several changes of elected boards and continued disputes with the founding president and his supporters, the founding president was expelled in 2005 for bringing the association into disrepute. A later SGM in 2006 culminated in fisticuffs. Membership continued to decline. In 2008 the organisation adopted the trading name of MRA (Vic), as it worked on consolidating activities and focus on the state of Victoria, consistent with the organisations in other states, combined under the Australian national organisation, the Australian Motorcycle Council (AMC), of which they are all members. The MRA organisations in other Australian states are also members of the AMC and accessible under the portal website. By 2011, factional infighting between supporters of the founding president and other groups saw the association hand over advocacy to the Victorian Motorcycle Council at the AGM. By 2013, interest in the MRA (vic) had waned to the point that no board was elected and the association was wound up and all intellectual and physical assets were passed to the VMC as per the motion voted on by members in 2013.