Down the road, feeling good
"Sticker Steve" Stone of Barstow, Calif. (928-899-1771) ... on Harleys and other bikes trekked en masse this past August to Sturgis Bike Week in Sturgis, S.D. Says Rose ... interested in a two-wheel haul and neighborly camaraderie next year to get in touch. Pictures [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 13:06:00
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2nd Annual California Bike Week Rumbles Into Pomona Fairplex October 24-26; Top West Coast Motorcycle Rally Features Vendor Village, Stunts, Flat Track Racing, ?09 Harley Demos & More
Press Release: 3-DAY BIKERS’ FEST CLIMAXES OCT. 26 WITH LOVE RIDE 25 AND CONCERT WITH FOO FIGHTERS AND ZZ TOP Free tickets for Friday, Oct ... last LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ — California Bike Week (CBW) is revving up for its 2nd annual three ... -renowned bike weeks such as the ones in Sturgis, SD and Daytona, FL. There will be a limited [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 13:58:18
Twisted Travels
Brian sent in some reports and photos of his “Twisted Travels” this summer:First up is our trip cross country. It was mostly uneventful ... you in trouble, officer!After that we headed up through Sturgis. The town is very quiet outside of bike week so we did a quick run through the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum http://www.sturgismuseum.com/. Any two [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 17:38:00
KISS ALIVE/35 TOUR 2008
WORLDWIDE SOLD-OUT 35TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR TO HEADLINE STURGIS ROCK’N THE RALLY LINEUP AT 68th ANNUAL STURGIS BIKE WEEK In what is destined to become “the night that rocked Sturgis,” legendary superstars KISS will perform at Glencoe Nation’s Rock’n the Rally on August 4th. Recognized as one of the biggest and best bike rallies in the world [more...]
Date: 2008-05-28 15:39:16
Huckleberries and leather
We left W. Pa early on Wednesday morning and drove till we got to Brandon Wyoming. Funny thing, we got lost sort of in Iowa ... . It was bike week at Sturgis. The second day we never went 1/2 a mile without seeing motorcycles, big ones, little ones, loud ones, many packed full of camping stuff, lots pulling little trailers, a few [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 01:48:00
Death is Certain... Life is Not
It was seven years ago that Johnny and I rode our motorcycles to Sturgis, South Dakota for Bike Week ... for motorcycles. We referred to our trip as "2001: A Sturgis Odyssey" -in addition to both of us being ... -odd years ago Johnny was in a bad car accident. He had been camping in Utah and was driving [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 20:03:00
Sucker Punch Sally’s Takes Sturgis by Storm
SPSgirl_courtesy of_#1E86CD SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ - September 3, 2008 - With two locations and almost their entire staff dispatched to Sturgis, ... in Sturgis. ChristianJeffJose_al#1E86D7 SPS kicked off bike week with the launch ... Insurance teamed up with SPS to give away t-shirts and registered people to win a Progressive Insurance [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 16:42:58
WILK Today: Dumb and Dumber cover Miss Buffalo Chip 2008.
Talk about not being able to identify a joke, the morning WILK liberals teed off on John McCain for “offering his wife up to be Miss Buffalo Chip” ... night. Many of those who come to the annual Sturgis Bike Week are veterans and active duty ... and Active Duty Servicemen on Monday, Aug. 4 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Sturgis [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 22:46:14
A Sturgis Fix
There may be no better place in America to take in and capture the stunning contrast of scenery than at a biker rally ... and while sitting behind the ‘ol MacBook I was looking for some Rally news, photos, videos… ... ! As a photo hobbyist, the best site is the webcam on Sturgis Bike Week site. There is also Web wolf, Rally [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 19:51:45
What is it with August?
I think it's the heat. Although re-creation has been tried, no one has been successful: 1969: Woodstock. August 15-18, a farm in New York.Since 1938, the first full week of August: Sturgis Bike Rally in the South Dakota Black ... Germany. I wonder if they draw the same crowds, if it's a decision each year: Sturgis or Wagner... Nevada [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 21:19:00
Bush pastor rips McCain, backs Obama
Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, the pastor that presided over Jenna Bush’s wedding ceremony and is considered a close personal friend of President Bush, absolutely ripped into John McCain today on a conference call with reporters. Rev. Caldwell took issue with Senator McCain’s remarks that he made at the Sturgis bike rally last week [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 19:29:50
Burnout drag racing brings out what we love about bikers
August 22, 2008 (Haslett, MI) ... audiences from the Dierks Bentley and Staind bands at the Legendary Buffalo Chip were treated ... Thankfully, BAKER Drivetrain’s big, experimental event-spectacular during Sturgis Bike Week, “ [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 08:25:53
It’s Official, Sturgis Bike Week Numbers Were Down
Although the numbers show attendance wasn’t down as much as many feared, attendance was down about 12 percent from 2007, ... sales from the 2008 Sturgis motorcycle rally totaled $1,858,519 in the Southern Hills, down $580,513 ... and regulation. The figures, which account for revenues collected in Sturgis and all other communities within [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 20:51:29
Artist of the Week: Tyga
Young gun Tyga’s so confident you know his name that he went ahead and titled his debut LP No Introduction ... s got more chains than a bike shop. And finally: he’s got more tats than Sturgis Bike Week. Watch Tyga [more...]
Date: 2008-06-29 15:20:04
McCain, Sturgis, Miss Buffalo Chip
This is just odd. McCain talked to bikers in Sturgis yesterday, and he had this to say after his wife spoke up proudly about her sons. From MSNBC ... that the Miss Buffalo Chip contest, held every night during Bike Week at the Buffalo Chip campground in Sturgis, is a topless beauty contest, and sometimes bottomless, at least according to Jim Caple [more...]
Date: 2008-08-05 12:38:52
Monday's critters and cartoons
Sweet and savory September is winding down and while we were on a ... which was an appreciation lunch for those who had attended or supported a bike washing ministry at the annual motorcycle week in Sturgis, South Dakota. This was one of the four dogs (note the blue eyes [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 07:36:00
H-Bomb Films WTB Event Photos
Words by: Nick Nelson Photos by: Enrico Pavia When Wes Miller of H Bomb Films throws a party, ... out of Sturgis or Bike Week. Classic! The pickled pigs feet eating contest looked like it was going [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 08:50:28
P.S. (Twice).
1. When talking to William Reed of Standard Tap at Sly Fox Phoenixville on Monday I discovered that I missed a very important beer-centric Best of ... this morning as I left Wall, SD (Where the hell is Wall Drug?) on my way to Sturgis and the big Bike Rally ... on a three-day a week gig, you’re Good. Apologies to Ron. 2. In this post on Sunday, the part [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 13:24:37
Tell you what...
Sturgis, ND got nuthin' on G'burg, as far as Harleys and the respective "Bike Week"s. There are literally thousands of bikes at the main part of bike week and even more thousands scattered [more...]
Date: 2008-07-12 22:35:17
She Has Returned!
Grammie has finally returned. As some of you already know she went to Louisiana to visit Peanut ... it. Grammie says, that they hit the Black Hills of South Dakota on the first day of Sturgis Bike Week [more...]
Date: 2008-08-14 22:12:00
I Gots Flames!
Well, not exactly. But it's the closest to the flames I wanted that I can get, ... next? He ups and runs off to Sturgis for Bike Week, leaving my trike in pieces! Pieces, I tells ya [more...]
Date: 2008-08-02 04:55:11
Bush Family Pastor Attacks McCain's Character and Endorses Barack Obama
Seems the Republicans are losing on the "character" and "values" issues ... obscene (keyword: banana) pagent at the Sturgis bike rally last week. I guess John McCain's behavior [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 20:01:00
Thankful 2 B Alive! (Motorcycle Accident)
Wow! WHAT-A-NIGHT! First of all, I’ve got to say that I was super pumped this evening to finally get an evening with Deanna for some alone time ... and it also happens to be the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally week here in the Hills. Fun! We both love to ride ... to keep the bike on the road. The clouds were dark and swirling and we both mentioned to each [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 06:44:49
RC Components Offers Free Wheel Installation During Sturgis
One week ago I was writing about Baker Drivetrain performing installation of their 6-speed transmission on your bike while you have fun at the rally. Now, it’s the turn of RC Components to offer free wheel installations at multiple locations during this year’s Sturgis... This is a content summary only. Click on headlines for full links [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 11:09:06
Myrtle Beach 2008 pics
Not much to post on the Myrtle Beach Bike Week trip. One day spent riding down tooling around and home that evening. Here are a few pics of the trip. It was a beautiful day, a wonderful ride and we returned safe & sound (a little sunburned ... of the trip. Got our HOG Event pin. Third consecutive major rally attended!!! Sturgis 2007, Daytona Spring [more...]
Date: 2008-05-20 22:48:27
Sturgis Bike Week Classic Motorcycle Rally. Metal Sign
US $25.86 End Date: Wednesday Sep-10-2008 5:37:41 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $25.86 Buy it now | Add to watch list More... [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 12:08:08
KISS Rocks Bike Week Fans at Rock’n the Rally
Monday, Aug. 4th, was a night that Sturgis won’t soon forget ... album, which they played in its entirety. DancingKISS Read on for more fantastic pics… ... and Kenny Chesney tomorrow, Aug. 6th. Tags: Sturgis, Rock’n+the+Rally, KISS [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 14:31:18
Search Engine Optimization Firm The Search Engine Guys, LLC Opens New Chicago Office
Exclusive Web Marketing Company Moves to Increase National Presence. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) ... Also: CNET News Daily Podcast: Comcast vs. FCC vs. itself Sturgis Bike Rally Riders Unite on the Web ... initiative. CEO Joe Devine, CTO Rodney Organ, and VP of Sales Graham Smith were in Chicago this week [more...]
Date: 2008-08-02 12:35:08
Branson - WHOA! And Olympia Weekend!
Hey y'all! I am back from a quick trip to Branson with the hubby so this will be a short post ... to Sturgis so you can only imagine the people that are here! Wow!Had two days off this week ... . We had a great time and had a wonderful slow ride home.There is a HUGE bike festival - motorcycle's [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 00:36:00
Bikers, bikers everywhere
A few first impressions from an evening roaming through Sturgis.Constant deep-throated rumbling of bikes. I mean nonstop ... shirts, bandanas, black boots, black jackets, tattoos, beards.Sturgis has a Main Street. Both sides ... welcome.Dined with five fellow-campers -- two couples and a single friend -- before I drove to Sturgis [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 19:21:00
An Update
Aleyxs laughing at the squirrels...Two were fighting Sunday my daughter Tara called and said she was at the emergency clinic ... but they do talk often and I have plenty of pictures of Tara around. This little squirrel wasn't fazed ... in church Darrell Mansfield played and shared. He had done two concerts in the area, at Sturgis during [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 16:12:00
Pumpkin carving and Quaker Meeting
Over the summer Josh and I gave a small dinner party for our friend Scott and his girlfriend Patty, who had just moved to Bloomington ... myself. (Patty also decants everything into glass, like Holly Sturgis - their kitchen is full of Bell ... and down-to-earth.This morning I rode my bike three miles over hill and dale to the Bloomington [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 18:34:00
The Road Warrior Recruiter
I love this business! In what other industry are you afforded a truly unlimited earnings possibility, get to help people for a living, ... book The 4-Hour Work-Week, mobility and time are the currency of the New Rich. For the last two ... , Maine. Where else can you eat lobster every day for an entire week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 12:46:04
Unsafe at any speed
By Denise Ross It’s rally week out here in the Black Hills. That means lots of motorcycles and a few meatheads. To wit: (Photos by David Larson) This was the scene earlier this week on Interstate 90 between Sturgis ... , of whom we did not get pictures, was able to perform this maneuver only intermittently [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 16:23:47
On Sturgis 2008
Want some history on North American’s most famous rally? Here’s an excerpt from my unfinished manuscript entitled Bad Girls Go to Sturgis ... Pappy” Hoel and the Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club had initiated the Sturgis Bike Rally in 1938. Two ... Dad laughed. “They must have all been a little loco.” Pappy designed the Sturgis rally in order [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 15:50:18
Where in the World...
Are we??Who can figure out which state in the Continental U.S. we are in?This is a contest ... out there, I didn't take any pics that first night (though the kids and I did find a family of toads outside the motel while Liz was checking in).Our second night was spent in South Dakota (we didn't stay in Sturgis [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 05:46:00
Harley Davidson -unmatched star in motorcycles
History The beginning In 1901, William S. Harley, age 21, drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of 7.07 cubic inches (116 cc) ... began on a new and improved second-generation machine. This first “real” Harley-Davidson motorcycle ... . The machine’s advanced loop-frame pattern was similar to the 1903 Milwaukee Merkel motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 12:00:43
Giving up control in 2000 miles or less
For those who know me, you know that while I'm not a neat freak, and as far away from being a "Type A" as is humanly possible, ... and I have been planning since January to have the whole first week of August (really the 1st - 10th!) off ... heard of the word "reservations"?One week to go and I start feeding him ideas. "Gee, everyone [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 05:08:00
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This Stuff
I see it has been a while since I wrote anything for the blog. I've got some thoughts on my mind, so I guess I'll air them out here. First of all, I'll make one quick political statement, then leave that subject alone as it has the propensity to get me all stressed out [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 13:10:19
Bikefest Day Two
Hey, We arrived in Vegas late Tuesday. It was good to get here as these day long trips get long after so many of them ... in the Artistry in Iron bike competition and both created very cool though very different motorcycles. Roger brought the bike that won the AMD world championship in Sturgis and Scott brought the Hulk [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 01:40:24
editing, chick flicks and chips and salsa for dinner...
tom got up before sunrise last friday, loaded his bike and headed to sturgis. this was his 8th or 9th year of riding up to the rally ... , near sturgis, and tom knew he wanted to spend more time with them this trip. nathan and kathy were ... year he went to sturgis, i was a different person than i am now, and i wasn't very strong [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 15:26:35
It's A Gas Cap Stupid
Leaving Town - Sturgis 2007 - Photo by: Whiteline Paperwork has been shuffled and the Grandpa bike has been rolled in to the shop. The mechanics have gone through the bike from top to bottom. Brakes have been replaced (even ... from McDonalds, woof it down and head back to Monarch Harley Davidson to see if our bike is ready [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 17:15:55
Enjoy Motorcycle Camping Anywhere
by Rob Carlton Motorcycle camping is a freeing and reaffirming way twist on traditional camping ... can enjoy her/his trips through the countryside to a camping sites. The Sturgis Festival in South ... . Bike camping grounds are located throughout most of the southern United States like Alabama [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 19:59:08
Weekly Roundup, Week Ending 10/12/08
It's been a pretty crazy week. A lot of dog things going on locally ... that this ordinance is far too complicated. We'll see. Sturgis, SD put restrictions on 'pit bull ... , have a leash no longer than 4 feet long and carry a $250,000 insurance policy. You'd think that Sturgis [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 16:22:18
Death to an old friend
Finally the tow truck arrives, slowly but surely my bike is loaded on to the bed and strapped down. I asked the driver if I could ride in back next to the bike, I know it's an unreasonable request ... in Price/Helper, Utah the bike was unloaded and I began talking with the mechanic. OK [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 01:08:31
Man, you are too square. I'll have to straighten you out. Now, listen, you don't go any one special place. That's cornball style. You just go.
Via Brad at Sadly, No we take this wonderful dip into the pool of lunacy that is Peggy Noonan:"As for Mr. McCain, I think he had the best moment of the month this week at the big motorcycle convention in Sturgis, S.D., when he was greeted with that mighty roar. And his great line: "As you may [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 20:44:00
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally - My-Oh-My!
One of my co-workers traveled this past August to the Black Hills of South Dakota for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Here's how out-of-touch I am, I had never even heard of the Sturgis Bike Rally before ... kind of bike on the market and of course to visit with other bikers and see the thousands of bikes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 13:22:24
Motorcycle Camp in the Countryside
by Rob Carlton Motorcycle camping is a freeing and reaffirming way twist on traditional camping ... can enjoy her/his trips through the countryside to a camping sites. The Sturgis Festival in South ... . Bike camping grounds are located throughout most of the southern United States like Alabama [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 19:49:57
Manly Monday #11 – Riding for Fatherhood
Gene Joshua Stefan Recently three ambitious men came through our town on their cross continental bicycling trek from Queens, NY to San Francisco, ... our cause is to send the kids with dad to go camping with us and maybe a short bike ride the next [more...]
Date: 2008-07-27 22:00:00
Out West Road Trip: Part 4, A Honey of a Deal
I'm so glad you came back today. As I promised last time, I'm going to let you in on the best kept secret in the Black Hills. Shhh...lean in close ... for accommodations. Our digs of choice are a 2-room camping cabin--a room with two bunk beds for the kids [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 06:01:00
