Topic: 2009 Sturgis Bike Rally Road Trip

[seaweb11]

Not sure if posting in the "Tour" section ever comes up on new threads.

So, if not here is the 1st 7 days or so from the West Coast if you care to see Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and again all the way back a different route.  Not to forget the 7 days in Sturgis.

Possible pandering here.

STURGIS TRIP
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=56776.0

[ofreen]

It shows up for me.

[andy750]

Yeah shows up for me but pander away....great trip report....

cheers
Andy

[TE 450 Pilot]

WOW

The stuff dream rides are made from. I got to do that before i die , into the bucket list 

[754]

I read it, reminds me a lot of the many times we went..
lots of fun, as long as you stay upright..

 I heartily recommend it to anyone, and dont worry about taking a Honda there.. you will enjoy it..

 gotta say tho, I probably got a lot mre T&A pics than you did, Sturgis City park got pretty wild..

 I dont think in the 80s that the bikes had to be off street by 2 am..

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

I didn't do Sturgis in the 80's. A lot of those guys are still going. Nowadays more gray hairs, more pasties and no nips allowed on the street, no fights, no shootings, no open drug use, not much gang colors around. However, the campgrounds are a different story   But it's still clean fun.  

As far as T&A, there were 3 of us taking pictures but this is a family oriented website. You guys only get some teasers. They'll have to see for themselves    

Some of the stats:

Estimated 394,000 (no telling how they come up with that) down slightly from last year
5 deaths in bike accidents with none in the immediate counties for the first time since 1991. 3 before   they even arrived.
Tax revenue up 12%
Injury accidents 72 up 12
DUI 316 up from 253
Non felony drug arrests 153 down from 191
Citations 1803 up from 1619

Beer sales up considerably due to tres amigos  
 

[754]

Yeah, I know what you mean..

 you may have to come up with a good one to beat the pic of me on the hospital bed with the topless girl beside me..  

 last time I went there was less than 100K attending, even that was enough to make it less fun.. but I think it is a lot more spread out now..

 first time I went in 76, there was around 20,000... and pretty much racing going on all day and night in front of city park.. them were the days... camping on both side of the road too..

[motocyconomad]

when I picked up my bike (grayhound from seattle) I rode back from Pierre,SD where i met her. I took the back road to Strugis it was a true magical ride. I think its a famous road or something it goes by or into a part of the reservation (gave a hitch hiker a ride to the enterance). stayed in strugis that night it was like 2 weeks before bike week. seems like a nice place even without the bike week swarms. old time local people aint to keen on the "freakshow" but cant really gripe too much cause the town makes tons of money. cool place either way, need to go back someday and spend a month, and see bike week this time.