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Join the global Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, and witness the gathering of over half a million bikers. Explore the unique biker culture, admire the bizarre models of Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki, and Indian, and enjoy the thrilling atmosphere of the rally.
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USA – 2000Motorcycle Rally IRENA VLKOVÁ teacher
Motorcycle Rally I have been a friend with motorbikes literally since my birth.All family trips, including my mother's way to maternity hospital, were nevermade in a car but on a strong motorbike with a "sajdka" (lateral double-chairwheel lift for my brother and me). We called our motorbike "Viktorka" and weenjoyed it a lot (perhaps when during our dad's driving the "sajdka" had fallenoff as well with us, his kids, into a forest near the road without our dad'staking notice).
Motorcycle Rally But back to the U.S.A. Every good bikerknows Sturgis, hidden in themiddle of the Black Hills in South Dakota. Each beginning of August this smallquiet American town changes, thanks to the global Motorcycle Rally, into thenon-stop roaring and honking (this year with over half million participants) reunion of the most bizarre models of Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki, Indian…
Motorcycle Rally During the rally time it isn't easy to get to this Mecca of allbikers at all. Most ordinary tourists' goal is the nearby mountain Mt. Rushmore(with carved heads of American statesmen),sometimes at most Rapid City, butsuch "travellers" usually don't have any idea of only a few miles away Sturgisand continue travelling to the west or east coast. During the one-week rally usually a few-minute motorbike journey from Rapid City to Sturgis takes sixhours or more and places to sleep in near camps aremeasured in inches.
Motorcycle Rally I've known about Sturgis for a long time but all my Americanwandering that are always flexible, without a specific schedule, had avoided Sturgis for unknown reasons. Until this year, thanks to my friendly Americanbikers, I was able to live out this rally with them in one of the bikercampsites directly in Sturgis. In addition to unique experience I've broughtsome information you could be interested in.
Motorcycle Rally If you don't know what to do with excess $1.500, rent a three bedded cabinin a biker camp.
Motorcycle Rally Never touch the motorbikes you're shooting. Their owners are very anxiousabout each of your finger print.
Motorcycle Rally Don't underestimate a helmet. Not as it could save your life at the inordinate speed of some machines, but it spares you desperate untangling mussed up hair.
Motorcycle Rally Do not rely on the fact that during your evening pub sitting the motorbike, overheated after your riding, cools down. The scar souvenir on my calftestifies that.
Motorcycle Rally As a co-rider don't forget to give the other bikers cheery waves.They are partial to it like our avocational watermen.As a co-riderdon't forget to give the other bikers cheery waves. They are partialto it like our avocational watermen.
Motorcycle Rally After your arrival in a town you're expected to unfasten your helmet strapas the proof of your desire for freedom. (You can amplify overall impressionby lying back on the back seat).
Motorcycle Rally Bikers are the best companion in pubs: they don't get drunk (their motorbikes are waiting outside, often with a cop), they readily offer free transport andthey don't do pointless comments.
Motorcycle Rally A little silver or brass bell suspended on the exhaust is supposed to protect American riders from road elves (Evil Road Spirits). They cause all bikers‚ crashes and problems. Magic power of donated bells is double.
Motorcycle Rally Leadership of Harley-Davidson begins to be threatened by the increasing popularity of the Indian brand, classical, fully-fendered motorbikes whichwere from the very beginning of the rally.
Motorcycle Rally As Harley-Davidson motorbike requires, thanks to its continuous tremor,everyday checking (my sloppy friend's Harley-Davidson kept losing singleparts during riding), some riders prefer reliability to trendiness andride on Kawasaki motorbikes.
Motorcycle Rally And one advice for my female students: don't hitch-hike in Sturgis afterthe dreaded biker LA clan Hells Angels' arrival.
Motorcycle Rally The motorbike decoration fantasy knows no bounds. Riders wear demons, ragingwolves, snakes, skulls, eagles and voluptuous beauties' bodies drowned incolors and chrome, so the attributes of the male tough' world. Some motorbikesare coated with buffalo skin and handlebars are replaced with buffalo horns.
Motorcycle Rally Sturgis motorcycles can be identified according to a red stripe.
Motorcycle Rally The innovated motorbike tricycle becomes more and more popular.Sometimes it is supplemented with a roof so it looks more like a golf cart.
Motorcycle Rally The rally is becoming to be the showcase of the typical biker fashion: leather,leather and leather again (even female co-riders' underwear is made of leather),dead wolves' heads instead of hats, bandanna headscarves, live snakes replacingscarves, piercing on really "all" parts of the body, patriots' swimsuit made ofthe American national flag, the wide range of metal studs and ornaments...
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