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Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Sturgis, South Dakota

August 9 to 15, 2010


General Sturgis Rally Information

Simply stated, Sturgis is the Mecca for bikers. Hopefully you will be able to experience the Sturgis biker rally more than once in your life, just without the lemon sized hail that occurred in 2009. The Sturgis bike rally is one of what we refer to as the "Big 4" rallies (the others being Daytona Bike Week, Laconia, and Bike Week Myrtle Beach) and is on the 2010 Lightning Customs' Major Biker Rallies List.

The Sturgis biker rally all started in 1938 when the "Pappy" Hoel (the founder of the Jackpine Gypsies motorcycle club) started promoting a very small racing event. Now, the Black Hills rally has grown to be the premier Harley rally in the world, and attracts hundreds of thousands of bikers each year to the Sturgis area.



Sturgis Bike Rally Attractions

Besides riding down the historic Sturgis Main Street there are tons of scenic rides for you to experienced riding to our during motorcycle rally including the ride to the Badlands, Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse. Keeping with the tradition of racing that started the bike rally it is a big attraction. There are different distance races, hill climbs, drag racing, short track racing, and other racing events.

Sturgis Bike Week has anything and everything you have ever seen at any other rally plus a lot more. For motorcycle manufacturers, parts and accessory manufactures, major distributors, and any other major players in the industry the rally in Sturgis is the place where they will have the biggest and best displays of the year.

Sturgis bike week attracts celebrities and top name bike builders, has all types of bike shows, top name bands (yes Steven Tyler of Aerosmith fell off the stage in 2009), exhibits, major displays, stunt shows, tons of vendors, and the best of everything to do with motorcycles and bikers. This happens at various venues in Sturgis, the infamous biker bars, and the campgrounds/entertainment like the Buffalo Chip where there are more than enough attractions to where you could stay there and get all of the top attractions that you would at any other bike rally.

More Sturgis Rally Information

There are a number of other cool sites that will give you additional information, attractions, Sturgis Campgrounds, and previous years Sturgis rally pictures, and if you want to learn more about the area just go to the Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce website. If you cant get to the Sturgis rally you might want to check out the other 3 of the "Big 4" rallies: Laconia Rally, Myrtle Beach Bike Week , and Daytona Beach Bike Week .


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