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Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Sturgis, South Dakota

August 4 to 10, 2008


General Sturgis Bike Week Information

It is simple; Sturgis is the Mecca for bikers and is a rally that you need to experience at least once in a lifetime whether you are a biker or a motorcycle enthusiast. The 2008 Sturgis biker rally is one of Lightning Customs' "Big 4" biker rallies and is obviously on the 2008 Lightning Customs' Major Motorcycle Rallies List

The Sturgis bike rally started in 1938 when the Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club had some races which attracted a small number of attendees. Now the Black Hills rally has endless attractions and events which attracts around 500,000 bikers. Although what is often called Sturgis Bike Week had lower attendance in 2007, it was still gigantic, fun and made it just made it easier to get around.

Sturgis Biker Rally Attractions

The ride in and historic places to ride while at Sturgis include Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, Devil's Tower, and Custer State Park. The events are not just in Sturgis, but also the surrounding areas, campgrounds/music venues like the Buffalo Chip Campground and Glencoe Camp Resort, and the bars.

Being one of the largest biker rallies in the US, the 2008 Sturgis motorcycle rally will have everything and all of the major motorcycle manufacturers, motorcycle product manufacturers, and major distributors are set up to impress.

Expect to see best custom bike shows while you are in Sturgis. In 2007 bike shows included the Rats Hole Bike Show, Metzlers Bike Show, Sculptures in Steel, Black Hills Harley Bike Show, Top 50 Show, a trike show and other shows.


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In addition to the shows you will see the top name builders are on hand, the 2007 Sturgis motorcycle rally had in attendance Jesse James, Indian Larry Legacy, the guys from Orange County Choppers, Russell Mitchell, and numerous other famous builders. Billy Lanes Biker Breakfast at the Broken Spoke raised almost $15K for Make a Wish Foundation and there were some two dozen custom builders and motorcycle industry celebrities in attendance.

All of the famous Sturgis bars had events, attractions and contests. The Grease Monkey Mayhem had an old school biker party every night with wild women and custom builders and celebrities in attendance.

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A partial list of other Sturgis biker rally events include the music venues at Sturgis attract the top name bands, rides, Motorcycle Hall of Fame induction, races at the Sturgis Dragway, biker contest, tattoo shows, Miss (fill in the blank) Pageants, bikini contests, wet t shirt contest, other contests for the ladies, stunt shows, tons of vendors, and everything else you have ever seen and/or heard of at rallies.

More 2008 Sturgis Rally Information

To get more information on the 2008 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally events, attractions, shows, things to check out, go to the Sturgis Rally website or to the Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce website. Check out the other 3 of the Big 4 rallies: Laconia Bike Week, Myrtle Beach Bike Week, and Daytona Beach Bike Week.


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