Must be time for the good ole Sturgis rally.

Hollar hello for me towards Deadwood if you get the chance.

In 45 or so, if I get motivated to get going west. LOL

It's getting thick. About 3/4 of them are okay. The others? Seem like entitled urbanite kuunts, like any group, there's idiots too. If I can make it through without plastering any, the day will be a success!

https://rallysturgis.com/webcams

Bikes, boobs, and beer,

life can be good

If they don't have a webcam for the wimmins to flash their boobies I ain't interested.

Lots of " hardcore bikers" on I25 headed that way.....all on trailers...hahaha.
Let's go to Sturgis.....but put the bikes in back!

We'll have our wives drive too!

It is - and for the first time in over 15 years I'm not going. Wife is physically unable to attend.. Dammit...

Is it gay to have royal blue motorcycle with matching blue "cowboy" boots?

Sorry to hear that. I'm sure my disparaging remarks do not refer to ya'll. 👍


Saw one chick, Sara Palin hot!

Lots of motorcycles out on the road here in Wyoming today and yesterday, all headed North.

Sturgis Rally.

Takes utter moronity to ride two wide where there's oncoming traffic. Dumbasses.

quityurbishin'

be grateful it's not a .......................................................



bicycle rally!

Bunch of adults playing dress up. Lame AF.

Everyone has a bit ch. Been going on longer than most of the bitc hers been alive but somehow everyone needs something to gripe about. The American way anymore I suppose. Mtn Boomer may have a reason if living there but most haven’t ever seen it, but somehow feel like their opinion counts just cause it’s cool to bi tch. I’ve been. An amazing time. 75% deserved to be there. Most others dreamers. People getting out having a good time. Maybe some of you all should try it sometime.

Canada ?

come on man

these guys may have a job to be at Monday

maybe not..

Christi Noem is hawt......

She may be moving to the WH some day........

But the most are .......wannibees

We went a couple of years ago not thinking about the ralley. It was amazing!

Nothing wrong with the rally, it's just the added traffic passing through - that's all that affects me, and of course the asssholes, cocksuuckers and sonsabitches associated with said traffic. Takes all sorts and it's clear Sturgis has 'em. LOL

Are they all dressed like they’re in a Pirates of the Caribbean movie? I’ve ridden bikes since I’ve been big enough, and I’ve never understood the need to look like a walking billboard.

Haha Sturgis does have all types. I might also add for the most part after spending multiple days there it might be the most patriotic event I’ve ever attended. Idiots are everywhere but I truly enjoyed and had a blast up there!

I’m more comfortable around a group of biker than most any other group I can think of. I ride too! I just like poking fun at them. At least they don’t wear the power ranger outfits like the crotch rocket cruisers.

Fat white trash festival. Half of those larping trailered their retarded motorcycle to the trash gathering....epic!

They can't drink and act stupid at the trailer park?

LOL there are some dandies - Aye!


Thankfully didn't see any carnage. One close call. A gal driving a pickup pulling an enclosed ttailer made a stupid abrupt lane change right in front of rigs traveling much faster... Studying her phone - presumably trying to figure out WTF or WTF.


Hopefully everyone gets parked and tuned up and has fun with it.

Hey Jackson, you ever been? Just hate bikers? Just hate the culture? Just wondering if you’ve ever been part of something more than the middle school chess club?

hollywierd always adds some laughs

This is why i love living in a small town, Less traffic.

Exactly...

I should be pulling in there Wednesday afternoon. Always have enjoyed it.

Osky

Most of the year, but I hate fish...

Kenai Pen version of the Sturgis rally....

Deploy Tow Mirrors!!!

Sometimes people run their mouth but are just too stupid to realize trailer trash types don't ride 15 to 25,000 dollar motorcycles

Great write up. Views better with pics from the link if you ain't skeered of Fox ads. I find there's still plenty of good content on Fox. If you don't, BFD.

I am almost recovered from the traffic drama. LOL



https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/meet-american-founded-sturgis-motorcycle-rally-brotherhood



Meet the American who founded the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, 'put the brotherhood in motorcycles'
Pappy Hoel began luring bikers to the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1938 — today, rally attracts over 500,000 annually
By Kerry J. Byrne | Fox News


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This American founded the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally — here's his story

The South Dakota event has grown far beyond its original numbers.
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally rolls into South Dakota for the 82nd time beginning on Friday.

Credit local Indian Motorcycle dealer J.C. "Pappy" Hoel (1904-1989) for fathering what's now the world's premier celebration of motorcycles and an American way of life.

The 10-day festival annually attracts more than 500,000 motorcycle enthusiasts from across the United States, and beyond, to a remote corner of one of the nation’s most sparsely populated states.

"Pappy was the man who put the brotherhood in motorcycles," Coe Meyer, a Sturgis motorcycle historian, told Fox News Digital.

"He's the reason so many people come here today."


Sturgis is located on the edge of the Black Hills of South Dakota, hundreds of miles from the nearest major city, smack dab in the middle of the North American continent.

Hoel's marketing ingenuity, enthusiasm for motorcycle racing and — unbeknownst to many — his paternal fondness for America's World War II veterans struggling with the mental wounds of combat made Sturgis synonymous with motorcycles.
Pappy Hoel was an Indian Motorcycle dealer in Sturgis, S.D., in 1938 when he conceived of a racing rally to bring motorcycle enthusiasts to the area.

Pappy Hoel was an Indian Motorcycle dealer in Sturgis, S.D., in 1938 when he conceived of a racing rally to bring motorcycle enthusiasts to the area. (David Uhl/David Uhl Studios)

Hoel (rhymes with "oil") started the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in 1938, largely as a racing event, and as a way to promote his local dealership.

He watched it accelerate far beyond his dreams.

"He was like a P.T. Barnum-type character. He always had a trick up his sleeves," said Vinny Terranova, who knew Hoel and his wife Pearl and who operates their original Junction Avenue motorcycle shop today as Pappy’s Vintage Cycles.

A record 747,000 vehicles rolled through Sturgis for the 75th anniversary rally in 2015.

"He loved motorcycles, loved racing and loved motorcyclists," said Terranova of Pappy Hoel. "He and Pearl always had a pot of beans and franks on the grill. Nobody left hungry."

The Hoels ran the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally for nearly 50 years, before turning it over to the City of Sturgis in the 1980s.

It was a monumental feat for the couple. To this day, it's still an impressive achievement for a community of just 7,000 people.
Motorcycle enthusiasts attend the 81st annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 8, 2021, in Sturgis, South Dakota.

Motorcycle enthusiasts attend the 81st annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 8, 2021, in Sturgis, South Dakota. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

"The impact isn’t just on our city, it’s across the whole state," Sturgis director of rally and events Tammy Even-Cordell told Fox News Digital.

"People who come to our rally stop all across South Dakota. They visit tourist sites. They congregate at bars, restaurants and hotels. It impacts the entire state."

In 2018, the city estimated that the rally produced $786 million in economic activity across South Dakota.


Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills and the Gold Rush community of Deadwood all experience an influx of visitors around the time of the rally.

A record 747,000 vehicles rolled through Sturgis for the 75th anniversary rally in 2015 (three rallies were canceled during World War II), according to the South Dakota Department of Transportation.

The number of visitors routinely tops half a million, including the 526,000 who showed up last year.

The entire state of South Dakota boasts only 880,000 residents. Relative to population, the rally is as if 22 million people suddenly showed up for an event in California.
Bikers stop to take in Mt. Rushmore in August 2021. Every August, hundreds of thousands of motorcycling enthusiasts are attracted to the southwest corner of South Dakota for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Bikers stop to take in Mt. Rushmore in August 2021. Every August, hundreds of thousands of motorcycling enthusiasts are attracted to the southwest corner of South Dakota for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The COVID-19 hysteria proved no scare for Sturgis. Attendance was down slightly, but the rally still attracted about 460,000 people, according to the state DOT — with no major health problems.
Blame it all on refrigeration

J.C. Hoel was born in Sturgis on May 30, 1904. He married Pearl Kinney of nearby Rapid City in May 1928.

The couple remained together for more than 50 years.

Hoel got his start in business when he inherited an ice dealership from his father in the 1930s.

KRISTI NOEM: STURGIS RALLY IN SOUTH DAKOTA ABOUT ‘PERSONAL CHOICES’ OVER GOVERNMENT MANDATES

There was only one problem. Freon was invented in 1928. By the late 1930s, refrigerators were finding their way into every American home.

The ice business was obsolete.
Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota arrives at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip campground on Aug. 9. 2021, after riding in the Legends Ride for charity on a 2021 Indian Chief in Sturgis, South Dakota.

Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota arrives at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip campground on Aug. 9. 2021, after riding in the Legends Ride for charity on a 2021 Indian Chief in Sturgis, South Dakota. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Hoel pivoted, pursued his passion and brought an Indian Motorcycle franchise to Sturgis in 1936.

He formed the Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club, chartered in 1937. The following year, he and the Gypsies hosted the first rally.

It was originally dubbed the Black Hills Motor Classic.

"Pappy would listen to [World War II veterans'] stories and let them vent." — Sturgis historian Coe Meyer

"Camping was provided in ‘Pappy’ and Pearl Hoel's backyard, behind their motorcycle shop on Junction Avenue in Sturgis. A dirt track race was held in conjunction with the rally," reported the American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame in its profile of Hoel.

Pearl is also a member of the same Hall of Fame.
Pappy's Vintage Cycles, Sturgis, S.D., owned today by motorcycle dealer Vinny Terranova, pays homage to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally founder J.C. "Pappy" Hoel. He owned an Indian Motorcycle shop on this location when he founded the rally in 1938.

Pappy's Vintage Cycles, Sturgis, S.D., owned today by motorcycle dealer Vinny Terranova, pays homage to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally founder J.C. "Pappy" Hoel. He owned an Indian Motorcycle shop on this location when he founded the rally in 1938. (Vinny Terranova)

"Pearl remembered the menu of that first year: ‘Weenies, sloppy joes, potato salad and watermelon for dessert.' The rally riders washed their free meal down with iced tea or coffee, served in a tent behind the Hoels’ garage at their dealership."

Two hundred motorcyclists attended the first rally; then 800 showed up the next year. It continued to balloon from there.

"The rally riders washed their free meal down with iced tea or coffee, served in a tent behind the Hoels’ garage at their dealership."

The event offered Hoel a chance to promote his love of motorcycles — and promote his fledgling Indian dealership. His idea worked brilliantly.

By 1947, "he sold more bikes per capita than anyone in the nation," reported the Hall of Fame.
Pappy's embrace of WWII veterans

It was also around 1947, in the years after World War II, that Pappy’s legend began to spread among the burgeoning community of veterans who fueled America’s post-war motorcycling boom.

Many World War II veterans suffered from combat fatigue, long before post-traumatic stress disorder was diagnosed as an affliction in 1980.
Dane Senser walks on Main Street during the 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 8, 2020, in Sturgis, S.D., wearing a POW-MIA vest. The rally traces its roots to founder Pappy Hoel's embrace of America's World War II veterans.

Dane Senser walks on Main Street during the 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 8, 2020, in Sturgis, S.D., wearing a POW-MIA vest. The rally traces its roots to founder Pappy Hoel's embrace of America's World War II veterans. (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

"They bought Army surplus motorcycles and they would drive across the country just to get their head on straight," reported History.com, noting that Harley-Davidson and Indian built 100,000 vehicles for the military during World War II.


"Much cheaper than cars, motorcycles afforded veterans a freewheeling mode of group transportation at a time when fitting back into society posed certain challenges."

A Veterans Administration study estimates that 37 percent of World War II veterans seeking treatment after the war suffered PTSD.
People walk along Main Street lined with American flags, on August 6, 2020, a day before the start of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in S.D.

People walk along Main Street lined with American flags, on August 6, 2020, a day before the start of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in S.D. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Not all sought treatment.

Many sought the open road. Many found Pappy.

Hoel "was a tough old buzzard" when it came to business and forging the rally, said Meyer, the Sturgis historian.

Yet Hoel had a soft spot in his heart for the young Americans who fought in World War II and were struggling to come to terms with the horrific human carnage they witnessed in combat.



"A lot of veterans were [bleeped] up," said Meyer. "They were hungry, they were broke, they had nowhere to stay. Their motorcycles needed work. And here was Pappy, dead set in the middle of the country."
Motorcyclists drive down Main Street during the 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 7, 2020. That year, the event attracted nearly 500,000 visitors despite the threat of COVID-19.

Motorcyclists drive down Main Street during the 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 7, 2020. That year, the event attracted nearly 500,000 visitors despite the threat of COVID-19. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

"He’d feed them and fix their motorcycles. But mostly we would listen to their stories and let them vent. When it was time to leave, he’d say, ‘Here’s what you owe me. Send me a check when you can.’"

The legend of the fatherly figure in Sturgis spread among the veterans leading the surge in motorcycle clubs and ridership around the nation.

Many returned to the rally in Sturgis to see the man they dubbed Pappy — often with friends and with a check in hand.
Brotherhood of motorcycling

J.C. "Pappy" Hoel died on Feb. 1, 1989. He was 84 years old.

He’s buried today at Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis, the city where he was born and which he made famous around the world.

He and Pearl were charter members of the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame, founded in 2001.
Jarrett Dahl of Dahl's Chainsaw Art poses next to his tribute to Pappy and Pearl Hoel carved from a giant silver cottonwood tree. The tree carving is outside Pappy's Vintage Cycles, once the Hoels' motorcycle shop.

Jarrett Dahl of Dahl's Chainsaw Art poses next to his tribute to Pappy and Pearl Hoel carved from a giant silver cottonwood tree. The tree carving is outside Pappy's Vintage Cycles, once the Hoels' motorcycle shop. (Jarrett Dahl/Dahl's Chainsaw Art)

His legacy has made Sturgis synonymous with motorcycles.

Motor muscle is deeply ingrained in the local culture.


"Motorcycles, four wheelers and horses. That’s how people grow up around here," said Even-Cordell, the rally coordinator for the city of Sturgis, adding that she got her first dirt bike at age 7.

"It’s amazing to think about it. We’re known worldwide as a motorcycling Mecca. A place people put on their bucket list."

Hoel’s legacy spreads far beyond the Sturgis city limits, said Meyer.


"When two bikers see each other, they wave, shake hands or hug each other. They call each other brother. It’s an informal fraternity."

He added, "That’s what Pappy created. The fraternity. He fostered the brotherhood of motorcycling."

Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.

If they figure a bar end on the center line is a good idea when I am coming from the other way with 78,000 pounds at about 135 mph total, aka equal and opposite reaction, well, they're mistaken. 😎

Of course I've never been. I have zero need to play dress up as an adult. If the culture is obesity, trashy, folks dressed up like it's fuggin Halloween, then yes, I hate the "culture."

I neither need to drive to south Dakota or dress like a fool to consume alcohol.


Let's face it, it's merely an excuse for middle class people to go drink, dress up like clowns, live an "alternative" life, and partake in debauchery for a week......it's an adult version of those weird kids that dress up in medieval outfits and larp in the park....

The Magnificent Orange Woman.

I dig that chick.

You're a dumfuuck.

So I'd fit in at Sturgis?

Now do Burning Man.

No.

I'm in.

Glad to hear you won't attend... Azzholes like you ain't welcome in any case...

Generally speaking bikers, as a group, are some of the ugliest and the most overweight, under-showered people in existence….in America (Indians and ragheads beat bikers in the global race to the bottom 😉).

I have no desire to attend the Sturgis rally and have no desire to mingle with that segment of society. Either they’re full on snot-bearded wasteoids or they aspire to be full on snot-bearded wasteoids, either way they’re probably great people 😂….just not my kind of people. I’d be inclined to take a shot of penicillin each morning and each evening while in Sturgis as a preventative prophylaxis.

Basically the same, probably more molly and queers tho...

A gif of the exact type to play dress up at Sturgis. Nailed it.

Been to the rally 10 plus times since 2005...Yes I trailer the 1900 miles to get there so I make much better time, don't have a collision in route, I'm not fatigued upon arrival and I get to bring my rifles to P dog hunt on off days. I have a friend in Sturgis who puts us up in his guest house. Next year I will be bringing along my best friend's / riding buddies ashes to spread on one of his favorite rides (just ordered the engraved stone in memory). I don't care much for the night life ...Usually sneak out Vanocker Canyon Rd first thing in the AM. I will miss riding with him next year, we were buds 52 years!

I do get a kick outta the white collar suburban dad types who are "weekend warriors" who do indeed play dress up and go ride their bikes with their "bros". Other than being good for a laugh theres no problem with it EXCEPT that many also think dressing the part magically makes them into some tough "bikers". Usually they just act tough at Applebees etc, but sometimes they make the mistake of trying it at a real bar. Usually dont end well for them but is damn funny!!! There are some real rednecks and a bunch of Pagan MC members around here who dont take kindly to some white collar jagoffs trying to act like tough guys!!

They are also the first to stop and help if your on the side of the road. My kind of people, warts and all.

Uhhhh, with pant legs tucked in? LOL

Condolences.

Fishing too!

Scooter Nasties………….

Very sorry to hear that. Their are some great people who attend every year, but they are way outnumbered.

This is my 31st year of the rally. To say I am over it, is an understatement. I get to deal with all types every year.

My biggest issue is the way some ride. They are accidents waiting to happen.

I am selfish when it comes to that aspect. There is a reason the motorcycle injury lawyers spend big bucks advertising at the rally every year. I do not want to be anywhere close to the area when they are looking for someone to blame. Just think of how many threads we have on here with the motorcyclist blaming the other drivers for their accidents.

Riding motorcycles is fun, did it for years, but you accept an increased risk every time you throw your leg over the seat and start tooling down the road. For me, the risk outweighed the reward of riding.

A lot of the business owners don't live there and, in some cases, never even visit. They just cash the checks! We stayed there during a Camaro show one time but have never gone to the MC rally. I don't really like crowds. GD

Had occasion to drive out to South Dakota at this time some years back.

Sturgis traffic was evident north of Dallas, 1,000 miles away. The first “Welcome Bikers” signs were seen at Grand Island NE, 450 miles away. From the slopes of Bear Butte (just outside of Sturgis) long lines of inbound Harleys like ants could be seen crossing the plains. We were in a car, drove into Sturgis itself from the northeast, returned same way, didn’t drive into town.

I can see how it could be a blast taking part in this phenomenon, especially with a group of friends, and then sitting around admiring and BSing about motorcycles for a few days.

Not many younger adults or women anymore in that video though, dunno I’d want to ride that far just to hang out with crowds of old guys like myself.

He gets paid to wear that crap. Bikers pay HD stores to advertise for them.

No endorsement on THAT guy's tag. First ride, should be the last.

I've been at Sturgis the week before, thanks to the old Varmint Hunters Shootout that was going on up until about 2010? Just amazing to drive through a ghost town all set up for a huge party, it was total Twilight Zone. I've thought many times about packing not just my rifles but my old rice rocket to spend a few days riding what I have heard are excellent motorcycle roads in the Black Hills, mostly deserted and windy except during, you guessed, Sturgis.

If you coming to ride, avoid the rally. When I had my motorcycle, it stayed parked during the rally.

because if they was not on trailers ,they would break down before they got to Sturgis. At least the the Harleys in the 70's did

Ya'll remember that TV show about that dude that owned a bar at Sturgis.....can't remember the name of it right now.

Used to watch it, figured it was all put on for TV.

Full Throttle Saloon

Made for TV drama. In reality, the rally is one big drama fest.

Reportedly drove off I-90 at Sturgis. 'Boomer must not have been kidding about the traffic.

I guess that wasn’t the exit to Sturgis! 😳

Just like everything else manufactured in the US in the 70’s.

He was probably trying to see an infamous Sturgis booby, those things are cool looking sometimes. I'll swing by there tomorrow and check it out.

It is very amusing to read this thread. the wife and I just got home from sturgis and neither of our bikes broke down , leaked anything all the way there or back home . ( 2600 miles round trip ) and yes I pull a trailer but it is behind my motorcycle . as far as the dressing up , I figure ( to each his own ) . dressed up or not its their business not mine. And I am sure like anything else there are jackazzes among us just like anywhere else. we have been going every year since 2007 to meet up with friends from all over the states . if you have a true interest in something there is nothing better than to hang out with like minded people . granted its not for everyone but if you have not any experience there , then who give a rats azz what you think! Who are we to be judging anyone ?? $65,000 fishing boat makes more sense ? we all have our things, the true thing is to be a big enough person to know this !

Those who mock folks dressing up at Sturgis likely have no qualms about dressing up to go hunting.

Tuesday morning it's7:15 AM and I can't hear 1 motorcycle going east or west on I-90 back to normal. I live here, from Saturday first weekend on the incessant noise of bikes is just nonstop in the background....mb

Probably was my last run, it’s been on and off since 76.
What I miss is the creativity and personal style. Bikes this year were very cookie cutter. Spent many hours looking at stock Harleys, Victory’s, Indians, Hondas, and so on and it seemed the one with the most factory chrome was the winner.
Hard to find a tricked out knuckle or similar, saw just a couple creative rides cruising thru how many parked in town? I always went for the cool ingenuity.
Women, yeah they come in all kinds there including some absolute stunners.
Terrific and beautiful area to cruise those hills, I’m glad so many others enjoy it as well. Been fun over the years, my days there are done.


Osky

Same here in Spearfish, sitting on the deck drinking morning coffee. The peace and quiet is nice.

The noise is constant and stops only for a few hours at night around here. It really wears on a person after a couple of weeks.

Relieved that it is over and life can get back to normal.

Didn't see the big rig crash site while Westbound.


Nor any pirates. No boobies. No jagazzes. Couple dozens bikes around. Mellowest crossing of SD in three weeks.


One can easily bemoan the jackassery of the attendees in transit while not disparaging the rally. That's my take. I appreciate the guys here that spoke up. It inspired me to read a little and gain new knowledge of the rally unrelated to the I90, 34, 212, mofoery. Beautiful day today for riding in W SD.