Caught on Camera! 10 Wild Sturgis Riders
One of the best parts about attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally its ability to help you shed your everyday persona. At home, you might be known as an accountant, a teacher or a plumber. But at the Rally, you can simply be a biker. When you can experience freedom from the constraints of your daily life, who knows what kind of character might emerge on the other side? Here are a few of the folks we caught getting into their element or reinventing themselves out on the road during the 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Get your motor runnin’ […]
How to Do Sturgis: A First-Timer’s Guide
There’s no doubt that planning a trip to Sturgis is exciting. But when it’s your first time, the process can be a little daunting. There’s so much to learn and know that you might find yourself with more questions than answers. What are the local motorcycle laws? Do I need a helmet? HOW DO I GET TO MOUNT RUSHMORE?! You could spend a ton of time scouring the Internet for the answers to all your questions. OR you could find them all in the Sturgis Rider News article series How to Do Sturgis, presented by the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. Read […]
10 Packing Tips for Motorcycle Road Trips
There’s no doubt that motorcycle road trips can be an experience packed with fun. But road tripping for motorcyclists isn’t as straightforward as it is in a car. You can’t just gas up and drive off to your destination. There’s also a major difference between taking a Sunday ride down a local highway and riding hundreds of miles on a cross-state trip. First-time motorcycle road trips can introduce you to all sorts of new challenges. In fact, a poll of American Motorcyclist Association staff members revealed it can take years of trial and error to learn the best ways to […]
10 Benefits of Riding a Motorcycle No One Else Will Ever Tell You
If you mention motorbikes to most people, you may hear the usual ruckus of them being too dangerous and scary and fast, or some other statements along the lines of ‘you’ll never catch me on one of those’, but is there something they don’t know? Are there plenty of great and unusual things to share about the motorbiking experience? Of course there is. In fact, the list is endless, but I’m gonna condense my favorite benefits of riding a motorcycle down into a top ten list that no one else will ever tell you, especially not your parents when you’re 16 and wanting to get a bike for […]
COVID-19 Update: Sturgis Rally 80th Moving Forward as Planned
Updated May 29, 2020 We would like to take a moment to let you know that we are monitoring the coronavirus situation closely. The Sturgis Rally is months away and experts predict the coronavirus will have peaked and continue to be in decline before the end of summer. The president recently announced plans to reopen the economy and businesses. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem released an executive order on April 28 that included South Dakota’s “Back to Normal” plan. We continue to remain optimistic. The rally is still on and has NOT been postponed. Since the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is put […]
9 Essential Motorcycle Safety Tips for New Riders
Experience is everything in riding. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), over 5,000 people die in motorcycle crashes each year, with many deaths “attributed to lack of experience or failure to appreciate the inherent operating characteristics and limitations of the motorcycle.” Indeed, it’s well worth your while as a new rider to spend as much time as you possibly can learning motorcycle safety, starting with the following essential tips. The experts at Cardo Systems have no shortage of hours and miles spent on a motorcycle, and have come up with these essential tips to help keep all […]
Gearing up for Sturgis– Essentials for Doing the Rally Right By Sturgis.com
There are many reasons people travel the world over to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Most want to experience the beauty and stellar riding of the Black Hills. Others come to see old friends and make new ones, while taking in the top-notch entertainment and events held across the region. The ways folks rally are as varied as their reasons for being here. Some throw a tent on their bike and camp in a local’s yard. Others cruise cross-country in an RV or toy hauler, setting up shop at their favorite Sturgis campground. Some fly in, rent a motorcycle and crash […]
Ladies to the Front
Women have been a part of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally since its inception in 1938. However, in recent years, as the number of women riders across the nation has dramatically increased to nearly 20% of the motorcycling community, the number of ladies on two wheels at the rally has grown as well. Savanna Rose and Kelly Yazdi on the Biker Belles Ride Five years ago I was 23 and attending Sturgis for my first time. Every year I attend, I’ve seen the demographic change. I’ve seen more women riding down main street or through the beautiful twisty roads in the […]
The long haul
(Originally Posted by Creeping Jennie on Monday, 05 October 2015 in Sturgis.com Blogs) I’m old enough to remember the days when bikers were not welcome in most businesses during the first week of August anywhere in the Black Hills. They were dirty, smelly, uncouth, they stole gas, dined and dashed, drank and fought. People who enjoyed riding motorcycles, but were not part of the “biker” lifestyle distanced themselves from the “biker” title. “Oh I have a bike, but I’m not a BIKER.” As with most American icons, over the years Sturgis went from being a dirty little secret known by […]
Bad Advice
I bet you’re wondering who the hell this “Creeping Jennie” chick is, and why you should bother reading this blog. All right, I’ll explain. I’m a middle aged housewife from Rapid City South Dakota, and I like writing and motorcycles. (And world peace. Tee hee!) Unfortunately, I have some physical issues that prevent me from riding my own bike. I have had arthritis in my hands since my mid-twenties, and coupled with the insanely small size of my paws, I simply can’t pull in a clutch lever. I also have some annoying balance issues as well, so as a […]
