The Sturigs Migration has Begun!

[airboss]

Friday was one of those days, I'm out of the office all day on service calls, Mostly along I 55 & I 74, saw herds of Harleys in groups of two to over a half dozen, and thats not counting the trailer queens. If I could have kept count of the Harleys I passed, I think it would have been a Guinness record, and I was starting to think that the 55mph speed limit applied to motorcycles as well as trucks.

 

[jnor]

They probably started 2 months ago depending on how many bars there are between where they came from and Sturgis.

 

[sonicspeed]

i know several people heading that way

trust me they will fit right in

 

[v65]

They probably started 2 months ago depending on how many bars there are between where they came from and Sturgis.

I saw quite a few on the way back from NAFO, Sunday and Monday!

 

[tbwrench]

i am heading out early monday or tues from wisconsin. i would take the harley but its going to be a riding vacation, not hang out / party vacation.

on the fjr i will be able to do alot more riding and rack up the miles much faster. besides, after working on the harleys at work day and night its nice to see and be on something else.

i have had the fjr since may 08 and i am really enjoying it. the fjr is the favorite of all the bikes i have had so far!

anyone else heading out sturgis way???

tbwrench

 

[Feejer/Weejer man]

Just left the area there visiting family on the FJR before NAFO and early forecasts are expected to be down 20-30% from last year. Last year was down about 20%. I saw houses for rent still to this date there. One add dropped from $4800 to $2700. Usually thee is nothing left to rent at this time before the event. I grew up in the area and my brother is a retail sales manager for a major liquor wholesaler. Mount Rushmore reported being down over 20% for numbers to the end of July. Coming back from NAFO I saw very few Harley's riding across the states. I saw a lot more last year coming from Park City WFO. I guess the **** and plunder of the participant's added to the gas and economy woes have finally caught up to the Sturgis rally.

 

[Dr. Rich]

This is Main Street / Sturgis South Dakota two weeks ago today. Not a Harley in sight. Rich

 

[Spook]

i am heading out early monday or tues from wisconsin. i would take the harley but its going to be a riding vacation, not hang out / party vacation.
on the fjr i will be able to do alot more riding and rack up the miles much faster. besides, after working on the harleys at work day and night its nice to see and be on something else.

i have had the fjr since may 08 and i am really enjoying it. the fjr is the favorite of all the bikes i have had so far!

anyone else heading out sturgis way???

tbwrench

Going **** I live 40 miles from there send me a pm if you want to give me a call while you are here

 

[SockMonkey]

Sitting in the Best Western hotel's mineral springs hot tub in Thermopolis WY last Sunday night, I met a group of HD owners (4 couples to be exact) on their way to Sturgis by way of Yellowstone, the Beartooth Highway and Glacier NP. Really nice people (from Houston TX), but they definitely fit the modern stereotype of HD riders: middle-aged profesisonals, little prior riding experience (less than 3 months in 1 case), and trailering their bikes for most of the trip (trailer to city, unload bikes, make a loop of a day or 2, load bikes, trailer some more). Seeing these folks the next morning in all their HD-logo'd regalia only made me think how much HD salesmen nationwide must look forward to Sturgis each and every year...

 

[Jackson]

I live about an hour and a half away from Sturgis, and the occasional roar of loud Harley pipes is again commonplace.

It's really amazing how many bikes go to Sturgis. A few years ago I was heading east on I. 90 from Rapid City away from Sturgis on the opening weekend. Heading west toward Sturgis were thousands of bikes. Thousands. That day, about 90% of the vehicles heading west on I. 90 in South Dakota were motorcycles or vehicles pulling trailers with bikes. If someone from another country had stumbled upon that sight, they would have been dumbfounded.

HERE and HERE are links to some live cameras at Sturgis and in Deadwood. The second one is a duplicate of one of the three on the first one, but it has a larger picture.

I have to admit, it's a great place to people-watch.

Thankfully, Sturgis will be long over when CFO begins in the Black Hills September.

 

[Spook]

I live about an hour and a half away from Sturgis, and the occasional roar of loud Harley pipes is again commonplace.
It's really amazing how many bikes go to Sturgis. A few years ago I was heading east on I. 90 from Rapid City away from Sturgis on the opening weekend. Heading west toward Sturgis were thousands of bikes. Thousands. That day, about 90% of the vehicles heading west on I. 90 in South Dakota were motorcycles or vehicles pulling trailers with bikes. If someone from another country had stumbled upon that sight, they would have been dumbfounded.

HERE and HERE are links to some live cameras at Sturgis and in Deadwood. The second one is a duplicate of one of the three on the first one, but it has a larger picture.

I have to admit, it's a great place to people-watch.

Thankfully, Sturgis will be long over when CFO begins in the Black Hills September.

I live in Johnson siding not as many bike it seems but more wrecks. 3 last Sunday alone on highway 44 west where I live. Getting in much riding this year?