Motha Nature Dumps On Sturgis!
Dead To The World...
It'd been a hard-working day for ABM & a nice crash in the shade seemed like a good idea, to rest up for Lynyrd Skynyrd later in the evening... and then... IT happened. One of the bros across the street was kind nough to wake the kid up & warn of impending doom.. we switched on the noaa wx radio, just in time to hear warnings of 60 mph wind, & hail. The next 20 minutes was spent battening down several hatches, & getting the bikes under cover. Just as we finished, at exactly 7:19 pm, she let loose, & never really quit until probably 3am.. the worst was over by the time Lynyrd Skynyrd took to the stage, but we pussied out, 'cause it was still raining, & were still under a lingering case of Corona poisoning.. This moring, the grounds in front of the stage at the Chip looked like Sadyr City.. Skynyrd, Rev Theory still played, although the John Fogarty show at nearby Glencoe, including Larry The Cable Guy, who cancelled earlier in the day, never went on. No word on makeups or refunds as yet.
The rain was torrential, some spots reported over....ONE FOOT OF HAIL in theroad! Preliminary reports indicate that three or more people at the Glencoe were injured when struck by lightning, & we're guessing it happend right around 7:19..
Bikers Caught In The Middle..
Reports of total traffic gridlock in downtown Sturgis as bikers rushed to beat the black clouds back to the campgrounds, only to be stuck in the middle of wall to wall traffic as the skies opened up, dumping up to four inches of rain on unsuspecting riders.. If you have room for it, a NOAA wx radio with an alarm function goes a long way up here in the Black Hills...
The Kid Rocks The Chip
Depending on the source, as many as 42,000 crammed into the Buffalo Chip to see Detroit's bad boy lay out some tunes so fine, it was like sinking your teeth into a prime slice of Dakota Black Angus steak. From the get-go, he had the crowd rockin', hollerin' & doing things theyre mamma would probably slap 'em around for. ABM's third time seeing Kid Rock--every show we lose trackof time. They did about 90 minutes, midnight arriving way too soon, we packed up our weary butts & crashed. A bro who made it over to see KISS, reported a respectable crowd, near the size of Kid's gate, & had an excellent take... absolutely no traffic on the road... every biker was rockin!
Bikers are wondering W-H-Y???............
Why are golf carts allowed inside the stage area in the Buffalo Chip? There were a LOT of upset bikers, who paid up bigtime for their Kd Rk passes, only to be stuck standing behind people...(and I am not making this up)...who were sitting or standing on the roofs of their golf carts to get a better view of the stage...worse yet, they were halfway down to the stage, so large areas in the crowd of 40,000 had absolutely no view whatsoever of center stage...they were stuck watching the monitors. When will this end?
It'd been a hard-working day for ABM & a nice crash in the shade seemed like a good idea, to rest up for Lynyrd Skynyrd later in the evening... and then... IT happened. One of the bros across the street was kind nough to wake the kid up & warn of impending doom.. we switched on the noaa wx radio, just in time to hear warnings of 60 mph wind, & hail. The next 20 minutes was spent battening down several hatches, & getting the bikes under cover. Just as we finished, at exactly 7:19 pm, she let loose, & never really quit until probably 3am.. the worst was over by the time Lynyrd Skynyrd took to the stage, but we pussied out, 'cause it was still raining, & were still under a lingering case of Corona poisoning.. This moring, the grounds in front of the stage at the Chip looked like Sadyr City.. Skynyrd, Rev Theory still played, although the John Fogarty show at nearby Glencoe, including Larry The Cable Guy, who cancelled earlier in the day, never went on. No word on makeups or refunds as yet.
The rain was torrential, some spots reported over....ONE FOOT OF HAIL in theroad! Preliminary reports indicate that three or more people at the Glencoe were injured when struck by lightning, & we're guessing it happend right around 7:19..
Bikers Caught In The Middle..
Reports of total traffic gridlock in downtown Sturgis as bikers rushed to beat the black clouds back to the campgrounds, only to be stuck in the middle of wall to wall traffic as the skies opened up, dumping up to four inches of rain on unsuspecting riders.. If you have room for it, a NOAA wx radio with an alarm function goes a long way up here in the Black Hills...
The Kid Rocks The Chip
Depending on the source, as many as 42,000 crammed into the Buffalo Chip to see Detroit's bad boy lay out some tunes so fine, it was like sinking your teeth into a prime slice of Dakota Black Angus steak. From the get-go, he had the crowd rockin', hollerin' & doing things theyre mamma would probably slap 'em around for. ABM's third time seeing Kid Rock--every show we lose trackof time. They did about 90 minutes, midnight arriving way too soon, we packed up our weary butts & crashed. A bro who made it over to see KISS, reported a respectable crowd, near the size of Kid's gate, & had an excellent take... absolutely no traffic on the road... every biker was rockin!
Bikers are wondering W-H-Y???............
Why are golf carts allowed inside the stage area in the Buffalo Chip? There were a LOT of upset bikers, who paid up bigtime for their Kd Rk passes, only to be stuck standing behind people...(and I am not making this up)...who were sitting or standing on the roofs of their golf carts to get a better view of the stage...worse yet, they were halfway down to the stage, so large areas in the crowd of 40,000 had absolutely no view whatsoever of center stage...they were stuck watching the monitors. When will this end?
Do you own a set of Vance & Hines "Big Radius" exhaust pipes?
"Black Betty", ABM's project Harley Softail Standard was equipped with a pair, the thinking being that it'd be years before everyone bought a set--man, was that stinkin' thinkin'... They're everywhere around here..on a third of the Harleys must be sporting a set. One in five custom bikes has a set...Already thinking about doing them over in black. If I had a buck for every set of Big Radius's in town, it'd pay for the trip out here!
WARNING-WARNING-WARNING
Reports are that the SD Highway Patrol recently added 12 new officers,
former Cadets, now wearing a badge, & writing tickets, lots of tickets.
Have fun, but please remember, they're around just about every juicy corner.
So far this year, traffic citations are up over 50% more than last year.
Fewer Bikers, More Tickets. That's a good way to make 'em not want to return.
posted by americanbikerminute at 8:41 AM
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