Sturgis 2011 Rocks! Vids, pics, an' interesting tidbits..
What's that smell?
Old petrol, "enhanced" gasoline, or 86 octane in your tank?
Smelly could be you. First station we hit last Friday, near the 2nd Sturgis I-90 exit, had a red and white sign which rhymed with "pentex". 91 octane supposedly non ethanol went into the ABM tank, cranked her back up, and after a mile, she began to vibrate, and sputter like one of the spark plugs was cracked.
Why bad gas, especially early on in the rally? Sturgis merchants do 90% of their business during August. If this joint didn't sell much gasoline during July, it's old stuff. Fresh doesn't just apply only to sliced bread. Old gas, or bottom of the tank gas makes your bike run rough, and smell like the crankcase bearings are burning. We've been powering both the Harley and the S&S with 91 octane pure gas at the "Rev Limit", on Junction ave. Big yellow building, half way between Lazelle and the eastern I-90 exit. Worth your while. They also have some 110 octane. We've seen the white station near the town pond/park also selling "JET" fuel. Ride on.
Queens of the Roller Derby:
These ladies compete in a star-studded knock down each night thru the 13th at the Buffalo Chip campground. Sexy athletes in the full contact action packed sport of women's flat track roller derby..(their words). The girls are hot...MY words.
T.K. Blows 'em away:
Toby Keith nailed the Buffalo Chip crowd with hit after hit last evening. The crowd responded to the sometimes outspoken country-rock performer with a lot of love. Poison rocked the house as opening act for TK.
Lots going on at the other venues, too. $25 got you in to see uncle Teddy Nugent at the Full Throttle last night. Outlaws, Jackyl, and Marshall Tucker lined up for the rest of this week. They park a lotta bikes at this place. This morning, I rolled by the joint at 8:10am, and the lot was a third full of motorcycles. WTH---, are they serving breakfast? haha..
At the county line, rt 79, a few miles down past the chip turn off, they've had Little River Band, .38, & Foghat. Tonight's act, Firehouse.
Dungeon Bar, & "Bear"
..like many bikers at Sturgis, "Bear" works part time to pay off a good portion of his trip expenses. He's the door guard at the "Dungeon", an eclectic cellar bar on Main Street. (they have "breakfast" cans for two bucks).
John Deer Trike???
Smokes like a mobile bbq pit when he takes off..beauty, eh?
Random Sturgis Shots:
Hey, where did I park?
..We shot from one end of town to the other. As you can plainly see, the party is on!
Old petrol, "enhanced" gasoline, or 86 octane in your tank?
Smelly could be you. First station we hit last Friday, near the 2nd Sturgis I-90 exit, had a red and white sign which rhymed with "pentex". 91 octane supposedly non ethanol went into the ABM tank, cranked her back up, and after a mile, she began to vibrate, and sputter like one of the spark plugs was cracked.
Why bad gas, especially early on in the rally? Sturgis merchants do 90% of their business during August. If this joint didn't sell much gasoline during July, it's old stuff. Fresh doesn't just apply only to sliced bread. Old gas, or bottom of the tank gas makes your bike run rough, and smell like the crankcase bearings are burning. We've been powering both the Harley and the S&S with 91 octane pure gas at the "Rev Limit", on Junction ave. Big yellow building, half way between Lazelle and the eastern I-90 exit. Worth your while. They also have some 110 octane. We've seen the white station near the town pond/park also selling "JET" fuel. Ride on.
Queens of the Roller Derby:
These ladies compete in a star-studded knock down each night thru the 13th at the Buffalo Chip campground. Sexy athletes in the full contact action packed sport of women's flat track roller derby..(their words). The girls are hot...MY words.
T.K. Blows 'em away:
Toby Keith nailed the Buffalo Chip crowd with hit after hit last evening. The crowd responded to the sometimes outspoken country-rock performer with a lot of love. Poison rocked the house as opening act for TK.
Lots going on at the other venues, too. $25 got you in to see uncle Teddy Nugent at the Full Throttle last night. Outlaws, Jackyl, and Marshall Tucker lined up for the rest of this week. They park a lotta bikes at this place. This morning, I rolled by the joint at 8:10am, and the lot was a third full of motorcycles. WTH---, are they serving breakfast? haha..
At the county line, rt 79, a few miles down past the chip turn off, they've had Little River Band, .38, & Foghat. Tonight's act, Firehouse.
Dungeon Bar, & "Bear"
..like many bikers at Sturgis, "Bear" works part time to pay off a good portion of his trip expenses. He's the door guard at the "Dungeon", an eclectic cellar bar on Main Street. (they have "breakfast" cans for two bucks).
John Deer Trike???
Smokes like a mobile bbq pit when he takes off..beauty, eh?
Random Sturgis Shots:
Hey, where did I park?
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