50 states of trailer plates.

[Cumminsman76]

They are Sea to Summit dry bags, 20 liters I think. I still have more than a week of report to do. Uploading pics is going slow.

[Cumminsman76]

Some Beemers.









This kid had a lemonaide stand down the road.







The Coors guy.









Taking the GEM car to pick up Tatania.











I took a ride to destress. Probably made me worse than I was when I left.









I knew it was a big event. But I had no idea how far it reached out of the town limits of Sturgis itself.

[Cumminsman76]

Saw some BMW’s finally.





















Tat shop next door.







The plumbing shop that sells roast beef sandwiches up front during the rally.





Renegade Tshirts.



Thrift store next door that is set up as small booths during the Rally.



Gunners. They serve hard stuff and beer there.




Hot Leathers store with a tent in front.



The best bar in town.

[Cumminsman76]

Time to water the plants.









Pat making breakfast.









Pat is so excited to be cooking he was bouncing off the ceiling. And Meagan took the picture, my timing isn’t that good.








Getting ready for the group photoshot.



A GSA makes a nice stable place to tale a picture from.







I’d fit right in with these guys. Well, at least the fat white one.











Take the picture already.





It was hot outside. Going back to stock more beer I found we had a lizard problem in the cooler.





Gary working the crowd.





Shirts for little kids. I wish they had one in my size.





Even the Hells Angles stayed away from guy.

[Cumminsman76]

The drive in these guys make them good weight pullers. Pound for pound they will pull double what my Malamutes do.



One of the repeat employees from last year.





Coolest bike on Main Street.



Pat and I went to Gunners.







We went and walked around looking at stuff up Main Street. Knight Rider had some really cool stuff. My mother in law likes fluer-de-lis and I liked the color of gold in this. Some mixture of copper and gold.



It’s a small world. This guy had a shirt on from a local shop and knows one of the guys.














How would gator look on a 12GS?





Loud American at the other end of Main Street.






Then over to the Side Hack.











I snuck up on Bubba to get a pic while Pat was getting drinks.





Skunky beer. Way past the born on date.



And then I went back to the bar. It was a rough night.

[Jeff Opunx]

[Cumminsman76]

Vic




Group photo time.













Bubba












The shirt says it all.






Johnna




Stephanie




A bison that a woman I met killed.



A rifle that her husband made. He really likes doing acorn checkering. The gun was a peice of art.

[413.45]

So.. I'm looking at this nice chopper, and then suddenly in the background I notice........


THAT'S A PRETTY aggressive tread on the front of that cruizer, what kind of bike was it?

[Cumminsman76]

The previous night I pull out the camera to take a picture and dropped it on the curb. Luckily this fine lady gave me a new one.


Even several bikes all the way over at Rapid City.



Nice side car at Walgreens. I didn’t get a good pic as I was talking bikes with the owners walking in.



A lot of 18 wheelers hanging around Rapid City waiting for loads out.







I think this was at the HD shop outside Rapid.



I was setting the camera on the tank bag sometimes. Must have hit the wrong button.



The gas pumps in St. Louis have those stupid vapor recovery systems. You don’t know how lucky you are to fuel without them.



A local giving some route info if I take the long way home through North Dakota.




















Hills looking north past I-90







My dog Dakota will wake up in 2 seconds from a dead sleep in the truck if you say cow or she smells them. I guess she thinks they are big dogs.

[Cumminsman76]

Bear Butte in the distance.



Sturgis BMW dealer.









A fuel efficient bike.







Mark Kermit and Marcus.

[achesley]

Great report on Sturgis. Have not been there for the party in 30 years. Thanks for sharing.

[Cumminsman76]

Zack and Jeff



Keri and Mark



Ms Shogun Energy Drink for the month of April in their calendar and some fat guy.





Me and Danni





















Never ride faster than your guardian angle can fly.













Diesel fuel and HD’s don’t mix.

[BOOGIEMAN]

I was there in 2009,thru your report I was able to relive my trip .
thanks

[partmaker]

Excellent r.r.!
Hope your not done yet...

[Cumminsman76]

Originally Posted by partmaker

Excellent r.r.!
Hope your not done yet...

Thanks Zack. The last pics were August 12, a week before I got home. So there are a few more pictures.