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Anyone going to Sturgis on a sports bike next month?

The main problem I have with it is all the stories of people getting it and dying and wishing they'd have listened, or passing it onto a loved one and regretting that they killed them. If people would just put their money where their mouth it and be like fuck it I don't care if I die while on their deathbed, or I don't care that I killed my dad in hindsight, then at least they'd be consistent, but all those hard asses on the front end turn into blithering pussies on the tail end.
 
I just wanted to say that I agree with mrmarklin that the police are dumb people in addition to the sturgis attendees.
 
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SD Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tallies

I found the accident reports strangely interesting:

Monday Aug. 10 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27138

Tuesday Aug. 11 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27143

Wednesday Aug. 12 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27146

Thursday Aug. 13 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27151

Friday Aug. 14 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27159

Saturday Aug. 15 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27166

Sunday Aug. 16 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally (FINAL NUMBERS)
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27167
 
Bad call to go to Sturgis. :laughing.
 
I found the accident reports strangely interesting:

Monday Aug. 10 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27138

Tuesday Aug. 11 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27143

Wednesday Aug. 12 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27146

Thursday Aug. 13 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27151

Friday Aug. 14 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27159

Saturday Aug. 15 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27166

Sunday Aug. 16 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally (FINAL NUMBERS)
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27167

Lots of bad riding in Sturgis. I personally witnessed one accident and another dropped bike because the rider didn’t have the skill to negotiate a hairpin turn in a parking lot. Both incidents were rider error. This was in 2017 and we stayed only about five out of the ten days.

Most attendees are casual riders at best. For many this is likely their only ride of the year. Many trailer their bikes, rent locally etc to avoid the long trip that the vast majority has to do. :thumbdown
 
I found the accident reports strangely interesting:

Monday Aug. 10 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27138

Tuesday Aug. 11 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27143

Wednesday Aug. 12 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27146

Thursday Aug. 13 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27151

Friday Aug. 14 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27159

Saturday Aug. 15 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27166

Sunday Aug. 16 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally (FINAL NUMBERS)
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27167

Clearly, those curves up there are non-negotiable.
 
Clearly, those curves up there are non-negotiable.

Bound to happen when all you know to do is just to stomp on that rear brake.
"Never touch the front or you'll have to lay her down."
 
But the smart ones there closed down:

South Dakota tribe: Sovereignty allows checkpoints
https://indiancountrytoday.com/coronavirus/south-dakota-tribe-sovereignty-allows-checkpoints-Jrs5xcE0r0yyw90kBxwHuA

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Tells Native American Tribes: Remove COVID Checkpoints or Else
https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-tells-native-american-tribes-to-remove-covid-checkpointsor-else



I'm pretty sure Daytona is in Florida, and Florida hasn't been doing as well as they could with the infection rates.



A Tulsa rally result today:

Herman Cain, ex-presidential candidate who refused to wear mask, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis



https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cain/herman-cain-ex-presidential-candidate-who-refused-to-wear-mask-dies-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKCN24V2OD

Then there's this scientist's report which was particularly interesting:

'Finally, a virus got me.' Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19
30% chance of dying if you end up in a British hospital with COVID-19
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19


Isn't California in lockdown doing worse than Florida? loooool
 
I found the accident reports strangely interesting:

Monday Aug. 10 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27138

Tuesday Aug. 11 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Daily Information
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27143

Wednesday Aug. 12 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27146

Thursday Aug. 13 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27151

Friday Aug. 14 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27159

Saturday Aug. 15 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27166

Sunday Aug. 16 Highway Patrol Sturgis Rally Tally (FINAL NUMBERS)
https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27167

Does anyone else have a problem with the $18k in civil forfeiture vs the $4k from last year. Civil forfeiture can fuck off In general, but it seems like they were trying to make up for some budget shortfall this year? I mean $18k is a drop in the bucket for a state budget, but it's a pretty significant number for money simply "seized".
 
I noted it.

Hard to know the circumstances but in General abuse happens and yeah given where this is and what it is likely bullshit.
 
The city releases an estimate of rally turnout after the event every year, based mostly on the weight of the trash generated.

Last year, the estimate tracked closely with the number of vehicles counted: 499,654 vehicles entered Sturgis, and city officials estimated 490,000 people came to the rally.

"How many Americans were here?"

"Well....how much garbage was there?"

:laughing
 
Now that I am 68 years old, a former packaday smoker, with a suspicious immunological condition, I can't wait to ride up to South Dakota and breathe the pulmonary exhaust of 250,000 somewhat blase' Harley dudes who will be mostly unmasked, right up in my face, coughing, spitting and hyperventilating marijuana smoke while chanting "USA, USA, USA, Haroo to you, too,!"

They may even be joined by really sullen militia dudes in Hawaiian shirts armed to the armpits and sporting Sig Sauer tattoos.

Jeez, I can't wait to throw a leg over for that!

Make America Grate!
 
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