If you’ve got a couple hours to spend riding in South Dakota’s scenic Black Hills, the long list of thrilling routes available to you make it nearly impossible to narrow your choices down to just one. Luckily, there’s a loop that starts and ends right in Sturgis that combines several of the Black Hills’s best riding roads. Ride along through Boulder Canyon, Highway 385, Nemo Road and Vanocker Canyon in this exhilarating video presented by the Sturgis Rider Friendly Establishment Mobile App, and you’ll see why this route is a must ride!
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Music Festival Campsite Ideas That’ll Up Your Party Game
Imagine how much fun a party at a campsite could be with additions like life-sized checkers, mini swimming pools or even alien probing devices. If you’ve ever attended a music festival, you’ve probably stumbled upon some decked-out campsites with so much going on they almost felt like their own mini-festival. Well, you’ll find ideas like these and more to up your party game when you tour some of the cool campsites competing in the Buffalo Chip Block Party Challenge with Katy and Marie from the Reformed Whores in this episode of Sturgis Rider TV®.
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Josh Owens’ Secret Backwoods Racing Fuel Ignites Roland Sands Design’s Super Hooligan Races
The lax rules of Roland Sands Design’s Super Hooligan Races at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® brought a newfound sense of lawlessness and excitement to The Best Party Anywhere® in 2016. This mischievous 2016 Moto Stampede main event also presented an incredible business opportunity for lumberjack, biker, moonshiner, and all around madman Josh Owens. Josh was convinced his secret backwoods-concocted 110 octane family firewater recipe would guarantee the checkered flag, but would racers like Roland Sands and Brad “The Bullet” Baker be brave enough to put it in their bike? Find out if Josh was able to capitalize on this chance to make some serious dough under the table from the Hooligans in this episode of Sturgis Rider TV.
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Biker Babes Brawl at Bikini Beach
The Bikini Beach Swim Paradise at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® is hands down the coolest place to hang out on a hot day during the Sturgis rally. But sometimes things can get a little heated when so many beautiful women are trying to catch rays on the deck at the same time. The Coors Light girls found themselves in this very predicament one afternoon when they discovered members of the International Bikini Team sunning in their favorite spot. Luckily comedian and pro wrestling manager Chris Trew was on hand to break up the fight and help these biker babes settle the score. Watch this battle get wet and wild and find out who comes out on top in this episode of Sturgis Rider TV.
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Motorcycle Daredevil Doug Danger Announces Another World Record Jump Attempt and Inspires New Song
When Daredevil Doug Danger flew across the Buffalo Chip amphitheater in 2015 on Evel Knievel’s XR750 Harley he set a record Knievel himself never made and inspired many. When Danger jumped again in Austin this year during the Republic of Texas Rally and announced plans to achieve a new world record in 2017, Austin-based singer/songwriter Jonathan Terrell was impressed, too. Sitting on Knievel’s iconic Harley, owned by EK collector Lathan McKay, Terrell became galvanized by the ghost in the machine and moved by Danger’s remarkable courage—and he wrote a song about it all.
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2016 Performers Share their Sturgis Buffalo Chip® Experience
What is it that gives Elle King a “girl boner to the max,” why does Josh Todd from Buckcherry say playing the Legendary Buffalo Chip is like being in a Mad Max movie and why does Lynyrd Skynyrd agree the Chip is the Best Party Anywhere®?
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Donnie Smith Show Recap: The Biggest and Best of 2016
After spending a long, wicked Minnesota winter bundled up to the point of virtual immobility, few things could keep a motorcycle or car enthusiast indoors on a sunny spring day. That is, of course, unless it’s the weekend of the annual Donnie Smith Bike & Car Show. Each year tens of thousands of freshly thawed enthusiasts flock to the RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. to experience this monster menagerie of motorcycles, cars and parts, and with good reason! Walking the floor, talking with some of the biggest names in the biz and gawking at every impeccable custom detail is a great way to melt your mind so you can start dreaming and scheming for your next scenic ride or customization project. Don’t believe it? Check out these show highlights for proof!
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Where’s Woody? Legendary Promoter Disappears
Family and friends of Sturgis Buffalo Chip® founder and president Rod “Woody” Woodruff have been suffering sleepless nights ever since the legendary biker businessman mysteriously vanished three weeks ago. While this wasn’t the first time he’d gone “off the map,” this particular disappearance had many anxiously biting their fingernails as fans have been eagerly awaiting his third band announcement for the Buffalo Chip’s 35th anniversary party. So, where the heck has Woody been? The answer is just as unexpected as this band announcement.
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Indian Chief Classic: The Ultimate Customization from Start to Finish
A group of Black Hills area high school students participating in the 2016 Buffalo Challenge™ – The Next Generation of American Motorcycling are living proof that with the proper tools and instruction, anyone can gain the confidence and learn the necessary techniques to take on a major motorcycle customization project. These students are turning a stock 2015 Indian Chief Classic into an award-winning fully customized creation, and you can benefit from the cutting-edge techniques they’re picking up throughout the build. Follow along in your own garage as Chris Malo of Baggster teaches you the tips and techniques you need to customize your own Indian Chief Classic.
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Victory Cross Country: The Ultimate Customization from Start to Finish
Class is in session for a group of Black Hills area high school students learning how customize a 2016 Victory Cross Country through the Buffalo Chip Challenge™ – The Next Generation of American Motorcycling, and you’re invited to sit in and learn from the industry’s finest right alongside them! If you’d like to learn the cutting-edge techniques needed to turn your own stock motorcycle into a head-turning custom, this blog will allow you to follow along with the program in your own garage as Randy Cramer of Dakota V-Twin shares all the tips and techniques you’ll need to know.
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