See and Be Seen at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s Custom Series Bike Shows Presented by Gates Belt Drive!
Win unmatched cash & prizes – the biggest you’ll find anywhere during Rally!
There’s only one place in Sturgis you need to visit to get your fill of motorcycles that are the furthest thing from stock—the Sturgis Buffalo Chip!
The custom bike scene lives at the Chip with distinctive shows happening every day of the Sturgis Rally – and TWO shows on some days! Whether it’s chopped, bobbed, stretched or souped-up, you’ll find the kind of custom motorcycles that speak to you, plus amazing creations you never dreamed existed.
Get inspired and find ideas for your own ride by tapping into emerging custom trends at any of these free-to-attend shows, or enter them for your chance to get in the running for unheard-of prizes, like $2500 cash and a complete S&S Cycle EVO engine!
See 2025 Bike Shows Info Below
Meet some of the biggest names in the industry who will be hosting, attending and judging these shows throughout the week, including surprise celebrity judges who will be selecting the best of the best for Custom Series King!
Sturgis Buffalo Chip Custom Series King Award - Handcrafted by Joe Mielke
The Best in Show winner from each show in the Buffalo Chip Custom Series will go on to compete against one another for the title of Custom Series King Presented by Gates Belt Drive. All Best in Show winners will be invited onto the Buffalo Chip’s legendary Wolfman Jack Main Stage where celebrity judges will crown the winner of this prestigious award hand crafted by Joe Mielke of Snap Fabrications.
Rider Now Magazine High Octane Bike Show - Friday, Aug. 1, 2025
Featuring Charlie Humphries of Rider Now Magazine
Ride into Rider Now Magazine's High Octane Bike Show at the Buffalo Chip CrossRoads, and you could ride home a winner! This show, organized by Charlie Humphries of Rider Now Magazine, welcomes all brands and awards trophies in 10 classes.
School’s Out Chopper Show Presented by Stoopid Chopper Show - Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025
If you want to see Choppers…not baggers, not sport bikes, not mopeds, not cafe racers...JUST CHOPPERS, then this is the show for you! Fans of everything chopped, raked and rigid need to make their way to the Buffalo Chip’s free-access Crossroads for the epic Schools Out Chopper Show Presented by Stoopid Chopper Show. Awards for classes including Best Knucklehead, Best Panhead, Best Shovelhead, Best EVO, Best Twin Cam, Best Metric are offered.
The FXR Show & Dyna Mixer - Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025
Featuring Joe Mielke of Snap Fabrications
Ride in and register for free for this no-nonsense motorcycle event coordinated by Joe Mielke that brings together motorcycle riders to have fun and show and talk motorcycles. Now in its 13th year, this show is all about the riders, their stories and their ride. Tons of great prizes will be awarded based on popular vote thanks to the support of many of the biggest names in the motorcycle world and aftermarket parts industry. One hundred percent of the revenue generated from donations and t-shirt sales at this show go directly to LifeScape of SD.
Camp Zero Contraption Show Presented by Martian Machine - Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025
Join the crew of the bizarre and the builders of the ingenious at Camp Zero's Contraption Show presented by Martian Machine. If you’ve crafted something that's part engineering marvel and part creative madness, we want you and your contraption to take center stage at this showcase of the outlandish. This show will park itself at the heart of Camp Zero to display the wildest creations you’ve ever seen on Sunday, Aug. 3 from 2-5 p.m.
Global Getdown Bike Show Presented by Weems Motor Co and Featuring Jared Weems - Monday, Aug. 4, 2025
Presented by Weems Motor Company and featuring Jared Weems
Something completely different is coming to this Sturgis Rally on Monday, August 4th. The inaugural Global Getdown bike show presented by Weems Motor Co. is going world-wide, providing a home for the metric models and wild foreign custom builds that usually don’t get the spotlight during the Sturgis Rally. The Global Getdown will go down in front of the Big Engine Bar at the Buffalo Chip free access area, the CrossRoads.
Evo Entanglement Bike Show Presented by Kenny's House of Horsepower - Monday, Aug. 4, 2025
Celebrate Harley-Davidson’s classic and reliable workhorse engine ever built at the Buffalo Chip’s Evo Entanglement Bike Show Presented by Kenny's House of Horsepower. During this show, the free-access CrossRoads at the Buffalo Chip will be packed to the edges with Dynas, Softails, FXRs, Sportys, touring bikes and even CVOs, all outfitted with these long-revered engines.
Free to enter, free to attend.
Sportster Showdown™ Bike Show, Party, & Dirt Drags, Presented by Led Sled Customs & Harley-Davidson - Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025
Featuring Pat Patterson of Led Sled
Join Led Sled for communal event that celebrates the history, culture and diversity of one of the coolest bikes in existence, the Harley-Davidson Sportster along with Harley-Davidson, Chop Machine, V-Twin Visionary, Biltwell, Lowbrow Customs, Whiteknuckler Brand, Sawicki, Mama Tried, Flat Out Friday, Garage Built Podcast and Cycle Source. The show is held at CAMP ZERO near the Sturgis Buffalo Chip East Gate. It’s free to enter and attend and features a mind-blowing collection of customized Sportster models and a large dose of memorable mayhem.
