THUG AND STREETS MOST EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, PART 2

By: Streets

With Thug and his friend, Alan Pope as my guides, I just completed my "Virgin Voyage" to the Sturgis Bike Rally. Most of you readers have made multiple trips to Sturgis and the surrounding territories, so many of my observations will seem obvious to you. But hey, I'm doing my best. Again, there were way too many activities to include here, so I'm only going include a few highlights in this post.

Here we go.....

Sunday -- Devil's Tower was OK, but where was the mother ship from Close Encounters of the Third Kind? I was a little disappointed.

Monday -- Mt Rushmore in the rain. I've seen many of Mother Nature's works, but Mt Rushmore is by far the most impressive natural rock formation I've ever seen. Even more impressive was the incredible amount of money the Hamsters raised for Children's Care Hospital at their annual dinner that night.

Tuesday -- Custer State Park and Needles Highway. Who in their right mind called Needles a highway?? I was peg-scraping all afternoon! Left, right, up, down, hairpin turn after hairpin turn. Over bridges, under tunnels. It was alI could do to keep the bike on the pavement and gawk at the scenery at the same time. At the end of the run I was completely exhausted. And I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Heading back to Spearfish on I-90 we got caught out in the open by the worst rainstorm I'd ever been in. Soaked to the skin, goggles fogged, rain pounding on my head, riding at 35 MPH one-handed (with the other shielding my eyes),on the shoulder. Whew! Was I was ever glad to see exit 14! (P.S., After that experience, I'm convinced that Perewitz bikes can operate under water) We went to bed early that night.

Wednesday -- Downtown Sturgis. We took the day off from hard riding and just strolled the streets. Lotsa very interesting bikes, and interesting people. Question....How many tee shirt vendors can one rally support?

Thursday -- Hamster Run, Spearfish to Sturgis. Hundreds of yellow shirted bikers led by a police escort. You've just gotta see it to appreciate it. 'Nuff said.

Friday -- The Badlands. A long ride, but I'm very glad I went. The pictures I took will never adequately capture the beauty of the landscape. And I got to gas up in Scenic, South Dakota. Population - 12 Another

Thug and Streets Most Excellent Adventure has come to an end all too soon. Who knows when and where the next one will occur. But I can't wait to see what happens. See you down the road! Streets

Three 6 Mafia at a bike rally?

Friday night Kory, Jeff and I went to the Full Throttle Saloon, a frequent hangout for us. We went to meet with the people from Wild Turkey because they use Kory's bike for their display. Once they were done we decided to stick around and check out the entertainment for the night. It was very interesting. The rap group Three 6 Mafia was playing. All three of us are fans of the group but I just couldn't see leather wearing tattooed Harley riders jammin out to Lolli Lolli.
Well I was correct as the night got later and it got closer to 11pm when they were supposed to come out the crowd changed. The bikers slowly disappeared and the younger different crowd appeared. There were many street bikes appearing as well as some kids that didn't look old enough to drive never mind drink.
All in all it was a good concert. We didn't stay for the whole thing because we had a trailer at the hotel waiting to be loaded. So we left about 1am. We were wide eyed looking for deer the whole way back too! By the time we got done loading the trailer it was 4am and I was exhausted! I could have fallen asleep standing up! A day of riding, running around, and loading the trailer takes a lot out of ya. Plus the hot South Dakota sun!

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Perewitz Paint Show

We had the first Perewitz Custom Paint Show on Wednesday at Thunder Road. Kryptonite and Devilbiss were the major sponsors. The prizes were custom trophies painted by each of the judges, Kryptonite locks, and Tekna spray guns for first place. It was a great turn out for the first time event. We had about 35 bikes enter the show. They were all awesome to look at! I don't have the exact list of winners but below are a few pictures. I will post the winners when I get home. Congrats to all the winners! and painters!
And thank you to our great sponsors!

Day of Riding

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Yesterday we went for a short ride into Deadwood, SD. After we went to get something to eat and got a little more. While sitting down for dinner the sky got very dark and let down bucket loads for rain. Ok so we can deal with the rain, so what if things get wet we can clean them and dry them. That wasn't the end of it. It soon started to hail. The biggest hail I have ever seen. The pieces were the size of a bottle cap and bigger! So there was a mad scramble to get the bikes under cover. All we could do was watch and wait it out. So we went back inside had a delicious meal and waited till the coast was clear. Kory, Jeff, and I rode back home wet and dirty. It only took us an hour or so to scrub our bikes clean and we have a good story to tell.

The Ride to SD

Kory, Jeff, and I left Thursday afternoon for Sturgis. We had another group of guys following us out there. The 3 of us are definitely experienced "road guys". We travel so much that we all can load, unload, drive and now change tires pretty quick, well quicker than most.

The trailer that was following us was a little overweight for the tires that were on it. They got their first blow out in NY, Oh great only 1/5 of the way to SD. They got 3 more blow out before we got past Chicago which was the half way point! We had to stop at an out of the way tire place in Des Moines Iowa to get some more spares. We had used all the spares we had. The trailer took an odd size tire so it was difficult to find. Fortunately all the blow outs were in day light, there was a place to pull over, and it wasn't raining.

We ended up making it to Spearfish, SD, which is just west of Sturgis, at about 3am Central time! So we were on the road for about 40 hours when it should have taken us 32-34. I guess I am just hoping that the trip home is much faster because you know the trip home from anywhere always seems so much longer!

This was blow out #3. I didn't take pictures of the actual change of #1 because I thought it would be a one time deal, no such luck!

#3

This is what is left of the wheel and tire from #1!

This was number 2.

#2

#4!

From Street's

I got this from Street, Sturgis or Bust!

Jody / Kory/ Jeff,

Have a safe trip out to Sturgis. Even if you're not hauling the Thug and Streets bikes out there, I'll buy y'all a drink the first opportunity I have. Be safe and get ready to par-tay!
Streets

We will miss you Click!