Sturgis 2017
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Sturgis 2017
Hi, from Australia planning to go to Sturgis 2017 with a mate. We have no plans to hire a ride or car, we are hoping to get accommodation in Sturgis or maybe some near by town and hopefully there maybe a daily shuttle bus or the next best thing that will take us daily to and from Stugis. Can some please share their experience at Sturgis, accommodation and transport methods etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Haya slup. Sturgis will be a good time for sure. I no of no big hotels in Sturgis, but Spearfish (25 miles away) has plenty of hotels and rooms. I recommend google searching hotels and making reservations the first week after Sturgis 16' or you will wind up paying up to $300.00 american dollars a night for hotel accomodations. This is a figure I got when I pulled in late night and didn't wish to tavel any further due to fatigue from 14 hours on the road on a hot summer day. I wound up eating and resting at a Denny's resturant for a couple hours and then rode on to the Buffalo Chip only to find they wouldn't let anyone in after 2am in the morning. I set up my tent in the grass and shared it with two wonderful lady's who just arrived from California.
It's all good once you get there. Have safe and be fun man! I'll keep up on your thread here, so keep asking all the questions you need/want answered.
BOB
It's all good once you get there. Have safe and be fun man! I'll keep up on your thread here, so keep asking all the questions you need/want answered.
BOB
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Be ready to pay double to triple the normal hotel rates. I've been going to the rally for over a dozen years and I've never seen a shuttlebus bringing people into town. Sturgis is a town of around 6500 people. The Rally draws half a million (last year it went over 1 million, being the 75th anniversary). The entire population of South Dakota is only 850,000.
Sturgis is for bikers. Your best bet would be to rent a car to get around, or even better, rent a bike. Buy some camping equipment and head to the Buffalo Chip Campground if you want the full experience.
Good luck.
Sturgis is for bikers. Your best bet would be to rent a car to get around, or even better, rent a bike. Buy some camping equipment and head to the Buffalo Chip Campground if you want the full experience.
Good luck.
Last edited by preacherbo; Jul 15, 2016 at 09:51 PM.
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I love the riding in the Black Hills and surrounding areas - but I won't go out there again during the event. Unless you are into the Buffalo Chip "experience" (nothing wrong with that at all if you are) I found Sturgis to be not unlike Main Street in Daytona - even with some same vendors.
Would I motorcycle tour the SD/Sturgis area again? Absolutely ... but not during the event.
To you point, I would get reservations early; we like Rapid City due to its central location and accommodations. We did a different loop every day and logged miles.
Would I motorcycle tour the SD/Sturgis area again? Absolutely ... but not during the event.
To you point, I would get reservations early; we like Rapid City due to its central location and accommodations. We did a different loop every day and logged miles.
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