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Archive for July, 2007

Get a free t-shirt in Sturgis

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

I am so excited about Jeff over at BikerDATA.com agreeing to give away a free t-shirt in Sturgis if you show up at the American IronHorse booth and mention this blog that I had to post it again.
And for those of you who missed the info on this before, you can find the original post [...]

Riding Courses

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Lisa, over at our sister blog Piglet Paper, wrote a nice little post about our experiences in taking the Beginning and Experienced Rider Courses. You can find the post here.
I know that I learned so much from both classes. In fact, when I decided that I would consider getting a bike, I made [...]

Countdown to Sturgis 2007

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

It is just over a week before the start of the 2007 edition of the granddaddy of all motorcycle rallies, Sturgis. With that in mind, here are some recent posts on this site about this year’s event.
Sturgis 2007 - a short list of sites to visit for those of you who haven’t been there [...]

Make your riding safer this summer

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Over on the Biker Law Blog, Greg has put together a good post on increasing your chances for a safe riding season. The post, ‘This Summer Riding Season is turning out to be a Real Meat Grinder!’, can be found here.
His list contains many of those ‘tried and true’ ways to increase our chances [...]

Enter to win an American IronHorse BANDERA in Sturgis

Friday, July 27th, 2007

My friend Jeff over at BikerDATA.com and BikerDollsGoneWild.com was telling me about this chance to win an American IronHorse Bandera and I wanted to pass it on to the readers of Beatnik Biker.
According to Jeff, here is all you need to do:

Find the American IronHorse show truck, which will be located at 4th & Lazelle [...]

What did Apple learn from Harley-Davidson?

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Check out the post, ‘Macs and motorcycles’, over at InfoWorld. You can find the post here.
Subtitled, ‘Apple’s cult appeal has a somewhat unlikely predecessor: Harley-Davidson’, the author talks about the similarities the two companies have and takes a comparative look at how they have gotten to here they are. Often, if not [...]

Costs associated with Sturgis

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

No, no… Not the ones that you could pretty easily find like food and lodging and such. But rather a list of costs that you could incur if you are not really careful.
The following list of Sturgis and South Dakota laws was put together by Sturgis Bike Week and was provided to them [...]

Top 5 biker bars in Sturgis

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Here is a listing of the Top 5, must see, biker bars in Sturgis for those you attending this year.

Full Throttle Saloon

It would be hard to miss the Full Throttle Saloon, which bills itself as ‘The Worlds Largest Biker Bar’, simply because of it’s size. And if that is not enough, they always have [...]

Blackgold Rally - Wrap Up

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Following is an excerpt from the Odessa American with regards to the Blackgold Rally. You can find the entire article here.
It’s black gold
BY MICHAEL CASTELLON
GOLDSMITH The intermittent rain showers Saturday afternoon couldn’t keep about 3,700 bikers from playing their games at the fourth annual Goldsmith Black Gold Rally.
The money from the rally goes directly [...]

Blackgold Rally - Part III

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Well… We finally made it to the rally. But it was not without a lengthy rain delay.
We actually got caught in the rain about 5 miles out side of Goldsmith. We tried to wait it out a bit, but finally figured it wasn’t going to stop. So we donned the rainsuits and [...]

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