If you are true riders to the marrow, of those who never separate themselves from their bike, much less on holiday, then at least once in your life you have to go Sturgis, the small Black Hills community of South Dakota destination for motorcycle enthusiasts from all the USA and the world with the annual summer event Motorcycle Rally. The motorcycling traffic towards and throughout the state grows already in the two weeks preceding the date of the rally and continues at least for another two weeks, to rally concluded.
The gathering involves the entire population of Sturgis, 6,400 inhabitants, and many events were added to the original ones for bikers: bike tests, drag races and performances. You get lost among the dealers of food and souvenirs, motorcycle boots and shops that offer everything: from the customization of the bike to tattoos, then the concerts and the same town of Sturgis with its noises and its particular images.
Every year there are hundreds of thousands of participants in the event and just participate once in the Sturgis rally to understand why it is the favorite destination of the biker: the sound of the engines, the smell of the exhaust gas and the glimmer of the chrome are just some of the elements that make the Sturgis Rally a truly unique experience.
In addition to the many activities in Sturgis and surroundings, many bikers, both individually and in groups, leave for a couple of days through the Black Hills. Within a short distance there are tourist attractions, including Mount Rushmore Memorial and the Crazy Horse Memorial about eighty miles. To the south Custer State Park with wildlife and the largest herd of bisons in the wild. A short distance to the fantastic Spearfish Canyon – which preserves some places where the Film was filmed Ball Coi Lupi is crossed by a panoramic road, one of the most beautiful Byway of South Dakota.
Always close to the western town Deadwood, authentically maintained with its gambling houses and saloons, the old streets, the cemetery where Calamity Jane are buried and the bandit Wild Bill Hickock. Finally, about 180 km. you find the Badlands National Park, a geological wonder that also houses wildlife and that turns comfortably in motion to admire the formations of arenary in spirals, spires, promontors that form a surreal scene.
