Mortorcycle Arts
January 31st, 2008South Dakota has a yearly Harley Davidson motorcycle event and it adds greatly to central South Dakota tourism. This is like an opera to the blue collar folks that show up. There are all sorts of concerts and entertainment. Of course a lot of revolves around the cycles, but not all. There are massive amounts of beer consumed along with other not so legal substances. The event has become tamer over the years as the participants have aged but most really have a good time. I have some photographs of one year at the event, the theme that year seemed to be ladies flashing everyone with a camera. It was funny seeing a sixty five year old lady that weighed two hundred pounds lift her blouse and expose her chest. I can imagine her doing that when she was in her thirties but it would seem to me that it would loose it’s appeal thirty years later. I guess they were just reliving memories of their youth. The cycle drag races aren’t as big as they used to be either. I would imagine the fully decked out gold wing lookalikes just don’t have the raw speed and power that the old duck tails had.