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Black Hills Ride ... May 15th - 18th

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#1 ·
On Friday morning May 15th I'm heading to the Black Hills for a quick weekend trip and you are welcome to come. Here are the details:
Leave Friday morning at 6:30am from McDonalds in Waconia. Then head SW to New Ulm and take Hwy 14 all the way out to Sturgis to spend the night (about 660 miles and 13+ hours with gas stops).

Saturday we'll take off at 7:00am for a complete day of riding from Spearfish down to Custer. This will include Needles Hwy, Iron Mountain Road, Custer State Park and Mt. Rushmore.

Sunday we will take off at 7:00am heading east on Interstate 90 ariving home around 7:00pm.

The gas stops have to be short, 10 min max and we will fill up the tanks about every 110 miles with no stops in-between. We can have a decent sit down meal for dinner Friday & Saturday night, but for breakfast and lunch I was planning on just something quick on the road like a gas station sandwhich or a snack if you want to carry something in your bags. I want to do this to maximize ride time especially on Saturday.

I just wanted to mention that above because if you like a big sit down breakfast or lunch or like to gift shop, this might not be the ride for you.
 
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#52 ·
Doubt I'm gonna make this now. I ran into some issues with the closing on my house. I was supposed to close a few weeks ago and still haven't. I took last week off to get some things done ..... and that obviously didnt pan out like I planned. So I only have next week to get a LOT done. I am hoping to finally get this done on Friday.

Have fun and keep it on two wheels!

My marks will probably still be out there! Take a pic if you think about it!
 
#53 ·
who's going ?

I know that weather is a deal breaker, but who is actually planning on going.

Caps - friday depart.
Aussie - thurs. depart
Me(trucku2) - thurs. depart

maybe we should start a new thread on who is planning on going..
 
#54 ·
I'm planning on it. Rain would be the only factor. If Mother Nature goes on one of her rampages then I would probably stay put.
 
#55 ·
The extended forecast looks good for here and there. The chances of rain seem pretty slim so far (fingers crossed that it doesn't change).
We have another rider joining us Saturday. Ted (Steelhorseman) from North Dakota is meeting us at Motel 6 Fri night and riding with us Sat.

These are the people I know of that are still deciding:
Gen Xer (Fri)
Addikted (Thur)
Broch (Fri)
 
#60 ·
I can not speak for Aussie, he said he wants to leave with me on Thursday as well. Let me know if you want to meet up to ride out together.

Rob
Yep. You had mentioned 169 South somewhere. I live right off of 169 & 55 so I could shoot straight down. Just let me know where !
 
#61 ·
Yep. You had mentioned 169 South somewhere. I live right off of 169 & 55 so I could shoot straight down. Just let me know where !
I'm thinking that we could swing into the gas station right off of 169 and Cantabury Rd, Shakopee just to make a good check that all our gear is fastend down tight. I figure about 35 - 40 minutes from the time we leave Mahtomedi (694 & Century) looking to depart at 10am
 
#62 ·
One of the guys that's going, his Father in law lives in Rapid City and mentioned that Saturday there's a local Awareness ride that brings out a couple of hundred bikers for Saturday morning escorted ride through town and up to Mt. Rushmore. I skimmed over this whole thread to see if someone mentioned that already and didn't see anything. Just an FYI for Saturday morning I guess...

-Jeff

(I'm not much for riding in big packs, I like riding alone, but hopefully this is a good time I guess...)
 
#63 ·
One of the guys that's going, his Father in law lives in Rapid City and mentioned that Saturday there's a local Awareness ride that brings out a couple of hundred bikers for Saturday morning escorted ride through town and up to Mt. Rushmore. I skimmed over this whole thread to see if someone mentioned that already and didn't see anything. Just an FYI for Saturday morning I guess...

-Jeff

(I'm not much for riding in big packs, I like riding alone, but hopefully this is a good time I guess...)

Let us know if you find out any more info on times or the directions their going. I have a route planned that leaves Rapid in the morning heading toward Spearfish then down to Needles, Rushmore, etc... hopefully we are going in the opposite direction as them the whole time.
 
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#64 ·
I am officially out for this ride. Work thing I was trying to tweak ultimately was un-tweak-able.

you guys have fun and be safe. And Caps for God's sake man, if filming trucku2 scraping his floorboards and he goes down, KEEP THE CAMERA ROLLING!! :evil:
 
#70 ·
KLR Rider

:agree:Hey Caps! It looks like A great ride. To bad my brother's cant make it! I would like to ride with you guys again. Ive been wanting to ride south Dakota on a bike for years. If your ok with one more I would love to ride up with you. The wife gave me a 3 bill budget for the weekend but I guess a credit card will take care of the rest! If any one is interested in shareing a room that would be great if not thats ok to. :doorag: Dean
 
#71 ·
:agree:Hey Caps! It looks like A great ride. To bad my brother's cant make it! I would like to ride with you guys again. Ive been wanting to ride south Dakota on a bike for years. If your ok with one more I would love to ride up with you. The wife gave me a 3 bill budget for the weekend but I guess a credit card will take care of the rest! If any one is interested in shareing a room that would be great if not thats ok to. :doorag: Dean
Hey Dean, its about time you joined the Board. If you want to leave Friday morning early your more then welcome to come with me. If you want to leave Thursday, let the others know where you want to meet them.
Dean, check the Board tonight again. I should know what time I'm leaving after I talk to Broch. He's deciding tonight if he can make it with his work schedule.
 
#74 ·
Sounds good Caps. Early friday mornining works best for me.Ill check the board later tonight. Hope you can make it Broch! Talk to you guys soon,Dean ;)
I'm going to meet Broch in Mayer at the Mobil station at 7am Dean. Do you want to meet us there? Easiest directions are:
Hwy 7 west past St Boni. Take Hwy 25 south 2 miles into the town of Mayer. Mobil is on the left (only gas station in town)
 
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