August 1, 2008 - For Immediate Release

Sturgis Bike Rally Riders Unite on the Web to Form Sturgis Club.

The Sturgis Club Offers Sturgis Motorcycle Rally news, event calendars, t-shirts, memorabilia and information while connecting bikers across the world on, of all places, the Internet.

(Sturgis, SD, Newswire) No longer do scooter riders and pencil pushing geeks dominate the web...for the dark clouds of smoke in the internet tailpipe have billowed out a new surge of power,  Sturgis Club now reigns supreme—uniting the baddest bikers and the hottest biker babes of Sturgis Bike Week from across the world. Sturgis Club is the official fan club of the legendary motorcycle rally in Sturgis SD and the home of the exclusive Sturgis bikers known on the road and now on the web.

Sturgis Club - A Brouhaha to Remember...

Sturgis Club and their powerful metal machines is not child's play or just a hobby, it’s a way of life for the greatest bikers on earth. Not all can handle this ride, but to those that have what it takes to ride at the world’s most intense motorcycle rally do deserve to let your legacy ride on and group with the motorcycle superpower  ...join the official fan club, it’s your pass to Sturgis Club VIP All Access.

Sturgis Club VIP all access is your key to notoriety as a biker. Join and receive the following:

VIP Access to Sturgis Events and Promotions, Exclusive merchandise only available to members, inside access to the club website, Discounts on Sturgis merchandise (Even merchandise on other sites!) An Invitation to the Calendar Girl Party for Bike Week 2009 Sturgis Club Music and Media Portal Access Become a host or contributing member to the website. Find places to stay, search for things to do and chat with other bikers.

For those bikers out there ready to roam the Badlands, view hot biker chicks and rad motorcycle pictures, get Sturgis memorabilia, check on event information or meet other people like you, then sign up, rap a bandanna on your head, rip it full throttle and dodge that blackout when it comes.

The legacy of Sturgis dates back to the very first Rally in 1938. Truly earning its reputation as the Mecca of the motorcycling world, every August hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists start their road pilgrimage to Sturgis, South Dakota…where it all goes down to celebrate the most powerful tribe of mankind. An elite steel crew built of determination, dedication, skill and raw power. It is freedom, a lifestyle, a state of mind. The Motorcycle as their instrument brought to produce individuality and create chaos and Nirvana.

*** Only for the true and the tough, the ladies that love them and all that hold Riding as a way of life.

Sturgis 2008 Members Unite on the Web to Form Sturgis Club.

The Sturgis Club Offers Sturgis Motorcycle Rally news, event calendars, t-shirts, memorabilia and information while connecting bikers across the world on, of all places, the Internet.

1. Limited Edition T-Shirt AND Leather Bracelet with Metal Sturgis Logo AND Quarterly Newsletter & Other Benefits.

2. EXCLUSIVE Merchandise ONLY Available to Sturgis Club Members through the Sturgis Club Online Store.

3. Access to Sturgis Club Website.

4. Discounts on ALL Sturgis Merchandise, including Merchandise found on other sites.

5. VIP Access to Sturgis Events and Promotions.

6. Invitation to the Sturgis Club Members-Only "Calendar Girl Party" at 2009 Sturgis Bike Week.

7. Access to the Sturgis Club Music and Media Portal.

8. Opportunity to Become a "Host" or contributing member to the Sturgis Club Website.

Where to stay once you get to the "granddaddy of 'em all" can be almost as tough as a couple that ride a sportster from South Carolina. The hotels can book full more then a year in advance and you might need to be grandfathered in to get the best spots in the major campgrounds.

If you are anything like we are you didn't even think about this technicality. It didn't seem nearly as important as making sure that all of the bells on your bike were polished. That is why we have compiled a little list of some of the best known (and least heard of) places to camp and find lodging in the Black Hills and the surrounding area. We have listed hundreds of places to stay with links to directions and contact information, hell, we even included coupons for some of the sites.

When you are trying to find somewhere to stay there are three main options that you should look at. Most people camp. If you are a Sturgis veteran you know that many of the activities and relationships that make Sturgis the annual motorcycle event are not found in the city itself but rather on the area's campgrounds. Glencoe campground is our favorite. They have plenty of showers and shade, loud shows, bitchn' bikes and plenty of liquor and people to drink it with.

If a hotel is more your style you should know that they fill up early, but if you can find a room it should come with plenty of room to park your trailer. we have compiled a comprehensive listing of the areas hotels and contact information for your perusal.

Maybe one of the most overlooked options for lodging at Sturgis is the private house listings on our site. There are many locals who leave the area during the week of Sturgis. If they are not using their home somebody should. You can use this section to find accommodations that are truly just like home.

If you can't find a place to stay on our list then there just ain't one.

In a land where bison once thundered across the prairie, modern-day cowboys rumble over the land on iron horses. Each August, hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists journey to the Mecca of the motorcycling world: Sturgis, South Dakota. Get your All Access Rally Pass to Sturgis Bike Week today. You receive special access to entertainment at Bike Week 08, an exclusive t-shirt, discounts on other goods and complete web access to behind the scene photos, forums, blogs and video from Sturgis Bike Week 2008.

1. Ride Historic Main Street in downtown Sturgis.

Parade down Main, then park the hog and stretch your legs, and feel the Thunder.

Cool Places: The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.

Don’t Miss: The Sturgis Bike Week Super Store.

2. Get Branded. Go on. Do it. If you’re ever going to get that tattoo, Sturgis is the place.

Cool Places: the Underground Tattoo, Buddha’s, Dusty Rose

Don’t Miss: Thrash’s.

3. Get a Taste of the Wild West Get your Iron Horse rolling and step back in time, Hoss.. we’ve got Old West and Native American Heritage to spare.. Cool Places: Check out Bear Butte State Park east of Sturgis, climb aboard Hill City’s 1880 Train, see the Wild Mustangs of the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, or visit the Buffalo herds in Custer State Park.

Don’t Miss: Devil’s Tower.

4. Have a drink, you look parched. Quench your thirst at one or more of the famous, and infamous, watering holes.

Cool Places: One-Eyed Jack’s, Loud American Roadhouse, Charlie’s, the Full Throttle Saloon, the Knuckle Saloon, the Dungeon Bar, the Broken Spoke Saloon, the Sidehack Saloon, the Fireside & the Oasis.

Don’t Miss: Body Shots at Gunner’s Lounge.

5. Attend a Concert. It doesn’t matter if your thing is country, or classic rock, or heavy metal, or southern-fried, or grunge, or whatever… don’t worry, if it rocks, it’s here.

Cool Places: Buffalo Chip, Full Throttle Saloon.

Don’t Miss: Glencoe’s World-famous 5-day Rock’n-the-Rally.

6. Play Hold ‘em in World Famous Deadwood. Or Blackjack, or Slots, or Omaha, or whatever tickles your hog.

Cool Places: Silverado, Franklin Hotel, Kevin Costner’s Midnight Star, the Gold Dust, Miss Kitty’s, the Tin Lizzy, the Four Aces, Cadillac Jack’s, and First Gold.

Don’t Miss: The Old Style #10 Saloon.

7. Attend the Races. Feel the vibrations, smell the burning rubber, see the wipeouts.

Cool Places: The Hillclimbs & Racing at the Jackpine Gypsies Short Track, Burnouts at the Broken Spoke.

Don’t Miss: Drag Races at the Sturgis Dragway

8. Get your Red, White & Bluejeans on, and Get Patriotic.

Cool Places: See the statues along Presidential Walk in downtown Rapid City, the City of Presidents, or see the 20’ busts of all 42 presidents at President’s Park on US 85 just South of Lead & Deadwood, or visit the National Cemetery, at Exit 34 on I-90.

Don’t Miss: Mount Rushmore.

9. Ride the Hills Get out and ride. If you need an excuse or a destination, check out our Top Ten Rides, but whatever you do, get on that machine and go, and see why the Black Hills are world-famous for sweet stretches of blacktop through beautiful, scenic country.

Cool Places: From the Badlands to Hulett, from Wall Drug to Sundance, up I-90 and down US 385, up Boulder Canyon and down Spearfish Canyon, we’ve got rides and scenery and nooks and crannies and holes-in-the-wall and quaint little niches and rowdy old b.. abes. We’ve got big forests and small towns, wide open plains and cliff-hemmed canyons, we’ve got a hundred roadkill cafes to fill your belly and wet your whistle, and all you’ve got to do to see it all is that thing you love to do.. ride, baby, ride.

Don’t Miss: Any of it.

10. Avoid Jail. Or not, whatever, it’s your Bike Week. But Ride Safely. DO NOT wake up hugging a roadcone, DO NOT jump any guardrails, DO NOT t-bone a deer or spin out on exit ramp gravel or plow through a gaggle of wild turkeys. Keep the rubber on the road and rolling, and have a great time while you’re here with us…