packing a motorcycle to sturgis

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  1. May 27, 2012 #1
    snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    anyone done it?

    the price of a motel is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overboard. so i'm thinking of taking the truck. looking for a flatbed load going to and out of sturgis or somewhere around. there are two truckstops in rapidcity, pilot and loves i beleive was the other. i would sleep in the semi.

    all i need now is a way to pack the bike.

    suggestions please.
     
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  3. May 27, 2012 #2
    RickG

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    I wouldn't count on finding a parking space at the Pilot or Love's
     
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  4. May 27, 2012 #3
    pattyj

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    I've delivered many times during the sturgis rally.Not alot of bikes campers ect camp out at the Pilot.I have never had trouble finding a parking spot there.I heard rooms and camp sites are way overpriced during sturgis..Who's going to be performing there this yr?
     
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  5. May 27, 2012 #4
    jpracer1

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    so you run a flatbed and you can't figure out how to get your bike to sturgis with you?hmmm,makes me wonder
     
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  7. May 27, 2012 #5
    snowwy

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    ummmm, for starters. i'm just one man. i can't lift the bike myself. and #2. loads usually take up the whole flatbed. doesn't leave any room for the bike.

    so hmmmmmmmmmm. makes me wonder.

    and we'll be there 3 days before the big week.
     
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  8. May 27, 2012 #6
    snowwy

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    looks like jackyl is this year.
     
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  9. May 27, 2012 #7
    pattyj

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    Sounds like alot of fun.Are you taking that week off?
     
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  10. May 27, 2012 #8
    jpracer1

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    find a load that doesnt take up the whole deck and use a loading dock to load it up,back up to it and ride it on,most towns or rail yards have one out in the open
     
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  11. May 27, 2012 #9
    jpracer1

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    besides sideways on the deck doesnt take up to much space
     
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  12. May 27, 2012 #10
    HDFatboy

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    How's he going to find a place near Sturgis to unload it AND park his truck?
     
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