Donnie Smith Bike Show, March 2025 - Part 1

The Donnie Smith Bike Show was this past weekend at the RiverCentre in St. Paul.  I've been going to show longer than I've been blogging about it and I have A LOT of blogposts covering the show over the years.  The bikes rarely repeat so there's always so much new to see and the giant swap meet is a bonus, though I didn't find anything I just had to have this year.  I got there right as they opened on Saturday and took a bunch of photos before it got super-busy, strolled through the swap meet, and then took a few more photos before heading out.  It's always nice running into some people I haven't seen in a while - it feels like emerging from winter hibernation.

Love it or hate it, this bike was eye catching for sure.

Shane has his killer bee bike there.  It suffered some paint damage on the way from Nebraska to the show, but still looked great.

Example of paint damage... ouch:

Kim's trike:

Another build by Kevin "Teach" Baas, this time with a brand new S&S knucklehead:

A bunch more photos will wrap up coverage tomorrow!