Gophers and Cheese

Before I get to posting YouTube slideshows , I like to go back through my photos and see if there are any early shows that I never posted or only posted black-and-white photos from.  The Progressive International Motorcycle Show was the first local event I started regularly attending, back in 2007, 3 years before I started the blog.  For the first year or two of the blog, I only posted photos in black-and-white so let's all time-travel back to 2011 and see what the show was like in full color with fresh edits.

The Joint's annual Hog Feed is held just before everyone packs up and heads out to Sturgis.  I attended in 2017 and there was a big stunt show by Authority Stunts .

Would you believe that this is a Royal Enfield? To provide a little contrast, here's their new Himalayan adventure bike: Here are some photos of the stunt show on Sunday. After the stunt show, I took my kids to hear Lisa Brouwer talk about her cross-country motorcycle trip, following the trail of the Avis & Effie Hotchkiss, mother and daughter, who did it on a Harley Silent Gray Fellow (with sidecar) about 100 years earlier.  My daughter thought Lisa's talk was the best part of the whole show. Photos wrap up tomorrow.  Choppers ahead!

One of this craziest bikes at the show was this tie dyed panhead.  From across the room, I knew who the builder was.  Rick Fairless' bikes are not subtle. There was a section of vintage bikes at the show including this more traditional panhead. Also quite vintage was Jason's flathead, featured prominently near the entrance of the show: I went to the show Saturday and went back Sunday with my kids.  Here are a few photos from the stunt show on Saturday featuring Vicki Golden: Come back tomorrow for more pics!