Gophers and Cheese

The sun began to set on Dirty Rotten Bikerfest but the fun was far from over. I found a good place to make camp and set up my Gorgeous George Dirt Nap Tent Roll.  Only two stakes and a pair of ties later, I was all set. Back near the bar, Crankshaft set up and started playing.  I've seen him a few times before and I really like his one-man-band style of music.  Check him out if you get the chance. Crankshaft also played live during the Daisy Duke competition... up next.

There was a lot to see and do at the 2nd annual Dirty Rotten Bikerfest .  The beer chug was fun. They poured free beer until they emptied the keg.  I had a cup in each hand and probably got more than my fair share. Keg stands naturally ensued: If you didn't get enough free beer, you could buy shots: There were raffles throughout the day.  This lucky lady won a giant knife. It took a while for them to find a winner for this shotgun. You had to be present to win and if they called your number and you weren't there, they burned the ticket. They burned a lot of tickets. One of the more unique attractions was the motorcycle tractor pull.  Guys were hitching their bikes to what I believe was a 900-1000 pound weight to see if they could drag it across the field.  Many tried multiple times.  Having a passenger weigh down the rear tire seemed to help a lot.  You can see dudes deliberately avoiding the nuts-to-butts position. ...

There was a wide variety of bikes at the 2015 Dirty Rotten Bikerfest including Sportsters... Shovelheads... Panheads... Flatheads... Japanese bobbers... Customs by Donnie Smith ... ...and even a turbo Vmax. It was great to see bikes belonging to a bunch of guys I know: While I've seen Joe's shovelhead before, I finally got a chance to meet him before he rode off into the sunset. More coverage coming up!

There were some cool Sportsters in the bike show at Dirty Rotten Bikerfest (besides mine, of course). There were also come interesting bikes in the rat category. Check out the Dixie cup intakes: While my Sporty didn't win anything, Eric did get an award. So did this guy, striking both serious and victorious poses.  I suck at remembering people's names (especially when drinking) but he's a fan of the blog and rides a cool Sportster.  I'm sure we'll run into each other again. A whole bunch of bikes that I saw while wandering around are up next.