Back in 1952, Pappy Hoel still owned an Indian Motorcycle dealership inSturgis, SD. If you don’t know Pappy’s story, he’s the dealer whobrought together a group of riders forming the original Jackpine GypsiesMotorcycle Club. It’s the same group responsible for that very firstweekend of racing back in 1938. It started what became the biggestmotorcycle event […]
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Bob George crossed our path at a time in the 1980s and ‘90s, when we were setting Bonneville and El Mirage 200 mph records with Suzukis, BMWs, and Harleys. “Bob George” wasn’t exactly a household name and we were unaware of his accomplishments. We ended up getting involved with seriously deranged character, who had a
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About 30 years ago, Neil Hultman pulled a 1930 Indian out ofa junk pile in a hay field in South Dakota. At the time, he wasn’t sure what would become of this bike,but he knew someday it would be a project worth doing. Neil is a long-time Jackpine Gypsy –having joined the club in 1947. Throughout
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Have you ever wondered about what’s changed and what’s stayed the same at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally over the years? While finding a truly comprehensive history of the rally is difficult at best, there has been a more reliable record of events. One consistent from 1987 through 2008 was the Sturgis Rally News. This publication
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame boasts a collection of nearly 100 motorcycles dating back to 1909. Some of the collection is extremely rare. Other bikes are really quite common. The vast majority of the bikes on display here fall somewhere in the middle. This little Triumph Tina is one of those. While
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How many of you beer drinking, bar fighting, stripper chasing, Harley ridin’, grimy saddle tramps, from the late ’60s and early ’70s remember the old 12-spoke magnesium wheels we ran on bikes out of the south bay area? Who remembers who was the first person to convert that classic mag to a motorcycle? Does anybody
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame has lots of great motorcycles and memorabilia on exhibit, but we’ve also got some great stuff tucked away in our archives. This month, we thought we’d share a little piece of what’s currently NOT on display in the museum. A couple of years ago, we were loaned
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If you’re wandering through the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame, you’ll come face-to-face with historic memorabilia. You’ll see pins and patches from distant rallies. There are old racing programs with famous notes written in the margins. You’ll find riding gear, toys, and tons of other great motorcycle related history pieces. But when you
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While he might be best known for his co-starring role in a 40 year-old movie, Malcolm Smith has an amazing history of racing and riding. One of the world’s premier off-road motorcycle racers, Malcolm has participated in races all over the world – mostly off-road and endurance races. He won eight gold medals between
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The 1948 Indian Chief in the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum is now 63 years old and doesn’t look a day over, well, absolutely brand new. The ’48s life started as a bike ridden for a very long time. As the story goes, down from owner to owner, this bike is a three-owner bike. The first
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