Placing orders for Myrtle Beach "Black Bike Week"

One of the most fun rallies to attend during the season is what is referred to as Black Bike Week or maybe more politically correct called, "East Coast Customs Motorcycle Show". It's a motorcycle rally that's been going on for years and years in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. We were introduced to it a couple years ago as vendors and have been going back as vendors ever since.

This years rally date is May 21st thru the 24th and happens to be Memorial Day Weekend. There are hundreds of thousands of riders and a majority of them come on their sportbikes from all over the US. I think this rally is unique in most of the bikes that show up are custom sportbikes. Talk about seeing some really cool motorcycles, that's an understatement. These guys and girls have chopped, lighted up, chromed, stretched, and fattened up their bikes like none you've ever seen. I'll be sure to post pics next week when we go.

We generally are at Myrtle Beach Bike Week, the week before Black Bike Week. It's more of a cruiser rally. As the city has done everything but threatened to sue folks who show up on bikes, we've decided not to go and to see how it goes this year for other vendors and re-look at it next year. I can't believe the city doesn't want the show...I know there are over 100,000 bikers there from all over the US there every year. This would have made our 6th year attending as vendors. We'll miss it and it feels strange not already being there and set up.

We placed our order today for Black Bike Week and are excited. We've got mohawks, helmets, jackets, boots, and all kinds of riding gear and neat sportbike stuff. I've included pics of our rally set up so you can kind of get an idea of what we do. We leave next Tuesday and will blog later on how it goes and posts pics.