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<text id=90TT2198>
<title>
Aug. 20, 1990: American Notes:South Dakota
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Aug. 20, 1990 Showdown
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 49
American Notes
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rumble in the Black Hills
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<body>
<p> In the drowsy calm of a little town like Sturgis, S. Dak.
(pop. 5,300), it is usually easy to notice when even one alien
motorcyclist guns into town. But last week 275,000 showed up,
along with a camp following of 42 portable tattoo parlors, for
the 50th annual Black Hills Motor Classic. Bikers packed motels
as far away as Sundance, Wyo., some 40 miles to the west. For
seven days, they turned four blocks of Sturgis' Main Street
into chopper gridlock, gathering for rock concerts (Allman
Brothers, Steppenwolf, BTO), hill-climbing contests, an amateur
female topless contest and motorcycle rodeos. Last year's
rally drew 80,000 bikers and produced 2,745 traffic citations,
98 drunk-driving cases, 98 felony drug arrests and 21 accidents
that killed three people. This year's visitors were no slouches
either. Preliminary statistics show at least 150 drunk-driving
collars, seven bikers killed in accidents, and one
knife-wielding man shot dead by police.
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