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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the biggest gathering of bikers in the world, but it’s taken nearly nine decades to become what it is today. What would it have been like to travel to that very first rally in 1938? To find out, Zack and Ari climb aboard two 1930 American V-twins — a Harley Davidson Big Twin Flathead and an Indian Chief — and try to ride some 800 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Sturgis, South Dakota. It’s an epic road trip that tests the boys’ stamina in nearly every way. Sturgis or bust!
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Zack’s gear:
Bell Scout Air Helmet
Sena 60S Bluetooth Headset
Halcyon MK9 Superjet Goggles
REAX Bridger Riding Shirt
Street & Steel Eastwood 2 Gloves
Klim K Forty 2 jeans
Stylmartin Ace Boots
Ari’s gear:
LS2 Bagger Helmet
Sena 60S Bluetooth Headset
Halcyon MK10 Racer Goggles
Merlin Brody Utility Riding Shirt
Klim Rambler Gloves
Klim K Forty 3 Jeans
Merlin Bandit D3O Boots
0:00 – Intro
1:12 – To the Black Hills Rally
7:17 – Something’s probably going to break
11:10 – Better to be safe than sorry
14:40 – Settling in
20:00 – Off we go
23:31 – Dark horizons
28:05 – Tow your bro
36:00 – Running out of daylight and options
43:00 – Sturgis or bust!
46:53 – The last leg
51:28 – Welcome to Sturgis
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The Indian has an amp meter. Electrics were a bit unreliable way back in the day, so the meter always gave indication of what was going on with the charging system. For example, you would have known the generator belt had come off by seeing that you stopped charging. Same with the dead battery, the ammeter would have given you a heads up that the battery was not charging. BTW I LOVED the video!!
Aaaaannnnnd now I know what kind of roadtrip I want to do, and i'm from the UK
Was thoroughly enjoying this until they towed the bike with the rope attached to the right handlebar!! So dumb.
And he wondered why it pulls hard to the left.
That’s like idiot level.
Reminds me of the 3 idiots in TopGear where everything is staged!
Where did the big white mat appear from in the hotel room?
How did you manage to get a valve that bent out without damaging or pulling the valve stem?
Nice story!
To quote Mr. Magoo. "It must be a faulty magneto".
Fwiw if you had broke a valve spring on an OHV Harley, then you would be needing alot more than a valve and a spring. I'd still put my money on the Indian 🤭
I hope this historic challenge catches on
they went to my home town of santaquin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was def at work at that moment
I just don't think a Like is enough for all the effort involved in this video.
Kudos, seriously. Epic video.
Ari is getting too old for this
Dope…very like one of my favourite videos…Roadkill taking the Ranchero to Alaska…..helps that Zak sounds like Freiburger or is it Finnegan?
I'm remembering that area of "NOTHING" on the. Map. 😳
Thank you for this!
Great job, guys! I ride a 46 Chief.
I really dislike that you're leaking oil into the grass. One drop of oils ruins multiple cubic feet of ground water poisoning all the flora
Just a dummy question, is it a problem to run these old machines with unleaded gas?
Watching you from Spain. Those are two real Adventure Bikes, jajaja. The valve and spring change was epic. Gracias!
44:35 okay, we just glazed over the broken fuel line. How did you guys fix it?
These trips with you two are my favorite videos on YouTube. I don't want a cycle, but I can't stop watching these. Keep it up. Please make more. Thanks
👍💥🌍💥
26:00 jokes on you, im getting a degree and anyway i look forward to sleeping on dirt in the woods
Foi incrível assistir isso. Obrigado. 🇧🇷
This is the first time seeing this video, but I must say. It’s freak’n wild! Anther thing, what jackets are you guys wearing? I love’em!
What a fantastic Mustache. Bring it back, in honor of the rest of us lads with thin whiskers
You couldn't pay me to go to Sturgis SD. What a joke,
Utah resident here. Taking a pic of your bike at that "Sinclair gas station" @7:08 is a rite of passage for Utah motorcycle riders. Pretty cool to see it here.
never in my life have i been this jealous of living in the US
Nice intro! Well done.
I've watched this twice or so and yeah its still an enjoyable short film.
we need more videos like this
You need to make your bedrolls twice as big. Double up, lay in the middle, then wrap yourself like a burrito. Thats how the scouts did it back then.
Definitely sells the meaning of "beats walkin"
Although im also crazy and like this sort of adventure. Just the screw it, figure it out type
Actually I love this video😂❤it gives to me super powers😊
Congrats! You made it! And took us with you, thank you guys.
A montage montage is the beste montage.
13:00 fixing your bike next to the pumps is bad form. Not only are you keeping a pump occupied, you're going to get yelled at for smoking a hand rolled cigarette while you think about the problem and you lose out on the goodwill of the pump owner, who can see you push your heavy ass bike out of the way of his customers otherwise.