Never been to Sturgis, but used to live a couple hours south of there.  As far as hotel bookings, you have to book WAY in advance, like a year or maybe even more; they get snapped up quick!  I suspect the same is true of bike rentals.  On the plus side, there's a lot of small towns, and at least one larger one, at least by South Dakota standards (Rapid City) within a reasonable distance, with better liklihood of finding a room.  But since it's so popular, this is indeed the time to start planning for the 2011 rally.

I've heard both good and bad about it also; like was posted earlier, it just depends on who and where you accociate with.  Kinda like the rest of life!

Savage_Amusement wrote on 06/15/10 at 14:21:38:

Haven't looked into Rapid City, but I got a flight from Portland to Denver, and from there to Alliance in Nebraska, fairly straightforward for such a small town.  Seems like you can get flights to and from just about anywhere through Denver.