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STURGIS MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM ANNOUNCES HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2023

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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame honors the most influential people in the motorcycle industry, sport, and culture, to highlight their accomplishments and to promote the future of motorcycling. On behalf of the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame Board of Directors, I am proud to announce our 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees (in alphabetical order by first name):   1981 Team USA, winners of the Motocross Trophee Des Nations Chris Callen Jay Allen Roland Sands Scott Jacobs Donnie Smith, Arlen Ness Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Russell Radke, Freedom Fighter Bert Munro, Kickstands Down   Congratulations to each of these individuals. Stay tuned for Hall of Fame Highlights where the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame shares information about each inductee leading up to the ceremony.   The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum’s Hall of Fame Induction ceremony is sponsored by Law Tigers Inc. The induction breakfast ceremony will be held on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at The Lodge @ Deadwood. Tickets sales open March 1, 2023. For corporate tables, please call Leah or Penny at 605-347-2001.

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TGIF: April Fool’s Day Anti-Wisdom Quotes

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Thank Goodness It’s Friday : April Fool’s Day Anti-Wisdom Quotes “You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think.” — Talmud “The fool wonders; the wise man asks.” — Benjamin Disraeli “A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence university education.” — George Bernard Shaw “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” – Richard P. Feynman “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee “A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” – Baltasar Gracian “The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.” — Epicurus “A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.” – Louis L’Amour “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.” – Benjamin Franklin “Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.” — Henry David Thoreau “You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.” – George W. Bush “The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays “Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” ― George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) “A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.” — Miguel de Unamuno “If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.” – Carl Jung “A fool flatters himself, a wise

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Very Famous Harley-Davidson Riders You Probably Didn’t Know About

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by Elena Gorgan from https://www.autoevolution.com/ Because they’re rich and famous, artists have access to some of the newest and most awesome rides, whether they’re cars, motorcycles, bikes or anything in between. Some they buy, some they get to try out and keep, as long as they can guarantee exposure to the brand. Artists and celebrities are also influencers, in that they can sway public opinion towards a certain product. Sometimes, their choices are very personal and don’t have a financial goal in sight – and this seems to be the case with the three celebrities we’re going to discuss today. Call them closeted Harley riders and you wouldn’t be completely off the mark. Given the boom in paparazzi media over the past decade and the way artists (be they actors, musicians or Internet celebrities) have been using it to further their careers, the realization that there are stars who fly under the radar comes across as strange. This allows them to harbor and feed their true passions and, for these three, those passions include riding Harley-Davidson. Jim Carrey Think of male celebrities riding Harleys (or any other motorcycle, for that matter) and images of Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Justin Timberlake, Keanu Reeves, David Beckham and Jason Momoa pop into your mind. They are, if you think about it, all men’s men: buff, tough, rough and, because of it, a perfect fit on a Hog. As it turns out, so is Jim Carrey. In the early 2000s, the comedian treated himself to a custom Harley-Davidson Road King Classic, surprising even his loyal fans with his choice. After all, Carrey is known for a lot of stuff, but being the “Harley type” isn’t exactly one of them. He’s more the goofy, silly, occasionally artsy type. Always the funny guy, though, Carrey brought

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Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in ‘Bullitt’ sells for $3.4 million

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This was the highest price a Ford Mustang ever fetched in any auction. The 1968 Ford Mustang GT that Steve McQueen drove in the classic car chase from the movie “Bullitt, one of the most famed cars from American cinema, sold for $3.4 million (£2.60 million) at auction in Florida on Friday, Mecum Auctions said. It was the highest price ever paid for a Ford Mustang at auction, according to David Morton, marketing manager for the auction house in Kissimmee, near Orlando. The buyer has not been publicly identified. “The hammer dropped at $3.4 million, but with buyers’ fees, the total cost is $3.74 million,” he said, adding it shattered the auction house’s previous record set last year of $2.2 million. The unrestored muscle car, its “highland green” paint looking rusty and black upholstery splitting apart, starred in a 10-minute sequence in the 1968 film, getting airborne a few times as it sped through the hilly streets of San Francisco. The car was auctioned without a reserve, or minimum sale price, a risky decision that could have forced the owners to sell low. McQueen filmed with the window down so viewers could see he was behind the wheel. Although credited as the driver, McQueen actually shared the wheel with Hollywood stunt driver Bud Ekins, according to the movie database IMDB. Many movie buffs view the chase as ground-breaking for its duration and white-knuckle drama. The sequence forgoes a score in favour of roaring engines and screeching tires. McQueen, playing the no-nonsense police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt, was chasing bad guys who drove a black 1968 Dodge Charger. After filming, the Mustang was sold to a Warner Brothers employee, and later to a New Jersey police detective. He in turn sold it for $6,000 in 1974 to Robert Kiernan of Madison, New

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