B.B.W. in Myrtle Beach

[KnuckleBallz]

Just came across this surely amazing documentary, only made it about two and a half minutes in, but so far it's gold.

[Garandman]

I could use some Angels!

[TrackRat]

Finally a thread that I can contribute to. Friends and I witnessed the event, unintentionally, about 10 years ago. The amount of over-taxed thongs, and squid-like stupidity was mind-blowing. I'm not sure if the thongs, or the helmetless dude that ran out of talent a block from our hotel, left the deeper emotional scars. Time to go find a therapist.

[Garandman]

Squarest chick on the planet.

[maxim_X]

Watched. I'm embarrassed that I had to google 'rachet'. It meant what I thought but it was used in a way I didn't expect.

[Garandman]

Looked it up: attendance is 350,000 +. Interesting also in that the city has been accused of "rolling out the red carpet for the white bikers, and rolling it back up again for the black bikers." White bike week is half the size and had eight fatalities: black bike week had three. So Southerners be Southerners.

Watched. I'm embarrassed that I had to google 'rachet'. It meant what I thought but it was used in a way I didn't expect.

So I had to look it up.

-has a weave reminiscent of a bird's nest after a tempest hit the tree it was in, and is dyed at least thrice
-wears torn leggings/stalkings (mostly of the fishnet variety), unpolished 8" heels (or higher, depending on how God-awful they look), fitted jean jackets (to accent the blubber 'round their arms and stomach), and 4 layers of caked on make-up to go clubbing
-repeatedly use ludicrous terms such as "YOLO", "swag", "boost", "beaking", "doe", "really", "naw", "actually", "twerk", "coaster", "dagga", etc., to make a valid statement when they speak
-have side bangs, despite having incredibly small-ass foreheads to support them
-are commonly overweight
and are mind-numbingly stupid; a safe assumption to make would be saying they're uneducated (as if they could pass the 4th grade)

Need to find one on the HD week prior. Pretty spotty history: MyrtleBeach passed their own noise and helmet laws to dissuade them, which were then the subject of lawsuits.

Bike Week in FL (March) seems pretty tame by comparison but I've only been on the outskirts. It's huge: clubs from the North will rent tractor trailers and bring down 20 bikes at a time. In the midst of all that I met a guy from MA with a BMW sidecar rig that had ridden down from MA with his wife. Range on the highway was less than 100 miles, so he made over 20 fuel stops, one way.

They are mostly older and while rough looking, mostly tame. They spends lot of money and hotels compete hard for their business. Many restaurants section off big motorcycle only parking areas.

[Chippertheripper]

I've been too. It's epic.

[G21forme]

I think I'd still go there before bike week in laconia.

[fineout]

That poor british girl had no idea what was going on, hilarious

[ben10281]

Yea, went down a number of years ago to golf with a couple of buddies. The guy that we worked with to book the whole trip warned us that it would be going on, but the prices were dirt cheap and it was the only available weekend we had. Needless to say, 4 golfers in a minivan were a little out of place. It was a great show.

[sdog30]

When did Frenchy get a Harley? (15:00)

[KnuckleBallz]

Two takeaways-

1) this is something that needs to be seen in person
2) ratchet may have officially jumped the shark.

[gixxer72]

The fatality stat doesn't mean too much. Did you look at the crime stats? The Grand Strand survives on tourism. It's telling when a shop owner decides to close on a holiday weekend, when there are thousands of 'tourists' in town...