Even Harley Davidson Thinks the Sturgis Rally Is Too Risky

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The mass gathering at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally amid the pandemic is too crazy even for the company whose name is all but synonymous with the annual event.

The Harley-Davidson company has been associated with the rally in the South Dakota town of Sturgis since its inception decades ago.

The big, throbbing Harley “hog” is the rally’s official motorcycle.

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“Usually, we have trucks and staff and products and demos and everything,” a company spokesperson told The Daily Beast on Friday. “This year, we aren't doing that.”

The difference is the pandemic, which makes a mass gathering of any kind dangerous, especially if the turnout is expected to reach 250,000 and the participants largely dismiss such proven precautions as wearing masks and social distancing.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/even-official-motorcycle-brand-sturgis-091043595.html

[Aristus]

1. For all of the boycott-crazed outlook of right-wing bikers,

I strongly doubt they'll be ditching their H-D's for Kawasakis...

[jmowreader]

7. No...but changing to Indian is a possibility

[donkeypoofed]

2. 250k?!?! Those poor Sturgis residents!

They'll be inundated with cases in about a week.

Hope all South Dakotans who voted for Spanky are happy.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Harley does not want

any negative feedback in any form. No Law Suits,zero liability. BTW,HD has financial issues the way it is,they do not need more grief.

This is a Sturgis promoted deal this year.

[Timewas]

4. Sturgis

Sturgis is absolute insanity ....

[gulliver]

5. I love Harley and these times have to be hard for them.

I can't wait until Trump is out of office and the Republican Party punished for putting him there. Top American brands like Harley Davidson need our country to get back to being a star on the world stage rather than a sometimes scary laughingstock. No Republican should be elected to any office this November.

[keithbvadu2]

6. The guv and local/Congressfolk republican politicians should be there in person for support.

The guv and local/Congressfolk republican politicians should be there in person for support.

[JI7]

8. HD probably is tired of being associated with these type of bikers

It's not good for business.