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Myrtle Beach Black Bike Week takes place shortly after Myrtle Beach Bike Week, at the same time when the Run for the Wall rides coast to coast to Washington DC.

Black Bike Week was originally started by the Flaming Knight Riders in Atlantic Beach in 1980. Later, the group changed its’ name to Carolina Knight Riders MC. The event has also been called by several names. In its’ first years, it was the Atlantic Beach Bike Festival. Now in its’ 26th year, Myrtle Beach Black Bike Week runs from May 25 - May 29, 2006 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Attendance estimates of more than 350,000 in recent years, makes it the 3rd or 4th largest motorcycle rally; even larger than Myrtle Beach Bike Week, which is the week before.
Daytona Beach Bike Week and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally are seeing attendance estimates of over 500,000 some years, while the Laconia Motorcycle Rally also has an attendance of approximately 350,000. The revenue generated for these cities and towns totals millions of dollars.
There have been hassles. Some Myrtle Beach shop keepers close for the week, claiming attendees are often lewd and not as well behaved as the MBBW crowd. City officials and the Myrtle Beach PD have been accused of intentionally impeding the flow of traffic - possibly in an attempt to put down this rally. I have heard they take all the traffic and reduce it to one lane so the police can easily scrutinize the rally attendees.
In 2004, accusations of racial bias resulted in at least one lawsuit against Myrtle Beach city officials by the NAACP. There have also been some references calling it Sportsbike week rather than Black Bike Week, but that idea seems to have faded. Organizers of Myrtle Beach Black Bike Week invite all people regardless of race or the type of motorcycle you ride, “providing you respect us”.

MYRTLE BEACH FALL RALLY
After Black Bike Week, the next major motorcycle event in Myrtle Beach will be the Myrtle Beach Fall Rally October 4th through October 8th, 2006.
This is toward the end of Hurricane Season, so depending on the weather, the busiest days of Myrtle Beach Fall Rally weekend will be Friday 10/6 and Saturday 10/7.

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2006 Updates as they happen:
Friday 5/26/06
One motorcyclist from Bailey NC died in a crash on Friday.
Atlantic Beach Bikefest is the newest name I’ve seen for Myrtle Beach Black Bike Week. Bikers tend to value our traditions, and there is a bit of motorcycle historian in many of us, so we will probably call it Black Bike Week or the formal name of Atlantic Beach Bike Festival, and will probably think of Atlantic Beach Bikefest as a part of the larger Black Bike Week.
A bikefest is not really a motorcycle rally. A motorcycle rally is a gathering of those who ride, while a bikefest is an event which more heartily welcomes non-bikers. Often, the events are sponsored by a city, in conjunction with the motorcycle industry. Live entertainment is often featured.
In 2006, the Atlantic Beach Bikefest is sealing off the area north of Myrtle Beach known as Atlantic Beach, and charging a $10 entry fee to drive in, park your motorcycle, and walk about the bikefest area. If you’ve never been to a bikefest, they are often like a state fair, with vendors and plenty of entertainment. I don’t know who the $10 entry fee is going to, and imagine it might be the community of Atlantic Beach. I don’t know if you will consider the $10 to be worth it, but let’s hope so.
Myrtle Beach has shut down traffic to one way, as they have in previous years. Today (I’m writing this on Friday), Horry County let the kids out of school an hour early in anticipation of a major increase in traffic.
In recent years, there have been accusations of discrimination by some shop owners, restaurants, and hotels/motels. Some shops have been known to close for the weekend, citing that the crowd tends to be less considerate compared to the crowds from Myrtle Beach Bike Week.
The NAACP lawsuits against the city and some city officials have been settled, for now, with the Bike Week a week earlier being forced into the the same one-way traffic pattern.
There has also been discrimination against the lesser tanned and tatooed caucasian bikers - the former mayor lost his reelection bid after he refused to see anything wrong with the concept of “nudging a motorcycle” with his car because its’ rider was wearing a t-shirt he considered offensive. Such attitudes have to change, so it was great to see him defeated by the MB voters.
Good things are happening from time to time. I hope to get some comments about the bikefest set-up that is new this year. Enjoy the weekend and RIDE SAFE !

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