Black bikers accuse Myrtle Beach of bias

The State (Columbia, SC) ^ | 21 May 2003 | Bob Dart, Cox News Service

[Moose4]

I have been in Myrtle Beach during Harley Week (though I'm not a biker myself). Other than the godawful noise level of a hundred thousand V-twins, it's not a bad time. The bikers are respectful to the police and don't cause that much trouble and the police are respectful right back.

I have no personal experience with Black Bike Week but I've heard some bad things about it. Not because of race, but because of the fact that crime goes way up, and all the bikers packed into a much smaller area than Harley Week causes immense gridlock.

Besides...the NAACP massa says that good blacks should be boycotting South Carolina still, shouldn't they? So why is this even an issue! Hey NAACP, boycott, remember? You're suing on behalf of people breaking your own boycott! Duh!

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[Ken522]

With all due respect, wasn't this already posted?

[aomagrat]

Yeah! They break the boycott then have the nerve to sue? LOL!

[SouthernFreebird]

There are 40+ other States, find one .... try up North where those good folks aren't racist like us redneck Confederate Southerners. /sarcasm

[Moose4]

I searched on "Myrtle Beach" and didn't find anything.

Sorry if it's a duplicate, but at least I did try and check before posting--the search function just let me down! Yeah, that's the ticket. :)

}:-)4

[SouthernFreebird]

You subbing for Illbay?

[Constitution Day]

LOL!

Now who will be a sub for WhiskeyPapa while he's gone?

[DC Packfan]

With all due respect, wasn't this already posted?

Yeah, every year at about this time the exact same story comes up.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

I have been to MB for both weeks (and am not a biker). The BB week is much more unruly and my experience has been that there was a lot of distain for locals and local law, especially traffic laws. In trying to keep PC, I will refrain from my first-hand experiences to avoid the flames. However, local businesses agree that if BB week could be cancelled, they wouldn't miss it at all. The revenue it brings in is offset by the tourists that stay away during that time, and I'm one of them. Families trying to have a quite, fun beach vacation do not have that experience during this time...

Flame away, I speak from experience...

[Rebelbase]

The husband of a gal I work with is in the custom crotch rocket business and sets up a sales trailer at BB week each year. He makes a huge chunk of cash catering to their market at Myrtle.

[avg_freeper]

I'd have much more respect for the writer of this news article if it were titled:

"Black Bikers Berate Beach By Barking Bias"

[Hildy]

The Atlantic Beach Black Bike Week will draw 300,000 to 350,000 this weekend,

Is anyone else as surprised by this number as I am? I don't mean to be facetious when I say that I don't think I've ever seen a group of black motorcyclists in my life!

[harpu]

This article is central to why the 2nd Amendment is so important to those of us who have grown tired of the 'race baiting' from the 'gottahavittoos'!

[GOP_Proud]

< Is anyone else as surprised by this number as I am? I don't mean to be facetious when I say that I don't think I've ever seen a group of black motorcyclists in my life!
>

My thoughts exactly. Neither have I. I guess we live a very sheltered life or very white ones.

[The Other Harry]

I might just need to go to this.

[harpu]

The noise from 300 to 350,000 v-twins is good but can you imagine the shock one of your other senses must be subjected to.

[Zavien Doombringer]

Hmmm, come to think of it...NO!
I have only been to Myrtle Beach once in my life and I really don't care to go back, but how in the world are 300,000 to 350,000 cyclists going to fit on that Island!

[Moose4]

We see black bikers all over the place down here in Columbia. As a rule, they do tend to be younger and ride those "crotch rocket" sport bikes; white bikers tend to be older and ride Harleys or other big cruisers. Those are general trends of course, there are white sportbike riders and black Harley owners.

In another article I read on this, the police spokesman down in Myrtle Beach justified the traffic measures and police presence by noting that the Harley riders are older and tend to "tire out and go to bed by midnight," while the black bikers hang out all night and turn it into a street party.

And yes, it gets crowded shoving a couple hundred thousand people into the Grand Strand. :) My wife and I were down there last year on Mother's Day weekend, which is the first part of Harley Week, and we took a cruise down Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, the beach-side strip. It took us 90 minutes to make it from North 83rd down to where Ocean runs into US 17, about 4 miles. The sights were worth it, though, it's quite the show. :)

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[Phantom Lord]

My neighbor is a black family and they have 3 bikes. I rode in the past but havent in years. Will probably get another bike soon. But when I rode I knew a few and saw many black riding. And today I still see them everywhere.

They do tend to ride rice burners far more than Harleys.

[The PeteMan]

Had to know and expect this was coming

I can see it now, Jessie Jackson riding into Myrtle Beach on one of those bikes that has a side scoop and in the scoop are his wife and one of his mistresses.

Some of the greatest INVENTORS of our generation are the PC and Racism crowd.