STURGIS, S.D. — They say all issues should come to an finish, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally isn’t immune.
Although the rally ends Sunday, the City of Sturgis held its closing ceremonies on Saturday at Rally Point.
The ceremony for the 82nd Sturgis Rally started with a speech from Sturgis Mayor Mark Carstensen, who thanked the sponsors and rally-goers for his or her assist of the occasion.
To give the rally the correct sendoff, Stuntman Cole Freeman jumped Main Street Sturgis on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. It’s the third 12 months, Freeman says, that he’s hoping to hold on the legend of daredevil Evil Knievel.
“What a method to finish it, ? I’m the one man on this planet to leap a motorbike over Main Street Sturgis,” Freeman mentioned. “It’s my third time doing it. It’s a terrific privilege to have it. I wish to preserve doing it. I feel it’s an effective way to finish the rally and let’s simply preserve doing it that method.”
Following Freeman’s bounce, the town additionally unveiled the emblem for subsequent 12 months’s rally.