Sturgis is a conservative town of about 7,000 people nestled up in the Black Hills of South Dakota. We arrived about 10 days before the 68th annual motorcycle rally that will bring in about 500,000 enthusiasts from around the country. We set up the green bus amidst a sea of pre-preparations going on in the downtown area.
It didn’t take long before interested folks stopped by to see what the green bus was all about. One guy was really excited to share the story of his first two batches of home-brewed biodiesel. We troubled-shot some of his issues about breaking emulsions and linked him up with some good biofuel resources from the bus.
When planning our South Dakota events, we expected to buy some biodiesel in Sturgis. Unfortunately, the local Cenex was not carrying the fuel this year. Less Star, local sales manager from Cenex, stopped by to visit us at the bus. He loves the “soy diesel” and his customers do too. Used on the farm and in the trucks, the Cenex B2 and B5 Ruby Fieldmaster adds power and lubricity to engine performance. Unfortunately, the increased price of soy and transportation costs has the local stores out of the biodiesel market this year. Less believes either a local source or rail transportation could keep prices down and promote a local source for biodiesel in western South Dakota.
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Isn't it crazy that the rally is going to bring more than 100,000 times the town's population over the course of two weeks? It's almost incomprehensible. I've never been, personally. I confess I'm pretty new to motorcycle culture; I just started working as a brand ambassador for Progressive motorcycle insurance, and since then I've become really interested in it. We're actually going to be at Sturgis, which is awesome! We'll be giving away free shirts at our booth at Thunder Road, plus having a drawing to win a custom Sucker Punch Sally's motorcycle. It's beautiful, kind of old school. The shirts are also really nice, exclusive to Sturgis and absolutely free. If you want to pick one up while you're there, you just go to http://motorcycle.progressive.com ahead of time to download the coupon, then come by our booth to drop it off and say hi! Be sure to bring the coupon though; we can only give you a free shirt if you have one. We're going to have other cool giveaways too, so it should be a fun time.
I hope I haven't overstepped my bounds by leaving this comment, I'm just trying to get the word out :) If you have any questions or want more information feel free to shoot me an Email: leah.druska@gmail.com.
See you at Thunder Road, and ride safe!
Leah Druska
Brand Ambassador
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