Myrtle Beach Bike Week Is Back

By: LIncoln InfIeld

Myrtle Beach spring bike Week is a tradition

for most east coast bikers. It’s had its ups and downs over the past decade with an upswing expected for this year’s spring rally. Myrtle Beach Bike Week is known for wild custom bikes, cruisin’ the strip, great live music, up and down the 60 mile long Grand Strand. The 82nd Annual Myrtle Beach Bike Week didn’t disappoint and brought a ton of bikers back to the beach starting in Shallotte, NC at Beach House Harley-Davidson.

Beach House Harley-Davidson puts on their own Spring Bike Week with a slew of vendors, food and live music at their beautiful destination Harley-Davidson dealership. Beach House hosts a factory sale with 50% off Motorclothes for riders to browse through while tapping your toes to the Lockwood River Band or one of the other bands lined up for the rally. The H-D Demo Truck was also on site taking groups of riders out on the latest 2021 Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. The Makiai Brewing Company set up and kept busy slinging cold beer while the Nana’s Main Ingredients Food truck kept everyone fed. Vendors line the property and fill the back lot including Tom McGrath’s Motorcycle Law Group who was signing folks up to win FREE motorcycle. They also had a riding challenge going, where you could win $100 just for riding your motorcycle to the different locations where the Firm That Rides was set up! It’s a great place to stop on the way down the coast to Myrtle Beach or if you want to get out of the stop light drag race, it’s a great back roads ride from Myrtle Beach, just remember to take your helmet with you so you are prepared to cross back into NC! I spent most of a day hanging out Beach House before heading back down to SC for more festivities.

Right in the middle of the action are two must stop biker attractions: Fishtails Biker Resale and Consignment and Bubba’s Bar and Grill. To make it even better they are side by side in a plaza on Dick Pond Rd. in Myrtle Beach. Bubba’s is a local’s favorite year round biker bar, the type of place you are looking for to hang out. They had a couple of beer tubs set up in the parking lot and the doors wide open spilling the kick ass rock and roll sounds of the Devils Cut out the doors. These guys put on a hell of a show and kept the crowd rockin. Fishtails next door has a ton of biker consignment and resale items from accessories for your bike to riding gear and everything in between. I snagged a couple parts at a great price and couldn’t resist grabbing a fishtails tank top for the wife.

Did I mention how freakin awesome the owners, bartenders and patrons were? Man, this is the place to be for sure, you will roll in looking for a party and leave feeling like family.

The late night party was at Thee Dollhouse in North Myrtle Beach. They have events all week long as well and it’s a great place to get hot while you get out of the hot outside temps. They offer great motorcycle only parking right by the door and a Thee Dollhouse pin and patch set just for showing up. Once inside, the lovely ladies of Thee Dollhouse will keep you entertained, no problem! They hosted a Bike Week kickoff party on Tuesday May 11th an amateur contest with $1000 cash prize the next day and ample fun the rest of the week. It’s a classy joint and good place to get some attention while you are at bike week.

Off the beaten path, is one of Myrtle Beach Bike Weeks real gems, The Rat Hole. The Rat Hole is between Myrtle Beach and Surfside Beach off of hwy 17. As the saying goes, the Rat Hole is sometimes hard to find, but hard to forget once you’ve been by! Make sure you block off a good chunk of time if you are heading to the Hole, between the chocolate pudding wrestling and adult bar contests at night and the motorcycle rodeo during the day, you are gonna need some time to take it all in. The Rat Hole is only open for the rally and they make good use of every minute. Multiple bars on the property, vendors and everything you need to make an entire rally on one property, the Rat Hole has it all. If you want to be a part of the action you can join in the motorcycle rodeo and show all your friends you really can ride. Whether you are a spectator or competitor, the rodeo at The Rat Hole is good old fashioned biker fun. Myrtle Beach Bike Week has something for everyone, there are real highlights and great local biker hangouts that you don’t want to miss out on. The fall rally will be coming up in late September and when you head down, make sure you check out Beach House H-D, Bubbas Bar, Fishtails Resale, Thee Doll House and the Rat Hole for some good times. If you are looking to book a hotel, keep the Royal Garden Resort in Garden City in mind. They have all the amenities to make sure you have a good stay and offer discounts to bikers. Make sure you tell em The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine sent ya.