Dave Knows: Elko

We headed out to the 2010 Elko Motorcycle Jamboree “Rumble in the Rubies” yesterday.  The crowds were huge, the bikes were loud, the chaps were leather. Let’s go!

It sure seemed like there were more people than last year and it seemed like everyone was having fun.

I really like all the vendors, food(naturally) and merchandise.  The “White Trash Boutique” was back for another year.  I’m guessing they make a lot of money at this event.  I’m just guessing!

There were quite a few tattoo/piercing shops setup, this one caught my eye because it had a full pricelist of all the piercings they could do:

I had to go home and google “Labret” and “Tragus”.   They weren’t as bad as I originally thought.  I also noticed if you get both nipples pierced, you get a $5 discount.  Score!

Of course there were a ton of bikes, trikes, and everything else.

I really liked this tan bike.  Not too flashy, and only $12500!

The kids got a kick out of this bike, it had what looked like real snakeskin accents on the seats.

Check out the gas cap!

We again had the BEST corn dog ever, then followed it up with some deep fried Oreos!

Fantastic!

The local cagefighting group was all setup, but we walked by 3 or 4 times and never saw anyone getting their ass kicked in there.  Kinda disappointing…

This ice cream shop had a cool old John Deere engine running their ice cream machines:

And there were swords for sale too!  Alas, no Frostmourne, though.

There was so much more I couldn’t take pictures of all of it, but I did find time to photograph these nice ladies offering free motorcycle washes.  How generous of them!  They’re like Mother Teresa!  Only blonder.  And more ass-ey.

The big finale was a concert by headliner “Uncle Kracker”.  We didn’t stick around for that, but the  “Original KISS Army” tribute band was pretty frickin’ cool.  I’m not even a KISS fan but these guys kicked ass and put on a great show.

How awesome is that?

We had a ton of fun.  The Jamboree is still going today, with vendors and food from 9am until noon.   There’s still time to get your tragus pierced!!!