Motorcycle show coming to Rathdrum for 3rd annual event
RATHDRUM – Budweiser and some local biking enthusiasts invite you to “Cool Your Pipes” in Rathdrum this weekend. With three days of live music, a couple of dozen vendors, and a little experience under their belts, organizers are hoping to draw thousands to the second annual North Idaho Budweiser Motorcycle Show and Sale.
Last year more than 500 people came to check out their first event, says Kevin Randle, one of the organizers. This year they hope to turn Rathdrum’s City Park into Kickstand City – North Idaho-style, and are gearing up to entertain over a thousand motorcyclists and motorcycle enthusiasts.
Although the Budweiser Clydesdales won’t make it this year, the event promises something for everybody with live music providing background; hundreds of bikes providing inspiration; spray tattoos offering short-term thrills; a beer garden promising cool refreshment; and vendors offering motorcycles, motorcycle gear and accessories, creative artwork and great food.
The music of Bill Bosley will help get things going on Friday as motorcycle, craft and food vendors open for action. Big Boy Toys and new kid on the block Roketa ATV Motors will have bikes, scooters and off-road vehicles to display; and Spokane Powersports will offer Suzuki and Honda motorcycle gear and accessories. Perfection Powder Coating, Wash and Shine and Custom Paint and Airbrushing will demonstrate its products; and artists including leather and metal artworks craftsmen, jewelry makers, and tattoo artists will offer their products for sale, while the smell of barbecued pizza, Mexican food, and other food venders, permeates the air.
A new vendor, Revolution Performance Motors, will be offering cutting edge technology with the introduction of their recently developed 4-valve Hemi engine for motorcycles. Based in Hayden, the company manufactures its engines right here in North Idaho and plans to be at full production by September of this year.
On Saturday, Rattletrap will entertain while motorcycle contests and games liven things up. The contests will begin at 2 pm on Saturday afternoon, with prizes being awarded to the shiniest, oldest, most unique and ugliest bikes. Motorcycle games will follow, including two old favorites – the Slow Cone Run and the Swingin’ Hot Dog.
Saturday is also the day 500 to 600 Ride for Life motorcyclists will stop by on their way to Priest River. Bikes will be arriving from various locations around the area, stop by to “cool their pipes” and then continue to roar through town, as part of a ride to benefit the Cancer Society.