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| | | AZCactus | | Taranis |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,524 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 04 Jan 2018 - 11:21 Post title : Laughlin River Run | | | 
The river run was started in 1983 with 426 participants. It was "conceived by Harley-Davidson dealer Dale Marschke, who wanted to bring his customers on a fun weekend ride." The name comes from the fact that riders are riding out to the Colorado River, on which Laughlin sits. Other riders go across the river to Laughlin's sister city, Bullhead City, Arizona, Route 66 rides to Oatman, Arizona and Kingman, Arizona and also down to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
The Laughlin River Run today takes place annually during the last weekend in April, normally beginning on Wednesday and finishing on Sunday. The event is currently promoted by Dal-Con Promotions and features several attractions and events, including live concerts, many motorcycle vendors, a poker run, drag races, bike show, Ms. Laughlin competition and charity events.
Accommodations are usually made at the various large hotels in Laughlin, however in recent years, campsites have also been utilized for RV's.
The 2002 rally was marred by the River Run Riot, a major brawl between rival motorcycle clubs (Hells Angels and Mongols) at Harrah's Laughlin that left three bikers dead, another 13 injured, and 9 bikers arrested.
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2018 - 07:33 Post title : Re: Laughlin River Run (Re: AZCactus) | | | Last time the wife and I were there was '09, Oatman was a blast riding past the donkeys on the road going in. Maybe its time again? 
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| | | AZCactus | | Taranis | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,524 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2018 - 18:47 Post title : Re: Laughlin River Run (Re: Habuba) | | | ...i'm thinking of doing the run.
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| | | MotorMac | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,790 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 Jan 2018 - 02:25 Post title : Re: Laughlin River Run (Re: AZCactus) | | | Gee, wonder what the campground is like? Guessing it's not quite as peaceful as last time I was there. ;-)
Y'know... I've done the Street Vibrations rally a few times over the years (Reno, Sparks and Virginia City), less than 100 miles from here, always had a good time, but... don't think I'd wanna spend the night. It's such a zoo... got so big that there are now two events, a new one in spring (June 1-3 Link ) and the big one in fall (Sept. 26-30 Link ).
Looks like Sparks has had enough - I see it's now Reno, Tahoe, Carson City and Virginia City.
I plan to take a ride over Mt. Rose and spend some time in Virginia City, but not when the circus is in town. Lots of T&A, but hard to find parking, mobs everywhere, we couldn't get any food, drinks, couldn't even see the place.
A gathering of British bikes would be interesting, or a meeting of forum members or some other small function, but these big buck mega-rallies are all pretty much the same. They just want you to spend your money and go away. Not my idea of a good time.
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| | | AZCactus | | Taranis | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,524 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 08 Jan 2018 - 04:18 Post title : Re: Laughlin River Run (Re: MotorMac) | | |
MotorMac wrote:
Gee, wonder what the campground is like? Guessing it's not quite as peaceful as last time I was there. ;-).... |
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Yeah those were the days.
Anyway... Needles would be my home-base for the river run. It's more hometown, only 20 miles to the hubbub and great prices for a good motel (early bird special, $80 for 2 nites). 
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