Las Vegas Bikefest 2016

For those of you that have never been, don't go. For those who have been and think its the "bomb", get a life. Having said all of that.....lol. I have heard for the last several years from friends and acquaintances that the Las Vegas Bikefest was a lot of serious fun.  It's usually the weekend after Street Vibrations Fall rally in Reno, Nevada. Each person Ive heard describe it, was usually telling me how "wild" it gets, how much there is to see.  This was always easy for me to believe because I try to take people at face value, somewhat trust their opinions and well, Vegas is known to take things from other places and make it bigger and flashier or is that fleshier....I get so confused sometimes.....lol. However, the Las Vegas Bikefest 2016 was kind of a bust.  It was a $15 per person admission.  Security had a problem with my wallet chain that is so short I can barely get money out of my wallet when I need to.  We then entered the "2" block event.  Only to find that about half of the vendors are food vendors. Then the other half of the vendors look like yard sale graduates looking for the swap meet.  Although there were about 5 truly professional vendors that were impressive with their wares.  For example, TES products has an awesome cover design for motorcycles, a very impressive product they have.  Check them out at www.tesproducts.com.  Of course, Mustang was there with their usual great selection of great seats, you can't go wrong with one of their seats.  Check them out at www.mustangseats.com There is one thing that we really enjoyed for the hour we were there was our visit to Hogs & Heifers Saloon.  The bar was a nice sized biker dive bar so to speak.  Every so often the bartenders get on the bar and dance a little river dance style dance.  During Bikefest they close off each end of the block and build a bar in the street for the ultimate street party. The people watching at this place is sublime!  Lots of material.  I was told that the vibe of the bar during the rest of the year was about the same as what we were witnessing too.  So if you're in town, check it out for sure! Aside from it being a nice boring freeway ride to get there, a bust for a rally, it was a nice bar stop on a long ride through Vegas baby!