ok... to clarify, i have attended the "black" bike week as well as the "white" bike week (hence the "us" and "them" to be polite
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the "white" bike week was better organized, and it seemed to be more of an actual event than the "black" bike week. i went to "white" bike week with a friend of mines who owns a tshirt/embroidery business and helped pass out flyers, etc. the police presence was there, of course, but nowhere near what it was during "black" bike week. that trip i went down as a tourist with a few girlfriends of mine who own bikes. it was just as though a bunch of "us" got together, the guys shined up their vehicles and the girls got as legally naked as possible. it was (for lack of a better work) ghetto! someone told me that it depends on what part of Myrtle Beach you are at. i also know from a friend of mines who grew up there, the strip is opened up more for the "white" bike week than it is the "black"...