If you own a custom bike, you probably love that machine just as much as your significant other (maybe even more amirite?!?). If you don’t own a custom bike, chances are you appreciate customs and the talented builders who turn them out and bring their two-wheeled pieces of rolling art to rallies like Sturgis.
The Sturgis Rally is the Custom Motorcycle Mecca. Builders work year-round to turn out new custom creations for Sturgis each year. If Sturgis is the center of the custom motorcycle faith, then the Sturgis Buffalo Chip is its temple.
Now in its 46th year of Rally chaos, the Chip hosts a collection of custom motorcycle shows that goes beyond the expected, each one part of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Custom Series. From vintage choppers to foreign eccentricities to pint-sized minibikes with way too much horsepower, these aren’t your average trophy-hunting contests. They’re snapshots of a broader motorcycle culture that are raw, rowdy and radically diverse.
Most of them take place in the free-access zones of the Buffalo Chip’s CrossRoads and Camp Zero, making it easy to enter your two-wheel beauty into a show or wander through a forest of custom builds as a spectator. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip Custom Series Presented by Gates Belt Drive returns each year with a gamut of different shows for every type of bike (and biker).
And while the lineup changes, one thing never does: the variety. Over the years, the Chip has hosted everything from classics to curiosities.
Here are just a few of the custom shows that have rolled through in past Rally seasons:
High Octane Bike Show Official Rally Kickoff Show
Schools Out Chopper Show Presented by Stoopid Chopper Show
Camp Zero Contraption Show Presented by Martian Machine
Global Getdown Bike Show Presented by Weems Motor Co.
Evo Entanglement Bike Show Presented by Kenny’s House of Horsepower
Sportster Showdown and Dirt Drags Presented by Led Sled Customs and Harley-Davidson
Biker Belles Women’s Bike Show Presented by Maiden Moto
Camp Zero Mini Bike Show Presented by Go Powersports
Bikini Beach Invitational Bike Show Presented by Led Sled Customs and Harley-Davidson
Pretty Fast Bike Show Presented by Lloyd’z Garage
Stay tuned for the 2026 bike show list and schedule!
