We'll be riding up by ourselves most likely because we can only go for one week day (work schedule, budget). TCS's permit is good for daylight hours only, so we have to be back before 8 p.m. (Like Cinderella, or else the bike turns into a pumpkin.)
We've been to MB a few times before (not on the bike), so we don't need to go to any "tourist" stuff. We already know the area. We'll stick to the venues outside the city itself. We would like to check out the vendors and admire bikes.
A couple years ago we were in MB during Black Bike Week. It's usually held two weeks after MB/Grand Strand Week. Mostly sport bikes then, and I saw my first two Can-Am Spyders on the road then. A lot of guys wore the helmets that look like Spartans.
The reason we were in MB during
that week was because I was taking the written/computer portion of my RID NIC certification test. It was the closest testing site. The bike week was just a bonus.
Black Bike Week 2010