Apr 25, 2020 | News
*UPDATE* – COVID-19 Official Announcement.
Unfortunately, due to the Governor’s extended “Safer at Home” order until May 26th, 2020 the Spring 2020 Slimey Crud Run has been officially cancelled.
We strongly encourage all riders to practice rational risk management (eg., wear a helmet), use objective data provided by healthcare experts in risk-related decision making about exposure, and follow the CDC and Governor’s directives aimed at protecting public health. The CDC has issued guidance calling for no gatherings of over 50 people through May 11th. In addition, the State of Wisconsin has issued a “Safer at Home” order which we’ll address separately below.
Effective on 4/16/2020 at 8am, the State of Wisconsin extended its Safer at Home order. The order is in effect until May 26th, 2020 unless it is superseded by a future order. You may read the order by visiting the following resources:
As keepers of the Crud Run Facebook and website, we seek to keep riders informed about the run. We offer encouragement, advice, and warnings. Please check back with us later for the Fall 2020 Slimey Crud Run.
Thank you for your understanding,
The SCMG
Ride Hard – Ride Short ©
Mar 18, 2018 | News
We are pleased to announce the 2018 SCMG Film Festival on Saturday evening May 5, 2018 at the Barrymore Theatre on Atwood Ave. Madison Wisconsin. The featured film is Easy Rider, a landmark counterculture film, and a “touchstone for a generation” that “captured the national imagination”, Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. The motorcycle and the freedom it represents is an integral part of the classic movie.
Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. The significance of this film in our motorcycle culture since it was released cannot be over-stated.
The Barrymore Theatre Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 at the door.
As with previous SCMG Film Festival events, motorcycle-only parking will be available for on-street parking near the Barrymore Theatre. All attendees are invited to a party with cash bar in the lobby of the theatre after the feature film showing.
Adapted from Paul d’Orléans’ book ‘The Chopper: the Real Story’
It’s the most famous motorcycle in the world, period. Show someone a photograph of the ‘Captain America’ bike from ‘Easy Rider’, and everyone knows what they’re looking at. Show them Rollie Free stretched out in a bathing suit over his Vincent at Bonneville in 1948, and they’ll laugh, but won’t know a thing about the bike or the man. Show them TE Lawrence on his Brough Superior, and they’ll recognize neither the quizzical WW1 hero, nor his Brough Superior. The Captain America chopper transcends its own story; nobody needs to have seen the film, nor recognize Peter Fonda, to understand they’re looking at an icon, a magical talisman of Freedom. Such is the power of the machine’s image, and its place in the cultural history of motorcycling around the world. Far more people idolized that motorcycle than ever saw the film; all they needed was a photograph of Dennis Hopper (on the ‘Billy’ bike) and Peter Fonda, riding through the anonymous landscape of the American West, modern day cowboys roaming the land; free, just free.
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Apr 13, 2017 | News
I regret to inform everyone that there will not be a “Film Festival” at the Barrymore this year. We hope to be able to bring it back for the Spring 2018 run.
Please enjoy the spring ride this year and stay safe!
Sep 27, 2016 | News
If you’re riding up/around for/during the Slimey Crud Café Racer Run just know that “CTH P” between Cross Plains and Pine Bluff is completely closed due to a resurfacing project. Thanks to Mike C. for the tip!
Mar 16, 2016 | News
We are pleased to announce the 7th Annual SCMG Film Festival occurring on Saturday evening April 30, 2016 at the Barrymore Theatre on Atwood Ave. Madison Wisconsin. The featured film is 1 MAN’S DREAM: THE BRITTEN BIKE STORY, a film about designing and building the ultimate “Super” bike. New Zealander John Britten did more than talk about it. He went ahead and built it – at home and by hand! http://brittendvd.co.nz
This is his amazing true story. From the backyard workshop to the screaming action of Daytona and the Isle of Man, this fascinating video captures all the drama – the dreams and the nightmares, the Triumphs and the tragedies. It is the legend of the man from “Down Under ” who dared to challenge the might and wisdom of the world’s great motorcycle production factories and captured a nation’s imagination en route. And it is the tale of the revolutionary bike that confounded the critics and took the world by storm. John received word of his motorcycles greatest victories only two months before he succumbed to cancer. Twenty years later the story of the Britten motorcycle continues. New video captures the memorial reunion of all but one of ten Britten V-1000 motorcycles, the riders who rode them to glory, and the past and present owners. Capping the reunion events, the Britten V-1000 motorcycle ridden by Andrew Stroud, winners at Daytona 20 years earlier, won the Battle of the Twins at the AHMRA Barber Vintage Festival.
The Barrymore Theatre Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 day of show. Advance tickets available on-line at www.barrymorelive.com and by phone at (608) 241-8633, with $1.00 convenience charge. Advance tickets are also available at Film Festival Sponsors. 2015 sponsors include Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson, Indian of Madison, Motorcycle Performance, and Steelhorse Law.
As with previous SCMG Film Festival events, motorcycle-only parking will be available for on-street parking in the vicinity of the Barrymore Theatre. Please set a personal goal to encourage at least one additional friend to attend the Film Festival event this year. There will be a party with cash bar in the lobby of the theatre after the feature film showing.
