Arizona Bike Week®

Overview

Arizona Bike Week® has emerged as one of the nation’s premier motorcycle rallies. A beguiling mix of smashing headliner music, idyllic weather, showcased works of master builders, an astonishing number of real world customs, parties spread the length and breadth of the central Sonoran Desert, a wide diversity of vendors, bike shows, Miss AZ Bike Week contest, flat track racing, laid back law enforcement presence, and nightly headliner music (think ZZ Top, George Thorogood, Alice Cooper, etc) arguably puts ABW in the top three of grand slam motorcycle rallies, standing alongside Sturgis and Daytona. Organizers estimate attendance will top 100,000 attendees for a rally that gets the party started early with pre-rally events scheduled throughout the greater Phoenix area for some 10 days or more before the gates open for Cyclefest at Scottsdale’s WestWorld. ABW offers its signature guided charity rides and mapped day trips. Four self-guided rides head off, as the local Apache and Navajo might say, in the direction of the four winds. The stunning day trips generally range from 200 to 350 miles roundtrip, riding into the heart of Arizona’s breathtaking Martian landscapes and long-dead volcanic ranges, exploring ghost towns, skirting Indian ruins, visiting red rock wonderlands, cool desert rivers and lakes, and slicing through hundreds of millions of years of geologic time. Come for the party, stay for the music and rides.