<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">    While I hate the noise of unmuffled bikes as much as anyone (I used to live between two biker bars that were open _late_, and used to fantasize about what I could do with a nice heavy tripwire), I seriously doubt that there's going to be noticeably more motocycle traffic in Yellowstone at the end of July than there always is.  Don't forget that the Sturgis Rally is a week or two later and is fully 20 times larger.  The Sturgis crowd, almost certainly including a good number of Hell's Angels, has always blatted their way through Old Faithful for a few weeks in late July and early August.  It's just one of the signs of midsummer, like the warmer days and less frequent Aurums.  A few hundred more bikes passing through, give or take, isn't going to make a difference.  My advice is not to hang out too much in front of Lower Ham's at that time of year if you value your hearing.  Most places that aren't right on the road, the noise just blends in with the general din of humanity.    As for the Hell's Angels themselves, yeah, in some regions they operate as an organized crime syndicate, but in others they really are just another bike club, and regardless, I doubt they're going to come to Wyoming spoiling for trouble.  A vacation's a vacation, you know?  No one wants to bring their work with them.  Given their demographic, I'd guess you're more likely to get some member of the "older generation" chewing your ear off about his arthritis and heartburn than trying to mug you.  And if he did, I'm sure you'd have no problem outrunning a guy in a walker. David Freund, Udo wrote: <blockquote cite="midF5FF3380E9F41648AF24B80C2AAF19AD0510B0E9@emss08m03.us.lmco.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta name="Generator" content="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.6603.0"> <title>FYI - reason to avoid YNP in late July</title>  The following is an article that appears in today's Billings Gazette.  I, for one, plan to avoid the Park in late July because I dislike the noise that so many bikes create, assuming that many of them will travel through the Park before and after the rally.  Sad that Cody is so desperate for $$ that they are actually welcoming a gang with a long history of criminal activity to the city.  And I'm terribly sorry if I am encroaching on anyone else's curmudgeon status.  (c:) </blockquote> <blockquote cite="midF5FF3380E9F41648AF24B80C2AAF19AD0510B0E9@emss08m03.us.lmco.com" type="cite"> <article snipped> </blockquote> </body> </html>