This time last week we were reporting how Myrtle Beach's efforts to end the rallies seemed to have kept the Harleys out of town. But it was somewhat of a different story Saturday night with the Memorial Day Bikefest bikers.
Of course, the sponsor of the rally is Atlantic Beach, more toward North Myrtle Beach. While traffic was steady during the day, by night, it was a near stand still when a lot of bikers and one-day visitors making it into town.
While there's a lot more activity in the city limit's of Myrtle Beach than there was last week, there are some bikers -- just like at the Harley Rally -- who refuse to come in the city limits.
"Like I've said," said Deborrah Walker, a biker from Virginia, "We've stayed in North Myrtle Beach so we wouldn't have to wear our helmets and we've gone and done everything we've wanted to do, basically, except go into Myrtle Beach," she continued.
Eddie parrish, a biker from North Carolina said, Myrtle Beach "just don't want us. They're making it apparent in Myrtle Beach that they, you know, set the rules so we would not come... I tell you, it's gonna hurt more than they think it is."
We also talked with some tourists and residents not here for Bikefest. Most say they don't mind the rally overall. What they do mind is some of the behavior -- the traffic and the scantily-clad women, many of whom aren't wearing much to cover up rear-ends.
"They dress with hardly anything on. When we first got here somebody was being arrested in front of our condos and so again, we probably wouldn't come during this week," admitted Nancy Middleton, who is visiting Myrtle Beach.
"I wouldn't bring my, if i had little children I wouldn't bring them down here in this," said Larry Holder, who is visiting family in Myrtle Beach.
"We actually knew this a couple months ago when we booked here," said Michelle Gilmore, visiting Myrtle Beach, "But we really thought bike week would be North Myrtle Beach and that we wouldn't really have a lot of traffic down here."