Bike rally founders move H.O.G. away from Myrtle Beach.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. _ The Harley-Davidson Myrtle Beach fall rally has gotten too big for the group of S.C. motorcycle owners that helped pave the way for the event.

Lost in the shuffle of the rally that attracts up to 45,000 bikers, the S.C. State Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) is taking its rally _ which spawned the larger event in Myrtle Beach _ to Columbia next year.

The H.O.G. rally, which had attracted as many as 1,700 bikers during its peak here, called Myrtle Beach home for five years until October, when it moved to Greenville, S.C.

"Nothing personal toward Myrtle Beach," said state coordinator David Pugh of Spartanburg. "Myrtle Beach was always …