Cabbage Patch Video
Typical scenes from the extravaganza
Nothing like cooking cabbage greens in the Florida sun...
- gasoline $4.44 a gallon
- Thong time
- Riding the bull
- Cabbage Patch
- Mud Wresting
- Main Drag
Biker In-Thing
Black leather
From pulling up on amotorcyce, to:
Black leather jackets that cost more than you want to know.
Academy Awards showpiece is Biker Leather
Timothée Chalamet set the tone.
Stories and pics in some of the Hollywood celebrity press...
"Academy Awards Red Carpet 1988" by Alan Light is marked with CC BY 2.0. "Academy Award Winner" by Dave_B_ is marked with CC BY 2.0. "#52 -Audrey Hepburn with Rex Harrison Holding Academy Award" by fred baby is marked with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Walking Around Daytona
This guy on typical walk on sunny day
Except for 500,000+ Bikers
Scenes from earlier this month...
Accident Report
Six Die During Bike Week
The final unfortunate but inevitable tally of six bikers die in Volusia County during Bike Week.
But, 2022 hosted many more bikers than pandemic connected 2021.
Halifax Health reported 163 trauma patients during the event. Of those, 75 were from motorcycle accidents and the remainder from other causes.
Six Fatalities - down from 8 during 2021 Bike Week last year.
Florida Highway Patrol...28 crashes
FHP reported working on 28 motorcycle crashes this year.
An Ultimate Adreanlin Rush
Dangling from a draw bridge
He bailed
No injury from this. Rather spectacularlly...
Not recommended as a way to go swimming
By Amateur and Pro Alike
*** Some Good, some not so much***
We'll be adding to these occasionally as new stuff come online.
Curated of course, by our demented staff...
A Few Tidbits
***Most bikers now either home or on their way.
Heading out of town (Photo by DaytonaZone)
Streets empty out as hundreds of thousands leave Daytona Beach.
Big Year
2022 reportedly much increased numbers of bikers as pandemic fatigue wears off.
This generally considered a big success for Daytona Bike Week.
Half million...the number of bikers usually claimed to attend Daytona Bike Week
Now or the bad
Five reported Deaths
From biker accidents
The five deaths reported in motorcycle accidents were earlier in the week.
The gruesome double-murder
A couple was murdered late night near the beach. The bodies found near their bicycles. Suspect arrested after video cam footage was publicized and more than 100 tips received by Daytona Police.
Video footage from security camera recorded suspect
Bike Week 2023
Vendors and officials already starting to prepare for Bike Week 2023.
At the Iron Horse Saloon
Video is from their 2020 Bike Week performance
Starts at 1 p.m.
Last official day of Bike Week underway
Also on Sunday at the Iron Horse
Whey Jennings
4 to 5:30 pm
David Allen Coe
6 to 7:30 pm
Miss Intent
8 to 9:30 pm
And here is a video of Miss Intent at the Iron Horse at the beginning of Bike Week earlier
Spring Break Drinking Spots
Perhaps a brief change-of-pace from biker bars
Below one of the more traditional biker bars during Daytona Bike Week.
The college hangouts rather strangely of a slightly genteel look.
Supposedly college oriented establishments:
Streamline Hotel - Art Deco hotel, 140 S. Atlantic Ave. opened in 1940 to Florida grandeur.
Main Street Station - definately a motorcycle atmosphere here between the river and ocean at 316 Main St.. This goes back to 1934 and stock car racing on the beach.
Joe's Crab Shack - very, very Daytona Beach. Off Main Street at Daytona Beach Pier. With potent Shark Bite and Category 5 Hurricane specialty concoctions.
Daytona Taproom - seaside at 310 Seabreeze Blvd with 50 brews on tap. And something called pork sliders.
The Oyster Club - a horrific place if you are an oyster or clam. 555 Seabreeze Blvd. And 70 televisions if you are into that kind of thing.
A Bit Less Sunshine
Even so, Florida in March is pretty nice
Some rain predicted for Monday through Wednesday as motorcycle culture heads back home, wherever that might be.
But Sunday...good riding.
And then there is...
Other Activities
With inclement weather, one must satisfy one's self in one of the refreshment establishments. (Photo by DaytonaZone.com)