One of the biggest motorcycle rallies in the world
One of the first up is Bobby Friss.
Set for 9:30 p.m. at the famous Broken Spoke Saloon in Ormond Beach.
Here he is at Dirty Harry's during Bike Week 2020:
More bands coming in our undercover coverage...
In the meantime, more Bobby Friss:
"The Boys are Back in Town
Ruskies may have to ride Japanese bikes, if Japan companies are still in the Motherland
The iconic American motorcycle company has suspended shipments and business in Russia. Officials cited the Vladimir Putin's military invasion of the Ukraine as the cause.
Vladimir Putin has been photographed riding Harley Davidson motorcycles. The authoritarian leader of Russia often cultivates a macho image to the Russian population. And he has cozied up to Russian motorcycle gangs or clubs, even cultivating them during his previous military invasion of Georgia to the south of Russia a few years ago.
Guy in a Harley shirt at American motorcycle rally:
The Russian component of the Harley Davidson business is small. The company has only 10 dealerships in the entire country. The European Union by contrast has 369 Harley dealerships. That is second only to the United States, which of course is the homeland of Harley Davidson.
There are Russian-made motorcycles. Some are even sold in the United States. But none with the cache even close to that of Harley Davidson.
The Daytona Beach City Commissioners are about to cut the hours that bars in the city can remain open. They would be required to close at 2 a.m., rather than 3 a.m.
Exempted are "special events." Which include Jeep Beach Week, Speed Weeks, Bike Week, Coke Zero, Biketoberfest and the Turkey Run.
Don't Mess with Cash Cow
Lots of money spent as the consumption of mass quanities of refreshing beverages skyrockets during Daytona Bike Week.
Spring Break for college students was not included in the special events, andin fact the powers-that-be especiallyt singled out the college students to NOT be exempted from the shorter bar hours.
Described as superfan
Denise Beaver, of Jacksonville, FL, will be attending her 50th straight Bike Week in Daytona in days.
First attended in 1972
When the Vietnam War was winding down, Richard Nixon was set to beat George McGovern in a presidential landslide election, and the biker culture was exploding after "Easy Rider" came out to a cult following three years earlier. With young Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda.
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Peter Fonda's American Flag Patch. The "Captain America" flag worn on actor Peter Fonda's leather jacket in the famous film, Easy Rider sold for $89,625 in the Music and Entertainment Auction conducted, October 2007, by Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas. The patch measures 14.5" x 11"
We know there are likely others out there with even more than 50-years of consecutive attendance at Daytona Bike Week.
The in-place to be in spring, or late winter if you reside in the far north snow kingdoms.
This is one of the biggest of all motorcycle rallies in the world. And with a fanciful fun air of ocean surf wafting into the nostrils as bikes roar about incongruously...
Masses of bikers expected
With the receding covid epidemic, things are primed to break lose.
Prepare for palm trees and temperatures in the 70s and 80s. And very skimpy attire.
Motorcycle clubs on collision course
As war looms in the Ukraine, tensions run high amongst the biker clubs in bordering countries.
The Montenegrin branch of the Russian “Night Wolves” bikers club wants the government of Montenegro to ban a pro-Ukraine solidarity rally.
The Russian "Night Wolves" accused the pro-Ukranine solidarity movement of "war mongering." The Russian Nightwolves were founded by Alexander Zaldostanov (The Surgeon) in the early 1980s. The group was composed of rock music fans and motorcycle enthusiasts.
The Night Wolves are favored by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He calls them "friends." Putin is often at the groups nationalist rallied. And he rides a Harley Davidson.
Night Wolves motto:
Pray to God and stick to Russia
The "Night Wolves" even participated in the invasion and annexation of the Crimean part of the Ukraine in 2014. They have even pushed the Russification of Montenegro."
Flag of Ukraine
United States ambassador to Mongenegro Judy Rising Reinke called on American and Montenegran citizens to support a free Ukraine, and oppose Russian aggression.
Ham'n Jam at Hulett, WY during the Sturgis Rally
In a Western atmosphere of ambient ambiance
First BIG ONE up is Daytona Bike Week in March.
Then the fantasy of the open road unfolds
Dates to be announced:
Past issues available online right here
We're experimenting with a few Content Management Systems (CMS) for this new site. Translating geek-talk to plain-talk, the "look" has been changed several times. With that, here are archival posts from 2021:
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