First now rolling In

(Staff File Photo)

Bikers now entering Daytona

This is one of the big ones in North America.

Hundreds of thousands will show up. Peak numbers coming in a few days.

2023 expect to be a Big One

82nd year of this monumental motorcycle rally

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100-year Old Races

Coming up very soon at Bike Week.

Put on by Sons of Speed, created by Billy Lane of Choppers Inc.

The Scoop

• Vintage !!!
• 90 mph speeds
• General admission adult - $20

When: Mar. 4

Where: Historic New Smyrna Speedway

Burning Bike set for Mar. 10

If you into burning a gigantic wooden motorcycle, then this is for you.

Take part, or just watch

Where: Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand

When: 5 p.m. on March 10

Giant Motorcycle Sculpture at Daytona Bike Week

• Pose for photos
• Sign the big wooden bike before the conflagration
• Miss Burning Bike Bikini Contest
• And refreshing beverages available, of course.

*Here are the costs at one of the biggest campgrounds at Bike Week

A Daytona Bike Week Exclusive !

Fastlane Campground

At the Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand, FL

Tent camping is $15/night per person. Or $90 the entire Bike Week.

Full RV hookups starting at $75/night for two people. Trailer parking $100 for all 10-days.

Opens at 10 am, Mar. 3

386-801-1810

Scheduled event begin piling up. Here the Biker Belles

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Not sure if this is any good, but hey, the poster looks cool...

Set for March 8

• The Morning Rid begins and ends at Harley-Davidson headquarters at Daytona International Speedway.
• A "ride-bike" show to be presented by Renegade Babes afterwards.
• All rider contributions go to Biker Belles charities to support women and youth.

Another legend to perform in 2023

George Thorogood and the Destroyers set for Wednesday, Aug. 9 at the 2023 Sturgis Rally.

a bit of snarling and bluesy rock-and-roll

This guy had been at this for more than five decades, making him a perfect fit for the Sturgis crowd which still has many offspring from the old "Easy Rider" days.

Many undoubtedly on-hand to be "destroyed..."

Thorogood at Patterson College in 1986

JazzyJoeyD, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Son of the also famous Evil Knievel

"File:RobbieKnievelTexasMotorSpeedway.jpg" by Bo Nash is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

The famed stunt rider died last Friday. He was only 60-years old. His last days were in a hospice with pancreatic cancer

Knievel first jumped his bicycle at age 4. Performed in Madison Square Garden at age 8, and went on to follow in Evil's footsteps.

350 jumps in his career

He performed his last jump in 2011 in Coachella, California, jumping 50 feet above tractor-trailer trucks at the Spotlight 29 Casino

Set 20 motorcycle stunt records in his lifetime.

Looking Back

Pretty good mass of photos from the life and times of Robbie Knievel. Scenes throughout his career in:

Photos at New York Post

and also

WFMZ

And then there is this:

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When money and upset citizens collide !!!

Described by some as a "tweaking" of the rules. To be considered at public meetings. But, there is a lot of money potentially on the line when hundreds of thousands of bikers with American cash currency in their blue jeans arrive every March.

Considering:

• Allowing people to rent lawns for parking lots.
• Regulatory standards for the temporary business that set up shop during Bike Week.
• Possible noise or traffic ordinances.
• Anything possible. For instance, one commissioner proposed eliminating outside vendors. That brainstorm occurred 12 years ago. And apparently was disposed of quite expeditiously. Since huge numbers come in to sell, make money, and supply the invading horde with everything imaginable, and some things that are not.

Reports indicate these types of changes started way back in the 1980s when crowd numbers exploded and gangs infiltrated some parts of Bike Week.

Any changes supposedly wouldn't take place until next year.

The idea...to manage, but not kill the golden Bike Week, er' goose