subject: Daytona Bike Week '09 And Why It Really Should Be Remembered [print this page] The yearly Daytona Bike Week held each spring is the unofficial kickoff to the motor bike riding season. This event usually sees around 500,000 motorcycling lovers attending and the Daytona Beach economy will ordinarily take in about $300 million. This is a definite entry on your bucket list if you consider yourself a avid motorcyclist. If you attend this event once then it is highly likely you will want to go again and again.
In the months and weeks leading up to Daytona Bike Week '09, organizers were concerned that the sluggish economy would drastically hurt their event. They were not wrong to be worried but only relating to the number of attendees. The vast majority of the hotels that would normally be filled to capacity were flashing vacancy signs for the whole week. Even so , aside from this, there were no other signs that anything was amiss.
Daytona Bike Week '09 featured the usual motorcycle races across town at the Daytona International Speedway. That is important when you consider that the races are the very thing that established Bike Week 70 years ago. Across town, on the other side a new record was being set by Harley Davidson for the sheer numbers of demo rides provided by them. The unofficial number of rides per day was put at about 2,000. This totals a ton of rides when you think in regards to the whole week.
And the usual party atmosphere was not missing from Daytona Bike Week '09 thankfully. Custom-made bikes rolling down the main drag, scantily clad women with big smiles, a lot of flowing alcohol, and great music. With regards to attendance, the promoters were right but they were not prepared for the fact that those who attended were still provided the same great time that other years provided.
Should you be there, and you did not remember to buy your official T-shirt, you are in luck. You can obtain one today at one of the many online retailers similar to the Online Biker Shop. And for those who werent at the event, you can still add to your collection of biker rally and festival gear by getting some Daytona Bike Week '09 gear today.
