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Daytona Bike Week 2012 - Mar 9-18
An estimated 600,000 bikers usually descend on Daytona Beach annually to attend Bike Week. It's usually held during the first week to ten days of March every year, with bikers dropping an estimated $300 million into the local economy. This next year, 2010, it's scheduled to be held Feb 26 - Mar 7. During this wild week of partying, 90% of the bikes on the road will be Harley but all riders are welcome no matter what they may choose to ride. As you might imagine Harley-Davidson has a massive store in Daytona and sponsors many of the event such as bikini contests and the Ride-In show. The week's events also include; Wet T shirt contests, bikini contests, pudding wrestling, coleslaw wresting, and any other event imaginable showcasing hot biker girls.
Bike Week Motorcycle Races
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Daytona Supercross
Daytona Supercross is America's toughest and most grueling Supercross race will take place on March 10. The world's top Supercross riders such as Chad Reed, Davi Millsaps, Ryan Dungey and Ryan Villopoto battle on a tough and demanding course. This is considered the most demanding and challenging course in the country.
AMA Flat Track
Daytona International Speedway will host the AMA Pro Flat Track doubleheader which will take place on March 15-16. The top Flat Track riders in the nation will battle on the quarter-mile lime rock track in the West Lot located outside Turns 1 and 2.
Daytona 200
The Daytona 200 is America's most historic motorcycle classic and this year it takes place on March 17. First run on the beach in the 1930s, the Daytona 200 kicks off the new AMA season with a 200-mile race on the demanding twists and turns of Daytona's road course.
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Biketoberfest Bars
Boot Hill Saloon, Live Bands
Broken Spoke Saloon, Nightly contests and live music
Dirty Harry's, Contests and live music
Froggy's Saloon, Music throughout the day and night
Ironhorse Saloon, Live Entertainment
Biketoberfest Events Around Daytona Beach
The Cabbage Patch Home of the World Famous Cole Slaw Wrestling
Destination Daytona Bruce Rossmeyer's Daytona Harley-Davidson dealership
Daytona Riding Loops
Around the Daytona area there are many things to enjoy especially if you like to ride. On weekends and during Bike Week and Biketoberfest, bikers hit the road and ride for miles and miles, they may stop at a restaurant or one of the many state parks along these routes. One such state park is Tomoka State Park. It is located in the Ormond Loop along the beautiful Tomoka River, it is very lush and green and they have several picnic areas, perfect places to park a bike and enjoy.
Map of Popular Daytona Motorcycle Loops »
History Of Bike Week In Daytona Beach
Bike Week started on January 24, 1937 with the running of the Daytona 200, this was a 3.2 mile beach and road course race. In 1942, the Daytona 200 was discontinued because of World War II but on February 24, 1947, the famous motorcycle race resumed and bike week as we know it started to Bike Week has always had a flavor and spirit of its own but it was only after the war that the event began to take on a rugged edge. The main festivities were mostly on Main Street in Daytona Beach but have long since spilled out into the rest of not only the city but the rest of Volusia County as well.
Bike Week continues to be the #1 annual biker event, drawing more and more leather clad folks from all over the world each year.
Biketoberfest 2012 - Oct 18-21
Biketoberfest takes place in October for those who can't wait till March. Some of the planned events include motorcycle shows and rallies that showcase new, vintage and custom bikes; demonstration rides on the newest machines from top manufacturers; and on-track motorcycle events at the Daytona International Speedway. While this is a smaller, quieter event is still draws a crowd of more than 100,000 bike enthusiasts annually and adds over 5 million to the local economy.
Started in October of 1992 by Janet Kersey and originally called "The Daytona Fall Tour" the event was focused on attracting visitors in the off season to Daytona and was intentionally modeled after the bigger and more widely known BikeWeek held in March.
The first event featured a 125 mile scenic tour through Volusia County, bikes shows and races at Daytona International Speedway. That first event attracted 5,000 people, most of them locals and has grown every year since then. In 1993 the biker giant Harley Davidson got involved and sponsored trade shows, concerts and other events, 40 were held that year all together. The name was also officially that year to Biketoberfest.
From 1994-1997 the events doubled from 40 to 80 countywide and produced an estimated 4.6 million in revenue, by 1996 it grew again to include 300 events spread over two counties. The addition of the Pepsi 400 to the schedule of events in 1998 made Biketoberfest a real family event separating it further from the wilder days of BikeWeek and with the 2005 opening of the 109,000 sq ft Destination Daytona Harley Davidson dealership Daytona became a year round destination for bikers.
Bike Week and Biketoberfest Photos
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On Main Street bikes and beer booths lined the street. Dirty Harry’s rocked it once more with their wet t-shirt contests and give aways, the Dog House’s dancing barmaids were a big crowd pleaser.
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We had warm, wonderful weather, much warmer than other parts of the country which, once again, sent thousands of bikers in from all over.
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Main Street was, as always, the place to see and be seen. The Daytona International Speedway also had many things going on, and many bike to see as well and Daytona Beach, the happy host city, welcomed all.
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Bike Week 2010 is now over and done; despite the unseasonably cold and somewhat rainy weather bikers and their amazing motorcycles, turned out in droves again this year. There were also many Wet T-Shirt Contest where everybody was a winner.
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The Dog House was rockin with girls dancing on the bar, Full Moon was full of people listening to live music, Dirty Harry's had girls, girls, girls in booths and on stage in wet t-shirt contests all weekend.
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Main Street was the place to be this year at Biketoberfest. The crowds were friendly and the party was great with plenty of Bikes, Bands, Beer Babes and Wet T Shirt Contest.
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Destination Daytona is an excellent venue for Biketoberfest and Bike Week events. With over 150 acres of space, the location is ideal for all the things a biker would love including bikini contest, live music and beer babes.
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March in Daytona Beach means Bike Week, and Bike Week means Bikers, Harley Davidson and other custom bikes, plenty of beer and lots of beautiful women. And it also means Wet T-Shirt Contest where everybody's a winner.
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Shark Valley Visitor Center - Florida Everglades
