Bike Week packing lists: then and now
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From: krusty kritter on 3 Mar 2010 13:25 On Mar 3, 9:11 am, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > I was thinking perhaps it is some sort of Jamboree they have over there. Well Daytona is sort of a big party, but there are many different groups arriving there for *their own group parties* in what is the warmest part of the USA in March and April Daytona is a big motor racing venue for NASCAR, IMSA, AMA pro road racing, AMA short track, AMA motocross, and vintage motorcycle road racing starting in early March and the college students arrive for Spring Break insanity in April. The Harley riders and custom motorcycle crowd are a nuisance to the "true believers" of motorcycle *road* racing, because they take up all the lodging for miles around the Speedway, and then they don't even go to the Speedway. Back in the early 1970's, a contingent of Harley and chopper riders did party in the Speedway infield, but they were too rowdy for the "true believers." The Speedway erected a separate "Harley Only" grandstand and the Harley contingent did actually set one or two Hondas on fire over there, before they stopped attending the AMA races altogether The Harley riders do go to the AMA short track races in large numbers during Bike Week, but it's at a completely different track. Then there are other competitions that have nothing to do with organized racing, like the dynometer competitions to see who has the most powerful engine and there is a motorcycle destruction derby, but that's not at the Speedway.
From: steve auvache on 3 Mar 2010 13:38 In article <321e28bc-2f98-4489-9d55-a44fd2dace70(a)k18g2000prf.googlegroup s.com>, krusty kritter <breoganmacbrath(a)yahoo.com> writes >On Mar 3, 9:11�am, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >> I was thinking perhaps it is some sort of Jamboree they have over there. > >Well Daytona is sort of a big party, but there are many different >groups arriving there for *their own group parties* in what is the >warmest part of the USA in March and April > >Daytona is a big motor racing venue for NASCAR, IMSA, AMA pro road >racing, AMA short track, AMA motocross, and vintage motorcycle road >racing starting in early March and the college students arrive for >Spring Break insanity in April. It sounds like heaven. >The Harley riders and custom motorcycle crowd are a nuisance to the >"true believers" of motorcycle *road* racing, because they take up all >the lodging for miles around the Speedway, and then they don't even go >to the Speedway. Odd. I would have put it down to all the space they take up with their trailers. -- steve auvache VN750 Third gear has scope. SR250 The SpazzTrakka (Improved).
From: tomorrow on 3 Mar 2010 14:49 On Mar 3, 12:11 pm, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > In article <b3ccd900-6e91-4fb2-8ff6-4704c0043...(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroup > s.com>, TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes > > > > > > >On 3 Mar, 02:14, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >> In article <73656615-d6e3-4757-bc41-7347ee71d...(a)x22g2000yqx.googlegroup > >> s.com>, tomor...(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> writes > > >> >On Mar 2, 7:38 am, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >> >> In article <3d389c97-c600-44bd-b321-eb15c51f9...(a)q2g2000pre.googlegroups > >> >> .com>, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> writes > > >> >> >On Mar 1, 5:51 pm, "tomor...(a)erols.com" > >> >> ><tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> Heh. > > >> >> >> And then, on top of that, he's never HAD a Bike Week packing list, > >> >> >> because he's never been to bike week. > > >> >> >I've never had a bike week packing list either. > > >> >> Neither have I. Where do you buy them? > > >> >I love how krusty kritter, Reeky's Resident Racist Asswipe, crossposts > >> >a thread that is totally off-topic to UKRM, but never fails to lambast > >> >anyone else who crossposts something that is germane to all groups > >> >listed. > > >> There is nothing much off topic about a thread dealing with bike week > >> packing lists. Except perhaps that we don't do bike weeks (if they are > >> what I think they are) over here in the real world. > > >CoughTTWeekcough > > I am sure there is more to it than the divided by the common language > thing but while The TT does last longer than a bank holiday weekend it > is Bike Racing not a Bike Week. I was thinking perhaps it is some sort > of Jamboree they have over there. I'm going for the motorcycle racing and to see old friends and to get out of the cold weather and to kick off the 2010 riding season.
From: Vito on 3 Mar 2010 14:56 "steve auvache" <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote S'mee <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> writes | >> I am sure there is more to it than the divided by the common language | >> thing but while The TT does last longer than a bank holiday weekend it | >> is Bike Racing not a Bike Week. I was thinking perhaps it is some sort | >> of Jamboree they have over there. | > | >If you mean going to a race days early so you and your friends can | >indulge in a week long motorcycle orientated drunken bacchinal<sic> | >then yeah it's the same. | | Right. Now I understand. Well I don't really, the concept of The List | still escapes me. I mean, the clothes you stand up in, a pocket full of | cash and the bike, what else do you need that warrants a list? | The list pertains more to getting there than to the event inself. Most attendees travel 100s of miles and many, like Tom for one example, 1000 miles or more. It's 4800 miles from Anchorage to Daytona but we don't get many from there <g>. Daytona is many things to many people. First there are the vintage bike races, shows and swap meets popular with folks who don't even own old bikes. I used to go just for them. Then there are the modern bike races - road and dirt - that were and prolly still are worth seeing. In between is the week long party. Last but not least are the good folks who wear suits and ties all year but like to get into a "biker" costume and hang with real bikers once a year. Trouble is all they really see are dudes just like themselves .... but don't tell them - Daytona needs their money. Steve don't go 'cuz his Gold Wing can't make it that far.
From: tomorrow on 3 Mar 2010 20:11
On Mar 3, 8:36 am, krusty kritter <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mar 3, 5:10 am, "Seriously Uptight Dude" > > <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > (Thought I do hope to have a good time, and the tequila will hold up > > as long as the recipients of said libation permit it to!)- > > Well, I sure hope you let your hair down on this trip, maybe get some > strange stuff, or whatever it takes to get your panties out of the > knot they're in. Fool. Nice to get confirmation that your sense of my emotional state is as poorly informed as is your sense of every other facet of reality. |