Bike Week packing lists: then and now
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From: tomorrow on 3 Mar 2010 20:12 On Mar 3, 9:33 am, "Vito" <v...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > "tomor...(a)erols.com" <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote > [ I'm not sure *how* you see that, as I am leaving No. VA for South > [ Carolina in a couple of hours; and will arrive in Florida late > [ tomorrow evening! > > Hopefully you will have dodged the cold/rain we've had - the weather > guessers predict a 10-115 deg warmup. Lo 60s today going to 70s by the > weekend. Looks like the first part of your trip might be ...ahh ... > challenging. Remember your electric vest. Regards Not to worry; the first half was in the truck. Tomorrow's southern half will be on the bike. It is supposed to be 27 degrees when we leave in the morning, though.
From: tomorrow on 3 Mar 2010 20:20 On Mar 3, 1:25 pm, krusty kritter <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 One of the warmer parts of the USA; certainly not the warmest. > 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 Late February. > and the college students arrive for > Spring Break insanity in April. Early to mid-March. > 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. Strange. I've been to the Speedway for the racing in some 19 of the past 23 years, both racing and spectating, for club racing, vintage racing, AMA and ASRA pro racing, and I have never heard that sentiment from other racers or spectators. > 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." There are Harley and chopper riders partying in the infield at Daytona EVERY SINGLE year. > 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 Ingteresting claim. I guess the Hawg Heaven infield grandstand (open to anyone, not just Harley owners or riders)that has been there every year I've been there since 1987 is just a figment of my imagination. Of course, no one is setting fire to Hondas in the Daytona infield, but then, I've never heard or read of that ever happening prior to your unsubstantiated claim. > 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. Along with riders of every other brand and vintage. > 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. Finally, a pointless and idiotic observation that also happens to be true.
From: tomorrow on 3 Mar 2010 20:23 On Mar 3, 1:38 pm, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > In article <321e28bc-2f98-4489-9d55-a44fd2dac...(a)k18g2000prf.googlegroup > s.com>, krusty kritter <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> writes > >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. Not odd, just false. > I would have put it down to all the space they take up with their trailers. LOL. My favorite Daytona bumper sticker is: "DOH! I rode my motorcycle to Trailer Week!" In truth, my personal observation over almost 20 years of attendance is that the percentage of riders of hypersport bikes who trailer to Bike Week is far higher than the percentage of Harley riders who do so.
From: steve auvache on 3 Mar 2010 20:32 In article <206deca3-3728-4597-b374-5109a7d6668d(a)y17g2000yqd.googlegroup s.com>, tomorrow(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> writes > >In truth, my personal observation over almost 20 years of attendance >is that the percentage of riders of hypersport bikes who trailer to >Bike Week is far higher than the percentage of Harley riders who do >so. Yebbut if they are taking the hypersport thingies to use on the track then fair do's. Unlike the hardlys that is where they are designed for. -- steve auvache VN750 Third gear has scope. SR250 The SpazzTrakka (Improved).
From: tomorrow on 3 Mar 2010 20:52
On Mar 3, 8:32 pm, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > In article <206deca3-3728-4597-b374-5109a7d66...(a)y17g2000yqd.googlegroup > s.com>, tomor...(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> writes > > > > >In truth, my personal observation over almost 20 years of attendance > >is that the percentage of riders of hypersport bikes who trailer to > >Bike Week is far higher than the percentage of Harley riders who do > >so. > > Yebbut if they are taking the hypersport thingies to use on the track > then fair do's. Of course the racebikes are trailered. I was talking about the streetbike poseurs. > Unlike the hardlys that is where they are designed for. The touring Harleys are often ridden thousands of miles to Bike Week. The choppers and cruisers not as often, although I often see Springer Softtails droning down I-95. There were many bikers riding south on I-95 through North Carolina today, with snow lining both sides of the interstate for about a hundred miles. I saw one sportbike, a Suzuki Hayabusa, on the the northbound side of the interstate. Every bike being ridden on I-95S that I saw today was a Harley, except for one Ural sidecar rig (painted in military flat camoflage) and one Goldwing rider. My Harley was cozy in the back of my pickup truck, but will be on the road tomorrow for the final 425 miles to Daytona. My Ducatis are at home in the garage, but if I were taking one of them to Daytona for Bike Week, you can believe I wouldn't waste it on the boring, flat, straight, 851 mile drone to the International Speedway! |