Biketoberfest 2009 has rolled in and out like the Atlantic tide on Florida’s white beaches. The annual fall event in Daytona Beach is one of the last motorcycle rallies on the East Coast before winter weather calls for the garaging of bikes and the turning on of trickle chargers. Biketoberfest provides a friendlier, less freneticly paced event than spring’s Bike Week, all the fun with half the hassles.
Warm weather and discounted rooms provided plenty of incentive to get out and ride to this year's rally, but overall attendance was down. Those who did show up weren’t spending money as freely as they have in the past. Saturday, the weather turned about 15 degrees colder, which benefited vendors who sold leather jackets and pullovers to riders who got caught out unprepared for the cooler weather.
According to Eagle Leathers owner Dennis Tyson, who sets up shop on Main Street in Daytona Beach, “It’s terrible. There are lots of people, but they’re not spending any money.” Saturday’s sales helped him salvage the weekend, but up to that point from a vendor’s standpoint, Biketoberfest was fairly dismal.
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10-29-2009, 01:29 PM
Biketoberfest 2009 Report - Sign of the Times
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