Harley Davidson Motorcycles Are Featured at Daytona Bike Week
Written by man on September 13th, 2009 in Other.
Daytona, Florida is the popular spot for the annual Daytona Bike Week event, which took place this year from February 27th to March 8th. This longstanding motorcycle tradition was founded in 1937 as part of the inaugural running of the Daytona 200. The Sunshine State plays host to over 500,000 bikers from all over the country who wish to brag about and show off their motorcycles and their equipment. Harley Davidson is one of the most popular brands of motorcycles on display at the annual eventThe annual event boasts the motorcycles, gear, and Motorcycle helmets of the Harley Davidson company, one of the most popular and successful motorcycle manufacturing companies in the world.
Concerts, motorcycle racing, parties and street festivals are just some of the events that take place throughout the 10 day celebration in Daytona, Florida. The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the most popular motorcycle rally in the United States, is the final main event of the prestigious Daytona Bike Week. The years of 1942-1947 saw an absence of the Daytona Bike Week rally because of World War II.
The amount of attendees to the Daytona Bike Week grew over the years because of the promotion of William France Sr., the co founder of NASCAR. Even if someone doesn’t own a motorcycle they tend to attend Daytona Bike Week for the parties and because it is one major show.
Bike helmets are not required by the event but some bikers will wear them to protect themselves or to add another element to their outfit when riding the bike.
Some of the people get to see each other only once per year, which causes them to show off their motorcycle gear every chance they get. Because of events across the country some attendees of Daytona Bike Week can see their friends more than once.
There are other motorcycle events for people to attend across the country but they aren’t as involved as Daytona Bike Week. Other motorcycle events draw people in the area of 300,000, much less than Daytona Bike Week. Daytona Bike Week pulls in 500,000 people while other events pull in 300,000 people or less each year. Motocross gear is available for purchase at the Daytona Bike Week. There have been some problems with fights and other outbursts at Daytona Bike Week over the years that have led to the death of some participants. In 2006 20 people died, in 2007 eight people died, and back in 2000 15 people died.
