Was it me or was it quite slow tue thru thursday in Ormond and Daytona?

 

Same days I was there but it was my first trip to Daytona so I can't compare.

Main St. was packed about as tite as you could get.....

 

Bike Week number 24 for me and a short one at that. Crowd seemed way down from recent years.

 

Attendance will likely be down at all of the big rallies this year.

 

It had too be pretty boring as I couldn't be there this year due to work...

 

I was at the Destination Daytona HD shop yesterday. It's the biggest dealership I've ever seen -- or even imagined. The sales person said that their goal was to sell 550 bikes during Bike Week and they were already over 400. They had a three-bay "new bike delivery" area and each lane was stacked about three or four bikes deep at 7 pm Friday night. Rossmeyer is quoted in today's paper as saying parts sales are up 10-15%. Recession, hell.....

The HD shop really has to be seen to be believed.

 

i go there a lot on the weekends and i notice not a lot of people walking around with bags. and main street very crowded i was on main street looking to park along the sidewalk dont think so had to dip of the side and pay 5 bucks.

 

I had no problems finding a slot on main several times this week. Boot hill was not full as I remember. all the beer you can drink vs 2 drink max and out ya go. Ormond iron horse was plenty of parking even when david allen coe played.

 

Yup it sucked this year for me ! Cold weather until yesterday ( when I left ) and the day before I left I got a handlebar ticket just before I turned into detination daytona . They had a check point set up under the bridge and said my bars are to high .. meanwhile atleast 5 guys with higher bars passed me with no problems .This was year # eight for me an probably my last .

 

Cabbage Patch on Wed was standing room only. Bikes everywhere. I was camping there and they filled up the campgrounds parking the bikes for the wrestling. Had a great time at the Cabbage Patch for 3 days. Camping was $10 a night.