I was in Daytona Beach back in ’03 for the NASCAR Daytona 500. I had a temperature controlled seat view from a press booth, but having arrived from the cold and rainy Northwest I enjoyed the outdoor seats with ocean air while watching Michael Waltrip win the race — it was shortened to 109 laps that year due to rain.
On that trip I visited Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Harley Dealer, but I’ve never attended Bike Week. The event brings in a half-million bikers around the world and this year looks like Harley is “all-in” at the Ocean Center Arena. The show is March 1-9th. Harley corp. plans a solid online presence this year. They’ll have daily blogs, photos, and video updates from the adventure all week with Biker Billy (of “Cooks w/ Fire” fame), Beau Pacheco and Jessica Craker doing the YouTube thing.
Hey Harley corp., if you ever want another “motley” crew member to do event correspondence I’m willing to fly there on my own dime, but can’t justify the expense for this “hobby-blog” gig! You listening Willy? But then again why should you do anything because Harley already gets this free blog press?!
Okay enough whining, but between the Ford Truck displays, traveling museum, Custom Cycle Show and Florida festival music I’d say they are firing on both cylinders. Not to mention the “Hot Buns” contest, the boozy and floozy bar tour and the famous “Cabbage Patch“. A guy would really need to work at scheduling time just to ride!
The official Harley activities guide is here in PDF (1.5MB).
Bike Week seems to favor East Coast residents/riders… unless you’re into the fly-n-drive program or have a lot of free time. If you go to the event I’d like to hear about your adventures.
I recently learned about 
Northwest Harley Blog 