Friday, March 28, 2008

Daytona Bike Week 2008

Ah yes, Daytona Bike Week once again. An event well worth the time and expense involved to attend even when one is not feeling his best. The lack of photos taken on my camera would serve as proof positive that I was less than well.

Attendance this year was low. It was obvious and noticeable to me. I wondered aloud—on more than one occasion—whether it was weather-related or the current poor economic crunch we were all feeling… or both. Regardless, there was a noticeable difference.

Being the type of guy that I am, I typically make the best of a bad situation. For that reason—even though one day found me at the local “walk-in” clinic loading up on antibiotics—the remainder of the time found me promoting our locking systems to those who faithfully returned to Daytona for Bike Week.

This year, one of the highlights for me was meeting a Victory owner who purchased a Defender from us and had it installed on his bike. The Victory Defender has only been available for a short period of time and this was my first “in person” sale. To add to the excitement, his son bought a Defender for his Fat Boy. Two very intelligent men who care about their bikes!

As mentioned above this was just one of the highlights of my time in Daytona this year.


Another highlight was probably the awesome attention given to us at Hooligans Bar and Grille in Bruce Rossmeyer’s complex by some very nice waitresses. This I mention because if any of my road reports didn’t mention a woman or two, you would probably figure that someone else was writing my reports or that I was still very ill.

The next event for the RoadLoK Crew will be the Virginia Beach Bike Classic!

Safe Riding!

-The Chief