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MARCH 14 – MARCH 20, 2013DECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006
BIKE WEEK 2013
Getting ready for a roaring good time Flashy bikes, tasty food, good music. Thousands of people will descend on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune boulevards this weekend. Here’s a sneak peak at what to expect during Bike Week 2013. Daytona Times staff writer and photojournalist Ashley Thomas was on the scene this week as vendors and bikers were preparing for this weekend’s action. PHOTOS BY ASHLEY THOMAS DAYTONA TIMES 1
3 1. Veteran bikers: Robert Webb of Baltimore, Daniela Reinhardt of Germany and Cedric Lofton of West Point, NY. Webb and Lofton have made it to the past eight Bike Week events in Daytona Beach.
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2. Motorcycles are towed in as out-of-towners make their way to Daytona Beach.
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3. Harley Davidson sets up an interactive demonstration where bikers and non-bikers can experience the thrill of a ride without the fear of a fall. A flat screen TV, lounge area and cruiser and sport style bikes will be on display as well. 4. Kendrick Flowers of Kiki’s Kitchen, who has been serving Bike Week patrons for a decade, prepares an order of chicken wings for waiting customers.
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5 5. Cowboy boots and hogs venture down Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard on Tuesday. 9
6. Altamonte Coley, a native of Washington D.C., waits on his Suzuki JSXR as friends locally and out of town make plans to meet for the weekend.
7. Hawg of Atlanta, Lady Sapphire of Sanford, and Daytona Beach locals Nick Nixon and Jim Fort find a good spot to do some sightseeing. Fort says he is looking forward to seeing “lots of ladies’’ over the weekend.
8. Five sisters – Stella, Twanna, Ann, Mamie and Rutha – hail from Baxley, Ga. They make it a point to visit Daytona Beach every March and October.
9. You can capture your own Bike Week 2013 moment via a cell phone photo or have the pros from Selena Photographs create a 10x13 print or commemorative T-shirt.