The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
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Outer Banks H-D Bikefest
By Lincoln Infield
Carolina’s Outer Banks are an absolute jewel that features miles and miles of beautiful coastline, scenic riding, and historic landmarks. The Wright Brothers took the first flight in Kill Devil Hills, Jockey’s Ridge State Park features the tallest living sand dune on the Atlantic coast, and top to bottom the OBX feature seven fantastic light houses. To top all that off, Outer Banks Harley-Davidson in Harbinger, NC throws two bike rallies each year. Outer Banks Bike Week in April and Outer Banks Bikefest in September. This year, Outer Banks Harley-Davidson was forced to cancel their spring Bike Week and all we had to look forward to was the Fall Bikefest. I snagged a hotel room and put the boss on notice that I wasn’t gonna miss this event. I only had time to get down there for the last weekend of the event, but they had a list of events and riding that were well worth attending. As 2020 would have it, the crew at Outer Banks HarleyDavidson learned days before the event that they were going to be limited on what they were allowed to do on site. Some of the big entertainment was moved to OBX H-D’s sister store in Portsmouth, VA, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t have a big time at the beach. I rolled into town on Friday and stopped off orth
at the dealership. They had a group of vendors on the lot of your normal biker type stuff: silver jewelry, leather goods and naturally a side show act. I hung out with the new GM, and the marketing guru, Dusty, and some riders at the dealership and then hit some of the local watering holes. The Outer Banks Bikefest has a great community effort built in and a lot of the local biker hangouts get in on the fun. It wasn’t hard to find the night life, just file in with any pack of bikes heading down the road. That evening, Longboards was the stop for food, drinks, vendors and more biker type fun. Saturday morning the sun came up and all though there was a chance of rain (isn’t there always?) I knew it was gonna be a good day to ride. I started off back at Outer Banks Harley-Davidson in Harbinger, where they were already slinging bikes, jamming music and setting up for a big day. I was definitely interested in cruising the coast a bit and I was in luck since there was a scavenger hunt that had a few stops that included the OBX Harley-Davidson’s satellite stores in Kitty Hawk and Nags Head. Hey, I was heading that way anyway! Continued On Page 32
