The nice thing about living where I do is that when Bike Week in Laconia, NH comes around we can just blast up there at any point during the week because we’re so close. A few years ago we spent a few days there, but the festivities are so compact that it’s easy to peruse a lot of it in one day.
The New England weather is almost always predictable during this week. It either rains cats and dogs (which happened during the first weekend) or it’s oppressively hot and sticky, as it was on the day we went up.
Laconia Bike Week 2010
the main strip
We’ve been going to Laconia for bike week for 20 years, more or less, and I have to say it’s a much different rally today. I remember it being a lot more wild, signs that read “Show us your tits” were every ten feet and people lined the streets on the way to the beach sitting in their lawn chairs with coolers of beer next to them.
These days it’s much more family-friendly. Over the past 10 years if any woman flashed her goodies she might get a ticket from the local authorities. Cops are everywhere. To say it’s been watered down is an understatement. It’s almost so subdued that it can be a bummer.
"Weirs" the beach? har har.
But still, we go mainly for all the motorcycles, great people watching, bad food, good music and to scope out the merchandise!
Here’s a few photos from the day:
stogies & motorcycles=perfect match
a whole lotta bootie shorts
look at that pink bike! It has streamers!
Vampire skull tank
can't you just smell this just by looking at the pic?
local bike builder, Dave Perewitz
a girl after my own heart: great helmet stickers and a Patriots paint scheme
events
H-D blowup
Old School Choppers
veterans tribute motorcycle
Love seeing flags flying on bikes.
Laconia, for me, is still a fun rally with all the comforts of home sprinkled in. We had a great- but much too-short time there!
Related posts:
- a few photos from Laconia 2009
- Laconia motorycle week 2008
- Video Tuesday: Laconia Bike Week 2007
- Having a blast at bike week-wish you were here!