-Daytona Bike Week '09 Wrapup-

Oct-U-Mom Breakfast Biker Special:

"Fourteen Eggs-No Sausage-No Gravy & the Guy Next to You Gets To Pay the Bill."

Bike Week Overview:

The Good...Bikers who had little cash, an out of work spouse, but decided to come to the big party anyway.

The Bad...One bike-related fatality, one too many, but far below the '02 tally of 13.

The Ugly...FHP "Courtesy Checkpoints"...KA-CHING!.. $100 here, $200 there, & $1,000, $2500, or $5,000 if they catch ya with a "vertical" license plate. Like popping a pimple with a grenade. A waste of scarce tax dollars? How is the guy with a set of sky high "smell me" handlebars a threat to society?

Bigger, Smaller, The Same?

Depends. The first Saturday was packed. The second weekend, the same. A couple of 20 degree below normal days thinned 'em out some, but in the end, beer girls told ABM it was about the same. Hard times this year-the world is leveraging down.

Now What? Spring breakers are here in force, a typical hotel room has gone from $200 to $59, the checkpoints are gone, & so is a good share of the real fun.