The Joint is P-a-c-k-e-d
Hello 2-the Sturgis Shuffle..
You take five steps down the sidewalk & stop while people in front of you pause to examine a particular bike, thereby slowing foot traffic to less than a crawl.
The price you pay for a packed venue, & this is one prime example. If they don't hit 300,000 this year, the bean counters have been drinkin'. Prime downtown spots with some shade were gone by 7:30. 2 hours later, they were all gone, and now the spillover crowd has arrived. Leesburg virgins stare & mumble something like they can't believe it, but the out of staters are def in the minority. Ex: 50% of the bikers we interviewed said they'd never rode anywhere but Florida, but have been everywhere in the state that had a road in it. ((Note: Fl is surrounded by helmet law states (Georgia-Alabama)).
We're seeing bikers who could use some brushing up on their go slow skill. A lot tougher to go slow than to go fast, especially when making a turn. Ride safe. Man it is super-hot today. If it weren't for a strong breeze comming off the Atlantic ocean, you could fry eggs on a black bike.
ABM cannot imagine what the parking situation will be tonight for Great White. Mayhem?
Hell Yeah..
Now, on to the really important stuff.. the... ta-taa..
Oyster Reort!
Featuring an all-female shucking team!
Bucket, that's 30 oystersh, for $21.00, steamed or raw, butter, sauce, horseradish too. That box of O's I trucked in on the chop from Winn Dixie was Florida oysters. The Lousiana oysters by comparison were huge--Floridas are a little saltier, but some of the Lousiana O's were "quarter pounders". They cover a whole saltine, so yeah, the price is more than fair for what you get, so ABM gives 5 (*****) stars to "Magnolia's, on where else, Magnolia street, a block down the hill, over one street from the main stage where Great White rocks tonight. The place was packed when we left, an' Skynyrd was on the juke, & the crowd was makin' so much noise you couldn't hear the ol' Florida boys. Don't expect nothin' fancy. The girl shucked 'em out, slide 'en across the bar, & we shot 'em into the horseradish & butter, one by one. It don't get any better than that!
Rat's Hole Shocker!
Women's Chromed Up, Customized Bikes Compete one to one with the Dudes!
Girl power!
More women than ever before are stepping up & showing their own works of bike customization. A good trend.
Guys too:
One dude showed off a trike with 22 inch rear tires! Whoa! He sez the handling is A-1!
Another guy had a beautiful 1948 Panhead, one of our big favorites. Sez you never would believe how rusty it was before the big money injection. Money may not solve all your problems, but it's nice to have some to throw at a build.
Now just got to figure out how we're gonna get back into town for Great White.
Party on, Garth..
You take five steps down the sidewalk & stop while people in front of you pause to examine a particular bike, thereby slowing foot traffic to less than a crawl.
The price you pay for a packed venue, & this is one prime example. If they don't hit 300,000 this year, the bean counters have been drinkin'. Prime downtown spots with some shade were gone by 7:30. 2 hours later, they were all gone, and now the spillover crowd has arrived. Leesburg virgins stare & mumble something like they can't believe it, but the out of staters are def in the minority. Ex: 50% of the bikers we interviewed said they'd never rode anywhere but Florida, but have been everywhere in the state that had a road in it. ((Note: Fl is surrounded by helmet law states (Georgia-Alabama)).
We're seeing bikers who could use some brushing up on their go slow skill. A lot tougher to go slow than to go fast, especially when making a turn. Ride safe. Man it is super-hot today. If it weren't for a strong breeze comming off the Atlantic ocean, you could fry eggs on a black bike.
ABM cannot imagine what the parking situation will be tonight for Great White. Mayhem?
Hell Yeah..
Now, on to the really important stuff.. the... ta-taa..
Oyster Reort!
Featuring an all-female shucking team!
Bucket, that's 30 oystersh, for $21.00, steamed or raw, butter, sauce, horseradish too. That box of O's I trucked in on the chop from Winn Dixie was Florida oysters. The Lousiana oysters by comparison were huge--Floridas are a little saltier, but some of the Lousiana O's were "quarter pounders". They cover a whole saltine, so yeah, the price is more than fair for what you get, so ABM gives 5 (*****) stars to "Magnolia's, on where else, Magnolia street, a block down the hill, over one street from the main stage where Great White rocks tonight. The place was packed when we left, an' Skynyrd was on the juke, & the crowd was makin' so much noise you couldn't hear the ol' Florida boys. Don't expect nothin' fancy. The girl shucked 'em out, slide 'en across the bar, & we shot 'em into the horseradish & butter, one by one. It don't get any better than that!
Rat's Hole Shocker!
Women's Chromed Up, Customized Bikes Compete one to one with the Dudes!
Girl power!
More women than ever before are stepping up & showing their own works of bike customization. A good trend.
Guys too:
One dude showed off a trike with 22 inch rear tires! Whoa! He sez the handling is A-1!
Another guy had a beautiful 1948 Panhead, one of our big favorites. Sez you never would believe how rusty it was before the big money injection. Money may not solve all your problems, but it's nice to have some to throw at a build.
Now just got to figure out how we're gonna get back into town for Great White.
Party on, Garth..
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