Enjoying the parade of Harley-Davidson motorcycles roaring down Main Street, Teresa and Rick Kelso found the one thing they had been missing all winter at their Kentucky home.


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"Fun and sun," said Rick Kelso, of Highland Heights, Ky. "I had 14 inches of snow when I left and another snowstorm on the way." The Kelsos weren't alone in leaving behind brutal winter weather up north to come to Daytona Beach's annual motorcycle rally. The array of Harley-Davidsons parked on Main Street on Thursday hailed from Vermont, New York, Michigan and other snow-weary states. Bike Week, which officially opens today, is in its 69th year running, and Daytona Beach businesses are gearing up for the 10-day bash. Though no one expects the numbers to approach peak attendance of a half-million motorcyclists just a few years ago, local businesspeople still expect a big crowd. "Historically, snowy winters mean strong Bike Weeks," said Roger Luznar, whose family runs Sopotnick's Cabbage Patch Bar, the Samsula tavern famous for its annual women's coleslaw-wrestling tournament. "As bad as the economy has been, they've [northerners] been snowed in, getting pummeled every weekend.

Source: Snow weary bikers head to Daytona for bike week