Welcome to Bike Week…
“Beer and Bike Week go together like crash and die. Tip a few, hop on a Harley-Davidson™ and you may help Volusia County retain its title as Florida's top spot for dying in an alcohol-related bike crash. A quarter of Volusia's fatal drunken motorcycle crashes in recent years have happened during Bike Week and Biketoberfest.”
“Call them Florida's deadliest cocktail parties on two wheels. The party signs are everywhere. "Welcome Bikers Full Liquor Bar" reads a billboard for Ker's Wing House near the corner of Interstate 4 and International Speedway Boulevard.”
There are a few lucky ones…
“Enjoying a noon brew at Ker's, Gary Lloyd, a 50-year-old biker from Maryland, said he paces himself to meet his 12-beer-a-day limit. “I don't get buzzed and drive,” he said. Lloyd explained he learned his lesson last year when he drank a bit too much, got on his Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle, tipped over and caused several hundred dollars of damage to his bike.”
“Waitress Scarlett Hayes said many of her motorcycle patrons “like to drink Jack Daniel's and Coke" but know when to stop.””
And then there are the not so lucky ones…
“Last year during Bike Week, a record 21 riders and passengers died.”
““Breakfast is a couple of shots of tequila, two shots of Sambuca [italian liqueur] and a beer,” said Joe Loy, a 46-year-old New Jersey biker. “Drinking is the whole part of the atmosphere, the whole persona of Bike Week.””
“Unsure of how much he had drunk by midday, Loy said he and his girlfriend rode his gold 2004 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle downtown and parked near Main Street. On average, he said, he consumes 15 to 20 beers and cocktails a day during his annual vacation.”
Robyn should talk to Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Loy…I think they disagree…
“Fellow bartender Robyn Pinkham said most bikers like to drink between 3 and 10 p.m., after they finish riding. She estimated, on average, each consumes about six drinks a day.”
Yes you are Mr. Seney. Yes, you are…
“That number seems low when you talk to bikers such as George Seney. He said he spends about $200 a day on drinks during Bike Week. By midafternoon, the 50-year-old said he'd already had six Bloody Marys and six Budweisers. Before calling it quits and riding home on his Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle to New Smyrna Beach, he guessed he had put away 12 more beers.”
"I'm a piece of work, ain't I?" Seney said, downing his beer.”
Finally, a sane voice…
“”There's no room for mixing drinking and riding. Anything you do to take away that fine edge will affect you,” said Kyler, who rides a 1993 Yamaha GTS 1000 sport touring bike. “I wouldn't even think of getting on a motorcycle with a drink in me.””
Welcome to Bike Week...don't become a statistic...
“Beer and Bike Week go together like crash and die. Tip a few, hop on a Harley-Davidson™ and you may help Volusia County retain its title as Florida's top spot for dying in an alcohol-related bike crash. A quarter of Volusia's fatal drunken motorcycle crashes in recent years have happened during Bike Week and Biketoberfest.”
“Call them Florida's deadliest cocktail parties on two wheels. The party signs are everywhere. "Welcome Bikers Full Liquor Bar" reads a billboard for Ker's Wing House near the corner of Interstate 4 and International Speedway Boulevard.”
There are a few lucky ones…
“Enjoying a noon brew at Ker's, Gary Lloyd, a 50-year-old biker from Maryland, said he paces himself to meet his 12-beer-a-day limit. “I don't get buzzed and drive,” he said. Lloyd explained he learned his lesson last year when he drank a bit too much, got on his Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle, tipped over and caused several hundred dollars of damage to his bike.”
“Waitress Scarlett Hayes said many of her motorcycle patrons “like to drink Jack Daniel's and Coke" but know when to stop.””
And then there are the not so lucky ones…
“Last year during Bike Week, a record 21 riders and passengers died.”
““Breakfast is a couple of shots of tequila, two shots of Sambuca [italian liqueur] and a beer,” said Joe Loy, a 46-year-old New Jersey biker. “Drinking is the whole part of the atmosphere, the whole persona of Bike Week.””
“Unsure of how much he had drunk by midday, Loy said he and his girlfriend rode his gold 2004 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle downtown and parked near Main Street. On average, he said, he consumes 15 to 20 beers and cocktails a day during his annual vacation.”
Robyn should talk to Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Loy…I think they disagree…
“Fellow bartender Robyn Pinkham said most bikers like to drink between 3 and 10 p.m., after they finish riding. She estimated, on average, each consumes about six drinks a day.”
Yes you are Mr. Seney. Yes, you are…
“That number seems low when you talk to bikers such as George Seney. He said he spends about $200 a day on drinks during Bike Week. By midafternoon, the 50-year-old said he'd already had six Bloody Marys and six Budweisers. Before calling it quits and riding home on his Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle to New Smyrna Beach, he guessed he had put away 12 more beers.”
"I'm a piece of work, ain't I?" Seney said, downing his beer.”
Finally, a sane voice…
“”There's no room for mixing drinking and riding. Anything you do to take away that fine edge will affect you,” said Kyler, who rides a 1993 Yamaha GTS 1000 sport touring bike. “I wouldn't even think of getting on a motorcycle with a drink in me.””
Welcome to Bike Week...don't become a statistic...
