Bike Week

Daytona's Main Street Bridge closed for several hours after Bike Week-related accident damages drawbridge

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Main Street Bridge was closed for several hours this morning due to a motorcycle accident that left a bike dangling from the drawbridge.

Daytona Beach cops: Orlando man arrested in shocking throat-slash murders of local husband & wife on way home from Bike Week

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, -- An arrest has been made in the murders of a married couple who were found dead four days ago as they were heading home from Bike Week festivities on Main Street.

Daytona Beach cops offer $50,000 reward for info leading to an arrest in throat slash murders of husband & wife on way home from Bike Week

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A $50,000 reward is now being offered by Daytona Beach Police for anyone who has information leading to an arrest in the murders of a husband and wife who were murdered after leaving the Bike Week festivities on Main Street early Sunday under cover of darkness.

Daytona Beach cops: Grisly double-murder just a block from Main St - epicenter of Bike Week - husband & wife stabbed - their throats slashed

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A local husband and wife on bicycles checking out the Bike Week scene on Main Street were found brutally murdered on a side street over the weekend - both stabbed multiple times and their throats slashed, Daytona Beach cops said.

Daytona Bike Week fatalities; Four bikers in Central Florida have died in the first weekend of the big motorcycle rally

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DAYTONA BEACH,  Fla. -- Five motorcycle riders have died in four different crashes around Central Florida since Saturday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Daytona Beach cops: Man hospitalized in stable condition with gunshot wound in the chest during apparent robbery early Sunday morning at Bike Week

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- One man is in stable condition at a local hospital and another is detained by the Daytona Beach Police Department after cops responded to the shooting off of Main Street on the first Sunday of Bike Week 2022, a Daytona Beach police spokesman said.

Daytona's Bike Week: Only 1 fatal so far

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Main Street in Daytona the scene for Bike Week / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer® /
Bikers crowd Main Street in Daytona Beach at mid-week in Daytona Beach during the 10-day motorcycle rally.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Bike Week is coming to an end and so far attendance has been light and fatalities have been limited to one.

The "500,000 bikers" figure that the Daytona-area Chamber of Commerce and local media have used for years has been exaggerated for the better part of a decade now.

And this year, there hasn't even been half that number of visitors for the 10-day rally that ends Sunday.

And as a result, fatalities are down, too. The lone biker fatality occurred in Deltona, though because it occurred during Bike Week, it's considered part of the biker rally since it's in the same county.

A motorcyclist lost his life Monday afternoon in a collision with a school bus in Deltona. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Nothing new has been released in 5 months since two speed bikers were killed in a Team Hammer event at DIS

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Double fatality biker crash at Daytona International Speedway / Headline SurferMotorcycle racer Rick Shaw killed at Daytona International Speedway / Headline SurferPhotos for Headline Surfer / Veteran AMA racer Rick Shaw, 65, was killed as was another motorcyclist, Eric Desy, 45, after their speed bikes collided during a Team Hammer School racing event Oct. 17 at Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Bike Week is here and despite the ongoing construction for the ongoing $400 million "Daytona Rising" modernization project, there are plenty of activities for biker enthusiasts, from motocross races to demo rides and trade shows.

Biker rights attorney Michael Politis among internet newspaper's top award recipients

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Award-winning 24/7 internet newspaper's 5th anniversary celebration / Headline Surfer®

Headline Surfer® celebrating 5th anniversary by recognizing outstanding individuals

Michael Politis, featured Bike Week attorney and award-recipient / Headline Surfer®Photo for Headline Surfer® /
Michael Politis is among the leading attorneys in Central Florida for biker rights, accidents and litigation. Oh, and he doesn't just sit behind a desk. He rides, too. Bike Week begins Friday and runs through March 16.
 

DAYTONA BEACH -- Bike Week starts Friday and what better way to introduce the nation's largest motorcycle rally than recognizing Michael Politis, selected as one of the Headline Surfer® recipients of a lifetime achievement award for service to greater Daytona Beach for his motorcycle safety advocacy and biker rights.