Day 2 of biker rally a bigger draw

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Maria Giordano, 42, is all smiles as she serves a beer to a Biketoberfest customer inside the packed Pub 44 on State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach on Friday night.

There were  plenty of bikes outside, but few as cool as this custom-made Harley-Davidson chopper inside the establishment. In the other photos, revelers pack the dining area while many others catch a live bands out back. Day 2 of the four-dat Biketoberfest, which ends Sunday, was much more livelier than opening night here and bikers reported larger crowds in Daytona Beach as well. There have been no biker-related fatalities midway through the fall biker rally that traditionally draws 50,000 bikers, though with the recession, that potential turnout is not expected to materialize.