{"id":575,"date":"2022-08-05T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/?p=575"},"modified":"2022-08-05T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:05:15","slug":"a-short-history-laconia-motorcycle-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/05\/a-short-history-laconia-motorcycle-week\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short History: Laconia Motorcycle Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: www.laconiamcweek.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Laconia Motorcycle Week is one of the most popular annual events held in Lake Winnipesaukee. It\u2019s often compared to the most popular and well-known bike rallies in the US, including Daytona Bike Week in Florida and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.<\/p>\n

However, what sets Laconia apart from Daytona and Sturgis, is that Laconia Motorcycle Week is the OLDEST Motorcycle Rally, with roots dating all the way back to 1916 when a Gypsy Tour gathered for several days at Weirs Beach.<\/p>\n

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The Gypsy Tours were unofficially organized in the early 1900s as a way for riders to gather and share in their passion of riding. The riders would participate in races and hill climbs. They would sleep in tents and share stories around a campfire. Each year more and more motorcycle enthusiasts would participate in these rallies. These gatherings had a simple purpose: \u201cTo provide a good time for the riders, and their wives, sisters, and sweet-hearts,\u201d and \u201cTo create a more favorable public opinion of the motorcycle and motorcycle riders.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1917, a year after the first Gypsy Tour stop in Laconia, the Federation of American Motorcyclists (FAM) made it official. Gypsy Tours were soon promoted by Harley-Davidson and Indian, and the very first OFFICIAL (and first annual) Gypsy Tour was hosted at Weirs Beach in Laconia.<\/p>\n

Today, Weirs Beach remains the home of Laconia Motorcycle Week. This beloved event is held annually in June and remains one of the top 3 most popular bike rallies in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Laconia Motorcycle Week will hold its 100th rally from June 10-18.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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For even more history on Bike Week, check out their official website<\/a>. You can also follow their social medias to stay up-t0-date on 2023’s rally! Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source: www.laconiamcweek.com Laconia Motorcycle Week is one of the most popular annual events held in Lake Winnipesaukee. It\u2019s often compared to the most popular and well-known bike rallies in the US, including Daytona Bike Week in Florida and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[22,21,41,24,34,25],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lake-winnipesaukee","tag-best-kept-boating-secrets","tag-boating-secrets","tag-laconia-bike-week","tag-lake-winnipesaukee","tag-new-hampshire","tag-visit-lake-winnipesaukee"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/boatingsecrets.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/HIstory_5473250R.jpg?fit=900%2C530&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boatingsecrets.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}