Daytona Black Bike Week 2023: Daytona Beach Bike Week Part 1 of 3

Daytona Black Bike Week 2022: Daytona Bike Week
This has become one of my Favorite Events to attend.
Unofficial Black Bike Week in Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach has a very interesting history. My grandfather told me back when he was young, the discriminations in Daytona Beach was very clear and evident. Black Vendors had a hard time selling products and getting a spot on Main Street aka Beach side, so to help their community and make some money on the other side of the tracks, Black Bike Week was set up near one of the most known HBCUs in Florida, Bethune Cookman University.
"The necessity for separation was created by segregation during Daytona Bike Week’s dark past. Black Bike Week - on Second Avenue (since renamed Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune Blvd) - has grown to be the laid-back alternative to the crazy world of Cole-slaw Wrestling, high prices, machismo at the silicone-enhanced version of the event.
Visitors to the annual Daytona Beach Bike Week celebration have taken home many, many traffic citations as souvenirs. But the story of biker legend Tommy Asberry during the Daytona Bike Week of 1971 has to be among the most memorable of them all.
“I was ticketed for parking my Harley-Davidson Electra Glide in among all the Hondas and Triumphs on Main Street,” said Asberry. “The police told me I couldn’t be parking a bike there, leaking oil like that, so I had to move along.”
Of course, oil-seeping Harleys are as much a part of the Daytona scene as overpriced beer and cheap T-shirts you’ll never wear. Asberry’s problem wasn’t the color of the 40-weight dripping from his crankcases - it was the color of his skin.
And like tens of thousands of other black motorcyclists who showed up for - but were eventually turned away from - Bike Week during the rally’s early years, Asberry eventually found a more hospitable place to park his motorcycle. The social conditions that contributed to bogus traffic tickets and parking citations for black riders may have changed or transformed a bit during the last five decades, but Daytona’s Second Avenue (Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune Blvd), a three-block collection of Baptist churches, hair salons, and bars, continues to thrive.
Ever since the Second Avenue scene emerged out of bitterness and necessity in 1949 it continues to grow in popularity. It is this spirit of resilience that keeps Black Bike Week together, as it attracts an international mix of riders who, like the founders, come looking for a more family-oriented alternative to the raucous, corporate-sponsored mayhem of Daytona’s Main Street."
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[@HeyItsKendallyall]

Hands down the best video coverage I've seen without the dialogue but great coverage of the event. Well done my friend well done.

[@cuzzintruck2]

Wow, thank you!

[@delirous8]

This bike week looks more communal and put together than the other one.

[@motorcyclerepairvideobangla]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@debrahill2272]

All ages and genders can engage in this exciting parade experience..💯 Customization Creativity at its best....IMPRESSIVE👍👍

[@cuzzintruck2]

Thanks a lot

[@cuprunnethover2509]

I want to go!!! I never knew this although I don't get out much🤣 oh my goodness! Those are some nice wheels!

[@bruceadams9542]

Outstanding Production 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Daddyc1684]

Damn that's a a lot of Bikes all different kinds💥💥💥

[@anthonyjackson1446]

Nice video and scenery and bikes..🙌🏼👍👏🏼🏍🏍🏍

[@cuzzintruck2]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PTG_Jamie]

Checking in from Milwaukee, WI. Great video. Great to see you spend some time and show the custom bikes. Looks you all had a lot of fun.

[@cuzzintruck2]

Yes, I always enjoy the 2nd week of Bike Week

[@PTG_Jamie]

@@cuzzintruck2 You coming up to Milwaukee for the Anniversary?

[@jaynedoe1959]

Thanks, I like the vid & will watch #2 & 3, but the best part is that cute, handsome little man at the end!

[@joanpreciouskisakye3171]

Great event ; I'm glad !

[@cuzzintruck2]

Yes it was!

[@cpe1704tks.]

What a spectacle. I love it.

[@sonnydayz1745]

The news never covered this crowd of amazing American people enjoying a hobby. This would crash the matrix

[@juantirado1054]

Very sweet bikes right here!! I've always wondered what it was like riding on anything past a 23in front wheel. I have a heritage classic and a Softail Slim one with 21, the other with a 23in fat spoke front wheel and I can definitely feel the weight with the raked HHI triple tree!!lol......I've always given props and been respectful to other bikers and I appreciate the art man, it's not supposed to appeal to everyone but there is always a flavor for everyone as far as custom work goes. The possibilities are endless man!

[@user-xz7jv4jo8k]

Нереально!

[@b.switzer4744]

10:56. Very nice! 😀

[@byrondhouston]

One day I will be there! Great video.

[@ahmedabdullaziz7106]

Creative episode

[@paulinasuguitanlopezsf]

BEST IN PERSONAL CLASS

[@latonjiarenteria3772]

This is whats up nice bikes an cars kings

[@ZuanhardieFamily]

this is amzing man

[@GuruLiving4]

Tight camera work! Nice angles!

[@tashawarren1499]

Nice bike

[@flyingv8293]

Ah, the old DRAGGING of the FEET!!!

[@leland9902]

I wish you could post the date when you shot the video, also wish you could turn that music off so we can hear the bikes. this is a bike show not a music show.

[@doogiehowser78]

some of those baggers are amazing ive never seen anything like in new zealand ,

[@randyspea5178]

nice video

[@usmcmsgt5487]

Question im curious: Why is it labeled BLACK BIKE WEEK? I've never heard of White bike week..... Like why label Black Panther..... you dont say White Superman. Or like BET Black entertainment TV..... i have not seen a WET White entertainment TV..... seems weird black is used as a label ...... I think labels divide us.

[@EsquireToYou]

Google is free. "Black Bike Week was born in 1971, after a Black biker said he was told to leave the Bike Week event on Main Street on the beachside, supposedly because his Harley Davidson was dripping oil. He and other Black bikers formed their own event, an informal annual gathering that features music, food and vendors at Joe Harris Park, at the corner of Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard and Green Street."

[@peterjohnson1734]

@@EsquireToYou Google may be free, but not necessarily accurate. By labeling "Black" anything it basically means, Whitey need not apply.

[@purrfitazitgetz3365]

@@usmcmsgt5487 we are already divided smh we don’t come together like dat frfr people go wid Dey people

[@donnyhud]

is there extra police there for black bike week?

[@ezradixon239]

Neve went to white bike week. ?

[@ezradixon239]

Yes

[@davidtycker]

Sho is lots of ninjas😉😂

[@hciwpage5939]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelanders6566]

I guess they need to get a white bike week

[@brandonmacon3317]

That would be racially unacceptable 🤩😩

[@cassidyheaton1586]

@Brandon Macon why? Fair for one, should be fair for another.

[@marshallmorris3322]

@@brandonmacon3317, that's why I would rather leave race out of it, that gives people reasons to stir stuff up, like Shawn Sr said Bike Week

[@BladimirButin]

There already is one only white people go to the other bike week

[@jeffbezos4746]

Its called sturgis

[@jesse9816]

Damn I didn’t know there was a Daytona Black bike week,, actually I never heard about a Daytona White bike week,, or Hispanic nor Asian bike week.is that an exclusive private Daytona event separate from other races and culture?,, cuz Bikes bring people together not split them.

[@cuzzintruck2]

Youve probably never driven around Daytona. They have a Black College there too.

[@ncautolink]

In a very begging you can see OfficialMac Venom Green Road Glide parked!

[@locahernandez5150]

Hella firmé 😍

[@freeworld2275]

Come through next time!

[@БиллиБонс-п7й]

Супер!

[@mr.switch5901]

Do yall really think they want this crowd on Main st....🤔🤔..Dat part!

[@biggiesmalls6883]

My guy

[@ricosharpmotivations]

😎😎👍👍✌️✌️

[@lcxmas8551]

Seem like a whole bunch of grandparents hanging out and granddaddy bikes....on this side like old family reunion vibes....frfr🥱

[@1941392]

Jus runnin’ ya mouth

[@lcxmas8551]

@@1941392 well well well, ninja you must be one of those oldies sitting out in the hot sun waiting on the show..... Lol this is the comment section you don't like it Tuff....lol

[@nanoz4433]

Can you tell me the dates for 2024 Black Biker week?

[@Allen216.]

What part of Daytona is black bike week part and when is it??

[@reneesingleton]

Bike week is twice a year in March and October. It's not specifically black. Black people congregate together and white people congregate together but it's not specifically neither.

[@marshallmorris3322]

This is not black bike week, it is Daytona Bike Week which has been going on for many years. I was told by some of the older black bikers that in the 60's and 70's blacks wasn't welcomed over near the beach so the Brothers started hanging out at Mary Bethune Cookman college campus and it's just an alternative to hanging out at the beach. There's big fun on both sides. Whites come to the Bethune Cookman side also. I don't like the term Black Bike Week because some whites feel alienated. It's all about people who love motorcycles ! Peace to all

[@ricosharpmotivations]

✌️😎

[@ilvron7515]

Удивительное зрелище!

[@ezradixon239]

Been going 4 yrs. Starting on a gsxr750,oilcooled1992 to 2010 Dyan streetbob.

[@kingretro9105]

I’m more of a super sport super bike type if guy. Some of Them choppas af hard tho

[@Зыряновск-Алтай]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dragon60651]

What are the dates this event is held i will try to go for 2024

[@cuzzintruck2]

March 1 -10th. Although the 2nd weekend is Black Bike Week

[@richardbyrd7268]

My local Harley dealer had a free even last weekend. Free burgers, pizza, drinks and a concert. I've ridden dirt bikes for years and I was seriously considering buying a Harley. On the way to the dealer 2 guys in mustangs flew by me doing at least 90 then cut back in traffic and hit a Ford F 150, then a semi truck had to slam on brakes because he was tailgating a car and traffic slowed down. All this happening within the span of 10 minutes. So it dawned on me, Wouldn't I be kinda stupid to buy a Bike and get on the road with these Idiots ? I've known people to get paralyzed and killed riding Bikes, so I feel that I've made the correct adult decision of self preservation to leave the Bike riding to you brave (crazy) people who don't mind the risk. Good Luck to Ya !

[@cuzzintruck2]

People die in car accidents also.

[@kurtpeil8433]

And then there are the ones who regrets to not have tried when they could....my dad was modifying harley throughout my youth...moving forward 30years I only got to pass my full bike licence coulple of yeara ago...I can only say one think I wish I ve done it before....

[@delroyjenkins79]

I rather be at this than the whites bike week!!!

[@Dragonewiz]

WHAT DAY WAS THIS ???

[@cuzzintruck2]

The second weekend of Bike Week in March

[@ricosharpmotivations]

Papait you want the whole smokethe whole smokeSamantha give it to him

[@mikejohnston4858]

I thought segregation was a thing of the past. Why would people do this?

[@paul5683]

Once again in this seemingly bad economy that I constantly hear about from my republican neighbors concrete evidence that apparently a lot of people have more damn money than they know what to do with.

[@secularsunshine9036]

Let the Sunshine In...*

[@drepoman]

It's not a black bike week it's just bike week. Therw are areas where the blacks hang out and there are areas where the whites hangout but both are in both areas it's not just a one race bike week it's for anyone with any kind of bike

[@purrfitazitgetz3365]

Brah it’s been called black bike week for decades

[@drepoman]

@@purrfitazitgetz3365 it's just bike week. Black bike week is in Myrtle Beach not Daytona look it up

[@franciscoplaza3684]

Why black and white still🤷‍♂️

[@cuzzintruck2]

This is America

[@jeffbezos4746]

Never heard of sturgis?

[@franciscoplaza3684]

I don't go to rallies

[@purrfitazitgetz3365]

It’s been black bike week for decades

[@simonapeters4372]

Real bikers wear boots Smart ones where pants common sense is not that common anymore

[@cusecollectables730]

When is White Bike Week? Did we miss it?😂

[@megaman42951]

Y'all dont need White Bike Week!

[@paulinasuguitanlopezsf]

OH YEAH AND WHY NOT REVVVV UP MY HILL

[@freeworld2275]

Come through next time!

[@Jungleland33]

Well, I guess that's my quota of ugly bikes exceeded for a month or 2. What ARE those hideous things with the oversized front wheels?

[@Knuckleup-v6b]

Why is it called Black bike week when all races are there?

[@henrycreque4735]

Looking at 4 wheelers and half ass ghetto trikes... I thought this was for bikes....

[@bigblue3568]

Imagine the outcry and screams of racism if Bike Week in Daytona was promoted as White Bike Week.. seriously

[@BlkglasTheVette]

Next year it will be called Daytona White Bike Week. Lets see how those people like it.

[@HS-cf4lb]

The last year I went was 2009 and it was already starting to look ghetto. You couldn't pay me enough to head there now, nor the poker run to the keys. It's all gone dark.

[@browardc2428]

Daytona was very segregated and didn't want blacks participating in Bike Week so we came up with our own. Yall may not like it but your wives do ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@bigblue3568]

@@browardc2428 you should be grateful for the hand full of white scants ... look at what your alternative is. Don't blame you welcoming a few into the ranks. Just don't understand how hundreds of bikers can enjoy cruising around all playing the exact same tunes. Each their own.

[@browardc2428]

@Big Blue listen if it wasn't for us, America would have no culture what so ever. You guys cant dance, season food and you guys haven't invented anything except the patent office. You guys should be happy black people made America what it is or else white people would still be spitting in cans and riding horses lol. Like I said, you guys may not like it but your wives do ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@fast-mask1551]

I didn't know blacks had their own bike week

[@slickmoneymoe7207]

Fuck yeah. Tell everybody!!

[@grantseattle5321]

Reported as spam

[@christopherwalkinalloverya5824]

They don't. It's just Bike Week but there are groups of blacks riding together.

[@mjsmith8641]

Stop by next time

[@RomeoHart]

“Blacks” lmao wtf

[@levialston518]

Not to be hating but just too many young people for me just a accident waiting to happen

[@thierrygerard4228]

To hugglys bikes.35years licence and i will Nevers ride on those mechines.japoneases are thé honly one bikes

[@zyrover]

I guess wearing a helmet isn't "cool".

[@michaelanders6566]

Sturgis will now be white bike week

[@stillirise7813]

It always has.

[@purrfitazitgetz3365]

Goofy niggas don’t go to dat hill billy bull shid

[@johnhaner4683]

That’s racist because if they were to say white bike week or Latino bike week, we’d be racist

[@jerryhubbard4461]

Poor camera work or lack there of

[@GuruLiving4]

Zip it!

[@josephlalock8378]

*daytona "people of color" bike week*

[@romandybala]

If you got nothing nice to say dont say anything. I;m so not saying anything.

[@seasontour9464]

really...black bike week...sounds racist to me!

[@purrfitazitgetz3365]

Stupid dis ain’t new black bike week and black spring break been happening for decades 😂😂😂 Yall just finding out wid da internet 😂😂😂

[@tankerrrtankerrr1987]

Slingshots are GAY AF

[@barbaramurphy1674]

SMH.

[@insideout2600]

A lot of clowns there

[@reggiehowze1891]

I can get with this. Everyone welcome. No trump flags either. Lol.

[@woodyallen8997]

I wonder. How many child support payments do you have to miss in order to afford this type of vehicle? Relax people!! Don't blow a gasket. I'm asking for a friend........who also pays child support.

[@purrfitazitgetz3365]

Cave beast in blk folks business as usual 😂😂 Get ur uglass off da internet and get a life

[@whocares1461]

Looks like drug money bought some bikes

[@michaelhemm3579]

Why no White Bike week?

[@BladimirButin]

There already is one only white people go to the other bike weeks

[@jeffbezos4746]

Stop crying

[@Romelus69]

It's called Sturgis.....and on the other side of the Bridge.....lol

[@Cmusic989]

There were only like 7 black bikes there This was click bait

[@cuzzintruck2]

😐😐😐

[@no-co-ty]

Why this motorcycle rally is racist?

[@cuzzintruck2]

wait, what? there were all races there...

[@no-co-ty]

@@cuzzintruck2 black bike ?

[@Romelus69]

and white people were there also..

[@69Symba69]

Only Black Bikes allowed???