With all the recent talk about how to draw tourists and their money to West Michigan, Muskegon can relax a bit after last weekend when thousands of well-behaved bikers roared into town for the city’s first-ever motorcycle festival. Putting the city and the lakeshore on many a biker’s map as one of the nation’s most desirable motorcycle destinations was a top goal for event organizers. Mission accomplished.
According to excerpts from the story:
Home run.
That's what organizers of the first-ever Muskegon Bike Time motorcycle festival feel they hit last weekend, drawing an estimated 20,000 bikes and 60,000 participants and onlookers to the three-day event in downtown Muskegon.
The enthusiastic and well-behaved crowds were beyond expectations and left community and downtown business leaders and event sponsors screaming for a second event.
Muskegon Bike Time 2008 is already in the planning process, supporters promise. The question is how big does Muskegon want the event to get and how fast should it grow beyond three days of activities.
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