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The Laconia rally has its origins in June 1916, when a few hundred motorcyclists gathered at Weirs Beach in Laconia. Seven years later, the event was officially recognized by the Federation of American Motorcyclists (to be later called the American Motorcyclist Association) as part of the Gypsy Tour, where motorcyclists celebrated races and hill climbs for an entire weekend.
Weirs Beach is an area within the northern part of the city of Laconia in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located on the southern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. The cruise ship Mount Washington terminates there. It is a popular destination of bikers during Motorcycle Week every June.
In 2023, there were 92 motor vehicle crashes, 15 with injuries, from Thursday to the end of Bike Week, compared to 67 (15 with injuries) in the same time frame in 2022, officials said.
New Hampshire Route 11B leads east from Weirs Beach into Gilford. The former Boston and Maine Railroad White Mountain Branch, originally built as the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad, enters Laconia at the Belmont town line near Lake Winnisquam and runs north through the city, through Lakeport and along Paugus Bay to Weirs Beach and Meredith ...
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Mar. 1—A LITTLE TASTE of paradise has arrived at Weirs Beach. Keith and Monique O'Leary opened Winni Rum Shack across the street from Funspot, which claims to be the largest arcade in the world ...
Informal motorcycle racing had occurred at previous Weirs Beach rallies however, the first race formally sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), occurred in 1934 when, a 200-mile (320 km) dirt track TT race for Class C motorcycles was held on a 3.3 mile track in Swanzey, New Hampshire that used partially paved and unimproved ...
Bike Week may refer to: Daytona Beach Bike Week, an annual motorcycle event and rally in Daytona Beach, Florida; Laconia Bike Week, an annual motorcycle event and rally in Laconia, New Hampshire; Bike Week (cycling), an annual international event that advocates bicycling for transportation