Post & Images by Jack McIntyre.

Everyone has that one rally that they go to each year religiously. For me, it’s Biketoberfest in Daytona. Beautiful weather, great crowds, terrific riding… it has it all. I’m beginning to post galleries from the early 2000’s, but I came across this one from 2005 that I shot, not my greatest work but I loved every bit of it. I had been shooting the rallies for about 8 years at this point, but for some odd reason, this one just sticks to my memory.

Each morning, more often than not outside of a hurricane off and on, this is what I woke up to. Staying beach side was always how I operated. My day started in a good way, and that feeling lasted until the last pic I took until the late night.

During those wonderful years, I’d say 2000 – 2008 or so, and don’t get me wrong, it’s still going on, but there were some amazing charity rides and ball room parties that really set this event apart. The big TV builders were emerging, and couldn’t have been more hospitable towards the fans or the kids from the selected charities. Below are a few images from one particular event we all did yearly, and a few faces that aren’t with us any longer, great people through & through.

Now onto the fun of it all. From what was the brand new Destination Daytona with the Hard Rock Roadhouse run by Carrie Repp (amazing woman), over to the Iron Horse Saloon, then bouncing to Main Street with it’s assortment of terrific bars, Willie’s Tropical Tattoo Old Time Chopper Show, and the always amazing Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show when it was at the Peabody Auditorium. There was NEVER a lack of entertainment.

If you like, keep an eye on our image galleries specific to Daytona for this and many other galleries from Daytona, ESPECIALLY the Chopper Dave Galleries, he provides a ton of content from Daytona plus all of the other Florida rallies & events.

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And this is what I always saw during the late night…