By the Numbers

April 2012
Written By: 
Julie Flanagan

They're Back - Motorcycles will fill the streets as May bike rallies make their returns

 

 

 

1940 Year the first biker rally was held in Myrtle Beach

Attendance for the Myrtle Beach rally has been as high as 500,000

1903 The year the first Harley-Davidson was built using a tomato can for a carburetor

May 11th- May 20th Official dates for the Myrtle Beach Bike Week Spring Rally 2012, according to myrtlebeachbikeweek.com. The Myrtle Beach Harley-Davidson slated its Cruisin’ the Coast Spring Rally for May 18–28. The Atlantic Beach Bike Festival is set for May 25-28

376.363 miles per hour.  The fastest speed ever recorded for a motorcycle set in 2010 by Rocky Robinson.

$18,163 The average price of a new Harley-Davidson

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