Ms Newby's Panama City Beach, Florida

Panama City Beach, Florida is home to two of the fastest growing bike rallies in the South: Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally, held annually the first weekend in May and October. www.ThunderBeachProductions.com


This week's featured bar is Ms. Newby's, located at the heart of the rally that stretches across the beach at many official venues from Frank Brown Park (where you will find more than 100 vendors, plus stunt ride shows and burnouts) to Pier Park (where you will find the "Best of the Beach" Custom Bike Show.

Ms. Newby's started out as a liquor store in 1975. In the 36 years that have passed since then, they've added a bar, a drive-thru for the liquor store, and a patio bar that features live entertainment Thursdays thru Sundays.





Ms Newby's features a full liquor bar and has lots of cold beer, but they are best known for "Hunch Punch," made of a 50/50 blend of their strongest liquors and fruit juices. Hunch Punch is a throwback to the days of keg parties, bonfires and college toga parties. It's Animal House in a cup!

The 11th Thunder Beach Autumn Rally in Panama City Beach is Sept. 28th to Oct 2nd, 2011 and the 14th Thunder Beach Spring Rally is May 2nd to 6th, 2012. 


To find more biker-friendly bars & saloons, visit Bars4Bikers.com.

Bars4bikers brings together biker friendly bars, pubs and saloons from all over the world. Bars4bikers.com reminds you to drink responsibly, and don't drink and ride.

Nationwide Ride for Kids® Raised $4.5 Million in 2010

For 25 years and counting, the Ride for Kids® has raised millions of dollars every year for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. The title sponsor is Honda Riders Club of America, but all brands of motorcycles are welcome to join the rides.

Riders across the USA continued to give generously to charity in 2010, defying the economic downturn by donating $4.5 million in 2010 via the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s Ride for Kids® program.

The 2011 season kicked off with a ride on April 3rd in South Florida and closes with a ride and annual ceremony in Tampa, Florida in November. Ride for kids expanded to 40 cities in 2010 and those cities are on the 2011 Ride For Kids Calendar.

A few changes are in store this year: The South Florida and Philadelphia rides will have new start points; and the Houston, Kansas City, Knoxville and Los Angeles rides have moved weekend dates.

The PBTF is the official charity of the Honda Riders Club of America (HRCA), which has been the presenting sponsor of Ride for Kids® since 1991. Thanks to the significant support of American Honda Motor Company's motorcycle division, Honda dealers and other motorcycle industry companies, the program has raised millions of dollars for pediatric brain tumor research.

Extra! Extra! The Ratty Rag is Back

More than one million copies of the Ratty Rag have been distributed at major bike show events all over the world since it was first published for the 1974 Daytona Bike Week. "I still have six light tables at my house that were used to lay it out by hand," said Ted Smith, owner of Rat's Hole Custom Bike Shows. "There were no other motorcycle newspapers. The Ratty Rag was the first, and it's the oldest running FREE motorcycle newspaper in the country."

Click to enlarge or download the poster for advertising contacts.

20,000 copies of the Daytona Beach Ratty Rag will be printed for the 2011 Daytona Bike Week rally. 20,000 more will be printed for the Leesburg Bikefest in April; Thunder in the Valley in June; Sturgis - Buffalo Chip in August; Daytona Biketoberfest; and the Lone Star Rally in November. There will be interviews with the best of show bike builders and of course, photographs of the Miss Rat Mate contests.

Events and Schedule... The Travel Channel will film the 39th Rat's Hole Chopper Show - "World Bike Showdown" - so come join the party. Bike builders from all over the world, live on stage!Everyone through the gate will receive one ballot to vote for their favorite bike in the World Showdown.

- Click the poster to enlarge.

MC Radical Randy, tattoo and rat mate contests. The show is all day Saturday, March 12th at Daytona Lagoon water park, beach side at 601 N. Earl Street.

Registration in 22 classes with brand new custom trophy awards for first, second and third places.

Register a bike at RatsHole.com.

Daytona Bike Week March 4 - 13, 2011 Daytona Beach, Florida http://www.daytonachamber.com/ Leesburg Bikefest April 7 - 10, 2011 Leesburg, Florida http://www.leesburgbikefest.com/ Thunder in the Valley June 23 - 26, 2011 Johnstown, Pennsylvania http://www.visitjohnstownpa.com/	Sturgis - Buffalo Chip August 8 - 14, 2011 Sturgis, South Dakota http://buffalochip.com/ Biketoberfest October 13 -16, 2011 Daytona Beach, Florida http://www.daytonachamber.com/ www.biketoberfest.org Lone Star Rally November 3 – 6, 2011 Galveston, Texas http://www.lonestarrally.com/

ADVERTISING RATES:

Aruba 2011 International Bike Week

Come and Experience Riding in Paradise ... Aruba.

The 2011 Aruba - International Bike Week is October 30th through November 6th.

My friends in Aruba have shipped their bikes to attend plenty of rallies in the USA.

So if you are ready to experience Aruba and go riding with the locals... just shoot an email to:
TTT_Riders_Aruba@Hotmail.com


Click the poster to enlarge for details.

Want to know more about the riders in Aruba?

Women Riders Month: Ladies of Harley, Aruba

The Ladies of Harley in Aruba joined women across the globe who have taken life by the handlebars. Their first ride around the island was May 23rd in celebration of Women Riders Month. ...

2011 Easyriders Tour, Limpnickie Lot & Sons of Anarchy

The Easyriders 2011 Bike Show Tour invades LA this Saturday, Jan. 8th with over 250 of the planets hottest bikes on display, the world's top bike builders, and the star of TV's #1 hit show "Sons Of Anarchy" Charlie Hunnam "Jax". 

The Limpnickie Lot, next generation of bike builders has joined this year's tour. Look for the next generation of bike builders at upcoming shows in Sacramento, CA - Charlotte, N.C. - Knoxville, TN and Columbus, OH.

The Limpnickie Lot is a collaboration of custom bike builders and American Parts manufacturers from the next generation of the American V-Twin industry. Comprised of small shops and individuals it is their mission to ban together to promote their unique blend of culture and style derived from many younger influences including Motocross, skateboarding, heavy music, BMX, and other aspects of the next generation.

You can get $3 off admission @ easyridersevents.com.

The LA Show is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the L.A. Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles.

The Tour moves to Sacramento, CA - January 15 & 16 and to the Charlotte, N.C. Convention Center for shows on January 22 & 23.

February 5th - The Easyriders Show will be at the Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley Street, Knoxville, TN.

Then the tour moves to Columbus, OH for shows on February 11th to 13th 2011.

Click the tour flyer to enlarge for details.

The Limpnickie Lot is a collaboration of custom bike builders and American Parts manufacturers from the next generation of the American V-Twin industry. Comprised of small shops and individuals it is their mission to ban together to promote their unique blend of culture and style derived from many younger influences including Motocross, skateboarding, heavy music, BMX, and other aspects of the next generation.

By making appearances at several national and regional rallies throughout the year the group intends to bring as much attention to both this movement and their products as is possible.

 Also at the top of their goals is to take the whole motorcycle culture a step back to a more basic time. With a large amount of respect for the history that it has, they hope that by focusing on the riding and adventure, self expression and freedoms that have always been inseparable from the culture that they may influence the direction of where it goes next.

Hideaway Grill's 12th Anniversary Party, Oct. 22nd

The 1^st Annual Bourget/Bradshaw “Thanks Arizona” Charity Bike Raffle will be unveiled during The Hideaway’s 12^th Anniversary party, Oct. 22nd at the one and only Hideaway Grill – somewhere in Cave Creek, AZ. 

The fully-loaded 2011 Bourget Fat Daddy Chopper will be unveiled by Brigette Bourget of Bourget's Bike Works and Mark Bradshaw of the World Famous Hideaway Grill. The bike is valued at more than $60,000. Proceeds will benefit United Phoenix Firefighters/IAFF Local 493 Charities.

Bourget and Bradshaw, both Arizona natives, wanted to do something over the top for Arizona Bike Week and at the same time show appreciation to the Phoenix Firefighters.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct 22nd and the bike will be given away on Sunday, April 3^rd during Arizona Bike Week at The Hideaway.  You do not have to be from Arizona and you do not have to be present to win!! 

Purchase your tickets in person, through e-mail or on-line Oct 22-24 and get a special deal - $20.00 ea, 3 for $50 or 5 for $85.  This post will be updated with photos of the Fat Daddy Bourget Chopper when it is unveiled Oct. 22nd at the Hideaway Grill's 12 Anniversary!

Oct 25, 2010 thru April 3, 2011 tickets will be $20.00 ea for the Fat Daddy Bourget Chopper! 

For complete details and more information go to www.bourgets.com, or e-mail Brigitte@bourgets.com.

Biketoberfest Tattoo Willie's Show, Thursday Oct. 14

Willie's Tropical Tattoos - 825 S. Younge Street, Ormond Beach, Florida - http://www.tropicaltattoo.com/

Willie's show is always the kickoff to Biketoberfest and Bike week on Thursday. It's always a great show with great people, and the most creative bikes. Willie Jones, and his wife Jean work hard to make it a fun event for everyone. 100% of the alcohol $$$$$ is donated to ARNI foundation, a local animal shelter. Bravo!! Willie & Jean.

Miami Blues Artist Albert Castiglia, Daytona Blues Festival

Miami Blues Artist, Albert Castiglia in an acustic duo with A.J. Kelly will close the 3-Day Daytona Blues Festival on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Check out this live performance video from the Green Parrot Bar in Key West.  



This clip from Boston's Red, White & Blues Festival:


That boy plays a sick guitar... tickets available online at Daytona Blues Festival.

Daytona Blues Festival This Weekend, Oct. 8, 9 & 10

Get ready for every kind of Blues - from "Pearl River" 2010 Blues Song of the Year by Mike Zito to this rendition of "Oh What A Dream" - circa 1950's by 6th Street Rythumn and Blues Band. Come for the day or for the weekend to the Daytona Blues Festival - Oct. 8, 9 & 10.



Tickets at the gate at Jackie Robinson Ball Park at City Island on the Halifax River in downtown Daytona Beach - or online at: Daytona Blues Festival.

All proceeds will benefit Camp Boggy Creek and Speediatrics at Halifax.

Children under 10 FREE - Students under 21 with college ID $10/day.

Broken Spoke Biketoberfest, Oct. 13 to 16 Daytona Beach

Are you ready for Biketoberfest 2010 at the Broken Spoke Saloon - Oct. 13 to 16? 1151 North U.S. Highway 1 in Ormond Beach.

The music begins on Wednesday, October 13th with performances by Joe Santana, The Farrell Webber Band and 7 Bridges Road (Eagles Tribute), and continues on Thursday, October 14th with Webber as well as Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin Tribute). Webber, Hells Bells (AC/DC Tribute) and Edge of Forever will rock the Broken Spoke Friday and Saturday nights.

The 2010 BIKETOBERFEST in Daytona will also feature plenty of motorcycle fun beginning on Thursday, October 14th with the Cycle Source and Limpnickie Night where they’ll crown “Miss Limpnickie”. Friday, October 15th is Baker Drivetrain Night and the famous Baker Burnout. The burning rubber continues on Saturday, October 16th for the S&S Smokeout!

All weekend long, Jay Allen will host the hottest contests in the South! Come on out to the Broken Spoke and try your hand at German Stein-holding, and see who’s got the loudest pipes around. The ladies go crazy for the male pole dancing contests and the sexy silhouette leaves a little bit to the imagination.

It’s all at the Broken Spoke Saloon on US 1 in Ormond Beach for Biketoberfest!

Are You Ready for Daytona Biketoberfest 2010?

OCT. 8 - 10 - DAYTONA BLUES FESTIVAL - This year, 14 nationally known Blues artists roll into Daytona Beach to kick off Biketoberfest.  Read more!

The all-star lineup includes 2010 Blues Awards winners, pianist Eden Brent and "Best Blues Song" of 2010 - "Pearl River" artist Mike Zita.

Come for a day or come for all three days!
Tickets are available online.

The VIP package includes reserved parking and seating and the Saturday night VIP party.

SPECIAL ROOM RATES:  Book rooms at Ramada to enjoy $62 special room rates during the Daytona Blues Festival - Oct. 8 to 10. FREE HOTEL SHUTTLE to Blues Festival. 

STAY FOR BIKETOBERFEST for $115 per night with a 3-night min. or $159 single nights. For these Ramada rates, call the Ramada front desk at 386-255-2422 
or 800-352-2722.

OCT. 16th - JAM FOR AMERICA - The 2nd Annual Jam for America will feature redneck Country's Gretchen Wilson, the legendary John Anderson and American Idol star Bucky Covington, The JaneDear Girls and more! 

The event will be held on Saturday October 16th along the breezy banks of the Halifax River at City Island Park in Daytona Beach.

OCT 16 - THE RAT'S HOLE 18th Annual Biketoberfest Custom Bike Show will be back at Daytona Lagoon Water Park, next to the parking garage on Earl Street, Daytona Beach. The all-day show will feature 22 classes of motorcycles, Good Times MC Radical Randy, Tattoo Contests and Ratmate Contest.





Details: BIKETOBERFEST 2010

10th Annual Thunder Beach Autumn Rally Revs Up

Look for Wikked Steel's Area 51 bike at US Rider New's
Best Of The Beach Custom Bike Show, Sat. Oct. 2nd
at the 10th Annual Thunder Beach Autumn Rally in Panama City, Florida. U.S. Rider News Custom Bike Show.

The biggest and best bike show on the Gulf Coast, the official bike show of the Thunder Beach Rally, presented by US Rider News. Free cleaning supplies given to every pre-registered bike. Over $10,000 in prizes and cash given away at this show. $1000 Best of Show winner!


Photos of the 2010 Best of Beach Show sponsored by HHI, Custom Dynamics, Kuryakyn, Best Western, Jireah Cycles, RC Components, Renegade Wheels, Two Brothers Tires, Wimmer Machine, Luster Lace, Wizards Products, and Steel Horse Law.


Bike show registration: 9:30 a.m. to noon, Sat. Oct. 2nd at Pier Park. Awards at 4 p.m.


The most beautiful beaches in the world are on the Emerald Coast in Northern Florida that hosts a spring and autumn Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally, the first weekend in May and the first weekend in October.

Without a doubt, the Panama City area beaches are my favorite in Florida!

Both of the rallies are free to attend, but the 10th Annual Thunder Beach Autumn Rally kicks off with two parties - at Shores of Panama and Bay Point Marriott, Sept. 29th and Sept. 30th 2010.

Then get ready for Edgar Winter and Molly Hatchet (FREE) concerts on Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 1st and Oct. 2nd. 

Back by overwhelming demand - "The Sauce Boss" will be playing the blues and cooking up some authentic gumbo at the Bay Point Marriott VIP Party. We saw him not long ago at the ZRooms in Orlando, and boy can that old boy sing and play and rock the place!... and his gumbo was not a stage prop - it was Delicious!

Bill Wharton, "The Sauce Boss" comes from the deep roots of the Florida Cypress Swamp. Haven't heard him play? You’ll never forget him once you do. With his distinctive slide guitar sound, wroght out of his ’53 Telecaster like a man beggin’ for mercy, and slung through a 1948 Fender amp like a dark horse running through the night, the Sauce Boss has a truly authentic sound that leaves you looking for something you thought you’d lost, but in fact you never knew you had. Read more.

Come check out the Old Skool Road Show, a one of a kind traveling antique motorcycle experience.  After approximately 20 years of collecting antique motorcycles and keeping them for private enjoyment, Alan Smith (founder and collector)  decided to take them on tour and let other people enjoy them as much as he did!  While most museums allow you to look at their bikes, Alan prefers you to look at, sit on and take pictures with his bikes.  They don't mind starting the bikes and showing what makes them tick, literally.  Presented by the 10th Annual Thunder Beach Autumn Rally - the first mobile collection of antique Harleys and Indians in the world, ranging from 1914 - 1957. 


Get details at Thunder Beach Productions.com.

Gretchen Wilson Headlines Biketoberfest Jam for America

The 2nd Annual Jam for America will feature Gretchen Wilson, John Anderson, Bucky Covington, The JaneDear Girls and more, during Biketoberfest Saturday Oct. 16 at City Island Park in Daytona Beach.

Last year the Charlie Daniels Band rocked the City of Edgewater. This year, Jam for America is heading North and bringing Country to the City. Redneck Country's Gretchen Wilson will headline an all-star lineup tht includes the legendary John Anderson and American Idol star Bucky Covington, The JaneDear Girls and more! 

The event will be held on Saturday October 16th along the breezy banks of the Halifax River at City Island Park in Daytona Beach.


The legendary John Anderson will be performing "Straight Tequila Night" and other hits at KRO Country's 2nd Annual Jam For America.

Tickets are only $25 in advance and $35 day of show, plus kids 12 and under are FREE! Tickets are available online at JamforAmerica.com.

Gates will open at 2pm
 Jam for America will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, whose mission is to honor and empower America’s wounded service men and women.

Jam for America is once again being presented by the Law Firm of Rue and Ziffra and Daytona’s Country Music station WKRO 93.1 FM.

For additional information and sponsorship opportunities, visit JamforAmerica.com or call Horizon Events at 386-322-3600.

Rat's Hole Biketoberfest Show, Sat. Oct. 16 Daytona Beach

The Rat's Hole 18th Annual Biketoberfest Custom Bike Show will be back at Daytona Lagoon Water Park, next to the parking garage on Earl Street, Daytona Beach. The all-day show will feature 22 classes of motorcycles, Good Times MC Radical Randy, Tattoo Contests and Ratmate Contest.

"We are glad to be back at the water park, where people can park next door at the parking garage," said show owner, Ted Smith. "There's also less of a traffic issue for people trying to put a bike in the show."

To register a bike, go online to http://www.ratshole.com/.

JJ Harris Ride & Toys For Tots With Gypsy Pashn - Oct. 8th

MASSACHUSETTS - Gypsy Pashn, recently inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum's Hall of Fame, is the organizer for the 3rd Annual JJ Harris Ride, Sunday Oct. 3rd in Middleton, MA. As the riding season comes to a close in the Northeast, it's that time of year when the Marines collect Toys For Tots!

The Ride is a memorial to Marine Captain Jennifer J. Harris, 28 of Swampscott, Mass. assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364... out of Pendleton, Calif. She died Feb. 7th, 2007 when the helicopter she was flying in crashed while supporting combat operations in Anbar Province, Iraq.

This is a 50-mile ride to enjoy the New England fall scenery, and raise funds for Marine causes. Toys for Tots boxes will be available at the event. Details, gypsypashn@aol.com.

Bikes & Blues Roll Into Biketoberfest 2010

The Daytona Blues Festival is just around the corner - Oct. 8, 9 & 10th.

Tickets are
available online.



14 TOP National Blues Acts - VIP Saturday night party - VIP parking & seating

 - Advance tickets include a FREE event T-shirt to the first 500 tickets sold. 







Special rooms at Ramada Speedway to enjoy $62 special room rates during the Daytona Blues Festival - Oct. 8 to 10. FREE HOTEL SHUTTLE to Blues Festival. 

STAY FOR BIKETOBERFEST for $115 per night with a 3-night min. or $159 single nights. For these Ramada rates, call the Ramada front desk at 386-255-2422  or 800-352-2722.  

1st Annual Daytona Blues Festival
Friday thru Sunday - October 8 - 10, 2010
- Jackie Robinson Ballpark, 105 E. Orange Avenue, Downtown Daytona

Check the official event website for other special Oct. 8 to 10th room rates, including beachfront:  http://www.annualdaytonabluesfestival.com/

Friday, October 8 - beginning @ 6 p.m. - Matt "Guitar" Murphy w/The Nouveaux Honkies - Mike Zito - Damon Fowler - Ben Prestage.
Saturday, October 9 - beginning @ 12 Noon - Candye Kane Band -Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Victor Wainwright & The Wild Roots - Nico Wayne Toussaint- The Nouveaux Honkies - 6th Street Rhythm & Blues Review - Darren Johnson.
 Sunday, October 10 - beginning @ 12 Noon - Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers - J.P. Soars & The Red Hots - Eden Brent - Sean Carney Band w/Paul Stott - Albert Castiglia & A.J. Kelly.