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We went to the first day of the Laconia MC Rally, a nice 600+ mile jaunt on a sunny day....
 
Start of Vendor's Row at Laconia
 
View of the strip from the other side of the row
 
Most of the rally is actually at Weirs Beach, a large lake in New Hampshire that is quite popular. We had a very nice ride thru some nice scenery to g...
 
Neat paint...
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Nice old Knuckle chop, they had some really nice bikes at this booth.
 
Very nicely done VRod with Road Glide bags/Fairing, almost makes me want to buy one!
 
If Jane has her way, this is our next ride.....
 
I could buy one...wanna loan me some money?
 
...or loan me money for this one?
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Nice Twin Cam Nostalgia chop, new meets old
 
This was one of the nicest paint jobs I have ever seen, look closely and you can see skulls floating up from the depths....this one is almost as nice ...
 
Yup, more OCC marketing, the boys from Orange County Choppers built a Hooters Bike, oh, you didn't notice the bike?
 
I'm not really sure what the engine is.....
 
This guy had some nice bikes on display
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It really needed a model to make it's full impact....
 
More rally souvenir
T-shirts we could buy
 
This was the gas pump girl at the Texaco, apparantly she was the poster girl for some Octane Booster on sale
 
We paid $3 a gallon for gas..I think we got gas here....maybe...
 
And if you bought the Octane Booster, she would pose on your bike for a pic
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Nice, uhhh, bike....
 
Weirs Beach is on a BIG lake and alot of boats went past us
 
We stopped by the 'Yankee Smoke House" on our way back for some awesome, (but not quite Famous Dave's good) BBQ. Look, a Fat Boy, err. wait, I ride a ...
 
A bike in the BBQ lot