2010 Rallies & Events
Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show-Biketoberfest 2010
Story and photos by Jack Cofano
This year the Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show has moved back to the Daytona Lagoon Water Park from Bruce Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona. What a great background for a bike show. There were 22 classes this year ranging from radicals to rat bikes and plenty of space to view the bikes without them running into each other. Another beautiful day in Florida, can it get any better than this?
Actually it could get a lot better if there were more bikes entered. I was a little disappointed in the small number of bikes on display but overjoyed with the quality of the custom creations that did enter the show. Okay, I also have one other bitch and that was with the placement of the bikes. With plenty of sunshine to show off the bikes, many were located in the shade and since I always try to provide our readers with the best photos possible, this made it a bit hard to properly show off these incredible machines. I know ― bitch, bitch, bitch. Hey, I’m just sayin’.
One of the things that I’ve noticed this year is that except for the AMD World Championship in Sturgis, there has been a noticeable lack of bikes by the big name builders at the rest of the shows. I don’t know the reason for this but it is a shame that most of our favorite artists who are still creating magnificent machines are no-shows.
On the other hand, many of the bikes that I have seen that impressed me the most are being built by relatively unknown young builders. Many build their bikes in their garage using friends and local artisans to help out in creating their dreams. Hopefully this trend will continue: fresh blood, new ideas ― that’s the future.
I will always look forward to the WOW factor next year at all the events I cover and I’m sure I won’t be disappointed. Don’t be afraid to take a closer look at all the bikes I have shared with you including those in Part 1 and Part 2 of our Biketoberfest 2010 coverage.