BikeFest 2009- Cape Breton

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BikeFest 2009 promises plenty of activities

The Cape Breton Post

SYDNEY — A celebrity biker was on hand for Thursday’s kick-off announcement of the first BikeFest rally scheduled for next summer.
John Morgan, mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, added his enthusiastic voice to the crowd at Joe’s Warehouse, applauding the creation of Cape Breton BikeFest 2009 “Thunder in the Highlands,” an August long-weekend event that organizers hope will attract up to 3,500 motorcycle aficionados of all kinds.
“There are few things more exciting than riding a motorcycle, and riding a motorcycle in Cape Breton,” said Morgan, who rode a borrowed Harley Davidson Fat Boy around the Cabot Trail during the Atlantic Harley Owner’s Group rally earlier this year.
“I don’t own a bike right now, but I had a dirt bike for years growing up,” he added. “I’m thinking about getting (a motorcycle) with this thing coming up.
“It’s as much fun as you can imagine having. You’re out close to nature. There’s no better place to ride a bike than Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail.”
The BikeFest, slated for July 31-Aug. 3, will launch CBRM’s annual summer Action Week, and will be open to owners of all makes and models, not just Hogs.
BikeFest chair Scott Boyd said the list of activities that will occur on the weekend is still being developed, but organizers are in contact with some “major” performers.
A vendors’ village will be open all weekend, and several concerts are expected to take place at Centre 200. A free parking lot concert by Matt Minglewood will also be held at Casino Nova Scotia, and a street concert is scheduled for Falmouth and Charlotte streets.
The weekend will also feature scheduled rides to various Cape Breton communities, bike drag races at the airport and extreme motorcycle riding shows, and organizers have promised to double the municipality’s fireworks budget for Action Week.
“We are talking about having almost too much to do so you have to come back next year,” said Boyd.
For more information, visit www.capebretonbikefest.ca, which Boyd said will be updated regularly as activities are confirmed.

[DarkSoul]

Damn, guess I won' tbe going to that one, getting Married on Augest first so it kind of ties up the whole weekend, lol