There are always going to be motorcycle accidents. There's going to be boating accidents, PWC acciedents, and car accidents. There are going to be irresponsible drivers everywhere.
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memories of the Bike-Week-rape committed behind the Laconia Police Department building
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In all honesty, this person probably didn't rape someone because they drove a motorcycle. It's inaccurate to make that assumption. It peeved me to see that comment, because while a vast majority of the bikers are up there to drink a few beers, pay for overpriced tokens of the event and leave, one manages to pick out the only rape incident of Bike Week. I don't know how many attend each year, but one out of thousands is a surprisinly a good statistic.
I'm neither for nor against Bike Week. I do agree that noise is a major issue, as well as traffic flow. However, there are 52 weeks in a year and this is just one week out of the season.
Then again, most of the bikers in the Lakes Region are guests. You don't go into a guest's house and completely destroy it and making the occupants annoyed. A lot of the bikers aren't even there for the whole week -- it's a different crowd almost every day. Let the sleeping dog lie, until of course, it needs to leave the premesis.
There is the matter of noise, but so far I've seen nobody stating that they've sent in a letter of complaint to Laconia's PD, for example. I don't know where to send letters of complaint, but if noise is really that important to you, then you should be whining to the right people and not to a message board that can't do anything. This site is meant to attract people to the Lakes Region, not drive them away.
Bikers: Please respect the lake like all the natives do for 51 weeks. I'm NOT saying that anyone who drives a motorcycle or is a tourist is going to throw trash into the lake. It just helps to enforce politeness a little bit. Keep the noise down after sunset, small children will be sleeping and the noise isn't good for a growing kid. Check to make sure tattoo needles are sterile; one of my cousins got tetanus from getting a tattoo (of the Italian flag, if you must know).
The lake isn't just yours, share it and have a good time.
Natives: Let the bikers have a good time for one week, and if it gets too out of hand, take down plate numbers and file a complaint. The more you do this, the more filtered the crowd will be at Bike Week. Also, try not to only see the bad things about this week. See this as an opportunity to go into the less crowded areas of the lake and explore some things for yourself. Take day trips or go camping. The lake isn't yours, and the Weirs is public roadway, so share them and try to have a good time
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Either side of the argument has positives and negatives. Feel appreciative that so many people consider going to the Lakes Region- They like it as much as everyone on the forum. Give them their week, then tell them to get out. The summer season is all yours.
If I offended anyone, I'm terribly sorry, but this issue needs to end. Bike Week is not going to end, but in years to come it will hopefully become more tolerable than what it is now.
The Lake is ever-changing...why can't it develop BACKWARDS for once?
See you in Joo-lah