Main Street a living show for Bike Week
Bike Week 2012
WHEN: Today - Sunday
WHERE: Events at Main Street, Riverfront Park downtown, U.S. 1 Ormond, Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, Daytona International Speedway and Destination Daytona, as well as sites throughout Volusia and Flagler counties.
TODAY: Daytona International Speedway – AMA Pro Series practice and qualifying starting at 10:15 a.m., Daytona Flat Track racing 7:30 and 10:10 p.m.; Progressive International Motorcycle Show, Ocean Center, 101 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach, 10-5 today through Saturday; Daytona Antique & Classic Motorcycle Auction & Meet, parts and memorabilia, 11 a.m. (motorcycle auction Friday at 11), Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand.
WEATHER: Bikers can expect mostly sunny but breezy weather today, according to the National Weather Service. The high is expected to be near near 80 but winds are expected to pick up as the day goes on, turning from calm to 10 to 15 mph our of the east-northeast. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph, the Weather Service says. The forecast for tonight is partly cloudy, with a low around 61. The east-northeast winds will decrease somewhat, to between 5 and 10 mph.
I'm lucky to be a live says Fakenham auctioneer James Beck as he recovers from ...
A motorcycle crash left Mr Beck, one of Fakenham’s most well-known characters, in a critical condition for several weeks.
A consultant at the critical care unit in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn even told him that he had “used eight-and-a-half of his nine lives.”
But he is now preparing to run his first auction since the crash on the A148 Creake Road at Sculthorpe on November 13.
Mr Beck, 39, from Colkirk, said: “I feel incredibly lucky to be alive. I feel I’ve been given a second chance at life.”
He broke his right collarbone, suffered a damaged right lung, broke seven ribs, suffered internal bleeding and had a stroke.
The stroke has affected his eyesight and, although he will be running the auction on April 12, he will bring in David Gould, an auctioneer from Aylsham, to conduct the sale.
Part of Mr Beck’s lung has come out and a titanium rib has been inserted.
He said: “I’m still in pain. I’m not sure if I’ll ever make a full recovery but I can feel myself getting stronger each day. I hope that I will eventually be auctioneering again.”
Bonhams celebrated its second motorcycle auction at Quail Lodge in Carmel this past month demonstrating the market's strong interest in early machines with
