Phuket Bike Week Revs Up in April
“Hogs,” [Harley Davidson], Hondas, hot women, hot weather and a whole lot of revved to the maximum fun–that’s Phuket Bike Week 8-10 April on Phuket.
Some 6000 big bikes and 30,000 motorcycle fans make this South East Asia’s largest motorcycle event.
Now in its 17th year and held just before the traditional Songkran festival on 13-15 April, Phuket Bike Week has a “Miss Bike Week” competition, kicks off with a grand dinner, has a motorbike exhibition, a “Miss Songkan Fun Fest” contest, fire dancing, Thai dancing, a custom bike and tatoo contest, a ride for peace and global warming, beach party and music festival at the football field, Loma Park, Patong Beach.
The beach party and music festival will feature top local and some overseas artists.
Motorbiking can be such fun!
The Phuket population will be able to view the awesome sight of dozens–maybe hundreds–of dedicated bikers on their gleaming, lovingly cared for “hogs,” Hondas and every other type of bike imaginable, rumbling around the island to plant banana trees on their way. That’s one way of reducing the carbon footprint of all those bikes.
Phuket Bike Week started in 1995 with a group of enthusiasts and attracted around 150 motorcycles. Riders from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States and many other coutnries come to Phuket for the event. It attracts television coverage in Thailand and overseas. It is supported by companies like Harley Davidson, who have more than 300 community members in Thailand alone.
Bike Week is organised by the Patong Municipality, Phuket Big Bike Lovers’ Club, Phuket Riders’ Club, the Heroine Club, Ride Thailand Magazine and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.