Progressive Laconia Motorcycle Week® Celebrates 99 Years

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LACONIA, NH, USA, April 18, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The 99th Laconia Motorcycle Week® is set to kick off June 11th in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire. It's a rally steeped in history as one might expect after nearly 100 years, firmly cementing it as the world's oldest (14 years older than Daytona; 15 years older than Sturgis). Had the event not paused for 7 intermittent years, we'd actually be celebrating its 106th anniversary. It was back in 1916 when a few hundred motorcyclists, organized by central and southern New England motorcycle dealers, traveled north for a "gypsy tour" to Weirs Beach. The tour was first sanctioned by the Federation of American Motorcyclists in 1917 and when the FAM disbanded in 1919, the Motorcycle and Allied Trades Association (M&ATA) took over the sanction until 1924, when the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) was formed.

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