Best of the best in Santa Maria Motorcycle Madness

The best of the best is the only way to put the weekend into words.  From the perfect 80 degree weather to some of the best vendors around, Santa Maria’s record crowds got a real treat.

This year Santa Maria Harley-Davidson made sure that the Quick Throttle Motorcycle Madness had something for everyone.

On the entertainment side Michele Smith (The first lady of motorcycling) and host of Speed TV’s American Thunder was surrounded all weekend and had thousands of fans sharing a Kodak moment with her.

The 36 acre Santa Maria Fairpark was wall to wall handlebars and headlights.  The attendance on Saturday topped 7000 and the show field was packed with scooters.

Non-stop music rocked the Budweiser main stage which also was the place to catch the Barely Nothing fashion show.

The Ego Tripp bike show had some first class iron on display.  Taking home a truck load of billet trophies was Chris Crowe of Concord Ca. with his San Francisco’s most elegant bike 5000 dollar winning bagger.

Hot Bike Bagger Magazine was on hand to crown him best novice builder for his work on his bagger.

An excited and large crowd cheered on the 26 boxing bouts put on by the Santa Maria boxing club.

Vendors reported great sales for almost anything for bikes and riders alike.  Martin of Freedom Exhaust Products stated “I was not prepared for the crowd.  My crew and I stayed busy installing and selling and were low on product and catalogs by mid afternoon”.  SoftBrake also stayed busy installing their products.  Meguiars sponsors of the show and shine had their big rig on hand and helped out keeping all the rides shinny.

If you were in the mood for riding there were MDA rides leaving Santa Maria Harley-Davidson Saturday and Sunday that covered some of Central California’s best riding.  All money going to the MDA.

For metric lovers, Thorsen Motorsports was set up with some sweet Suzuki cruisers and a showroom full of apparel and accessories.Speaking of apparel, everything from leather to lace was available in the motorcycle marketplace.

Jesse Williamson has made the trip from Colorado the last 5 years.  “Motorcycle Madness is my favorite rally”  “I’ve been to almost every rally from coast to coast and Santa Maria is full of fun and the price is right”.  “I mean 20 dollar ride-in and you get a free event t-shirt”.  “That’s what keeps the crowd growing”.  Not to mention everyone got to sign up for a chance to win the US ARMY BMC Chopper.  While we are talking about winning Evelyn Reynon of San Jose pulled the Interstate enclosed bike trailer home after her winning ticket was pulled on Sunday afternoon.

Checkout www.horsepowerpromotions.com for more info on Motorcycle Madness and other Horse Power shows.