Now that Johnny Mallonnee and Bill McPeek have both returned to Georgia from Daytona, they may want to grab their heart pills and go back for Bike Week and check out the bike washes. I bet you could train these gals to wash trucks, too!
Bike Week washes bring in money for area businesses
Women wave signs to lure bikers to have their motorcycles washed Tuesday along U.S. Highway 1 in Ormond Beach. The women usually split the money with the business that hosts the bike wash. Some say they can make up to $350 a day, including tips.
News-Journal/JIM TILLER
By Dustin Wyatt
dustin.wyatt@news-jrnl.com
Published: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 12:33 p.m.
With sun-burnt skin, wearing a black-and-pink, two-piece bikini, Lacie Ervin moves her hips and proudly holds the invitation above her head: Bike Wash.
Shes standing in front of a convenience store on U.S. Highway 1 on the north side of Ormond Beach near Iron Horse Saloon a popular destination for Bike Week. Many of the passing bikers honk horns or offer a wave, smile, even a wink, but her wardrobe and dancing are designed to garner more than just friendly attention.
We are out here looking like this, shaking our bodies, sweet-talking. We work a lot for the tips, said Ervin, 23. Come on now, what old man doesnt want to see a half-naked girl?
Energetic bikini-clad women holding up signs, scrubbing, rubbing and spraying the chrome of a motorcycle are a common sight during Bike Week, raking in cash for themselves and the businesses where they work.
At All Class Autos in Holly Hill, up to seven women all of whom are friends or relatives of the stores owners and managers work from early morning until sundown. Cecelia Degnan even goes from scrubbing motorcycles to rubbing backs. Underneath a nearby tent, the licensed massage therapist charges bikers for back massages.
This goes hand-in-hand during Bike Week, she said of her alternating tasks.
On a good day, the women washing bikes can make up to $350, including tips, they say.
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