Second only to the bikes on display at the 80th Race and Rally Week are the scores of T-shirts for sale commemorating the occasion. Some of the more... printable...one-liners on shirts for sale:

• Hey, aren’t you one of the Village People?

• Does it look like I fell off?

• Who let the hogs out?

• It’s not the destination, it’s how you get there.

• Crashin’ sucks.

And for lady’s T’s:

• Got Money?

• Buy me something!

• What color are my eyes?

Big, big fans of Monopoly with cash to spare may want to stop by the Franklin Mint tent. On sale there is a special Harley Davidson edition of the Hasbro classic. Instead of Boardwalk and Park Place in the limited edition of the game, each of the properties on the board represent various Harley models.

The super deluxe set comes with a stainless steel and leather board with built in drawers to hold all the money and property cards, a leather padded dice well in the center of the board, and has houses and hotels plated in sterling silver and 24 carat gold, respectively.

Five thousand of the special board were made, but the last shipment of 50 games has been made, said Mint Spokesmen Destiny Tanner. Each of the boards go for $490, but can be purchased at a discount price at the Bike Week tent.

Aside from the games, Harley pocket watches and 150 part diecast models of bikes are also available at the Mint tent. A free commemorative coin comes with all purchases.

Those looking to get Medieval should check out the Mardigans Maile tent, which features handmade chain mail items for wearing.

The Buzzards Bay, Mass., business custom fits each of the chaplets, earrings, halter tops, belts, and mail shirts it makes for buyers, and even allows for a choice of a variety of designs.

For more information, check online at www.mardigansmaile.com. b

Counter-culture aficionados will be pleased to hear Pink Floyd tribute band Pink Voyd will be playing the Weirs this Saturday. The four-piece band looks to perfectly mimic the classic band without the use of background tracks or pre-recorded music.

The band, which features Daniel Fisher on synthesizers and organ, John Itingolo on bass, Tony Caliendo on drums, and Walter Stickle on guitars, also uses a laser show to further capture the legendary band’s image.

Even if you manage to spend all of your cash while wandering through the tents, there’s always someone around looking to offer a line of credit. MBNA Financial has a number of tents set up in the area to give people the opportunity to sign up for a J and P or AMA credit card with a variety of motorcycle designs.

Unfortunately, cards won’t offer immediate help, as there is a 30-day waiting period for a background check before you receive your card.

The cards have no annual fee with a 2.9 annual percentage rate for the First six months, which is followed by a 9.9 A.P.R.

"It’s the law," said Kelly McIntosh, one of the young ladies trying to coax people into signing up for the credit check.

Two young businessmen are hoping that a combination of Egyptian tobacco, molasses and fruit flavoring will take the edge off America and make it a much more sociable nation.

Located at the Weirs Beach Drive-In, the "House of Sheesha" offers Bike Week visitors, for a price, the opportunity to light up a hookah and get nice and mellow ... legally.

House of Sheesha owners Zack Noteman and Dan Gabriel were studying Arabic at the American University of Cairo — "Arabic’s the big language" that employers are looking for in the post 9/11 world, explained Noteman — when they were both struck by the proliferation of sheesha cafes in the city.

"We saw a cafe on every corner," said Noteman, and inside found them filled with people smoking sheesha.

For the Egyptians, partaking of sheesha is a chance to socialize with friends or to make new ones, and ultimately, to relax, Noteman said.

Sheesha is mildly intoxicating, he conceded, "but it doesn’t blow your mind out like the other stuff," referring to marijuana.

Seeing how sheesha might be able to help people in the fast-paced, often stressful U.S. of A, Noteman and Gabriel launched their business, which, if things go well, may see them open a store in Laconia, said Noteman.

"It smells like a freshly-baked pie after you smoke it," Noteman said of sheesha, and smoking it "puts a big grin on your face."

After having finished a two-person hookah full of sheesha, Tim Schreib and Amanda Christofore, both of Laconia, testified that sheesha delivers the goods that Noteman said it would.

"I love it," said Schreib, who was turned on to sheesha at Bike Week 2002. "It really relaxes me and helps me sleep," he said.

Skeptical at first, Christofore agreed that sheesha works.

"Oh my God, I’m so relaxed," she said.