The Laconia Motorcycle Week, also known as Laconia Bike Week, has its roots dating back to 1916 with a few hundred bikers meeting at The Weirs (aka Weirs Beach). Six years later the Gypsy Tour starting in Loudon, New Hampshire and passing through Laconia kicked off the official Laconia Motorcycle Week in the following year of 1924. Making it one of the oldest Motorcycle Events in the United States.