Melbourne Bike Expo

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The one bike I wanted to sit was the 1400,NO GO!!!,it was on a stand.Great advertising,bloody stingy bastards,as if a they couldn,t afford the wear!stuff them,at least the MV people let me try the seating possy :? :?
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Went to the Bike Expo today and spent the whole time liftign my chin off the ground and wiping the drool off all the bikes. :( Still, they weren't as costly as I would have thought. :lol:
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gearbox wrote:The one bike I wanted to sit was the 1400,NO GO!!!,it was on a stand.Great advertising,bloody stingy bastards,as if a they couldn,t afford the wear!stuff them,at least the MV people let me try the seating possy :? :?
I was at the expo today and saw quite a few people have a sit on the zx14 :shock:
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Why do some think it was great and some that it sucked?
IF you dont get to the shops (or you dont have them :cry: ) it was great, nothing special but all in one place. For me pics on the net dont do it, and I try to test ride the things I like but dont get to see the Euro exotics or specials. I only see Turbo bikes in Rapid or Streetfighters.
(ps the guys at Rapid were great) so to be able to SEE the Judge and Firefighter (and others) was enuf 4 me.

BUT I agree with the others too, there was not a lot of "new" stuff there.
ie. nothing you wouldnt see in the shops. I dont get into the American Choppers thing but FARK they look sweet, if totally impractical.
If for no other reason than the accessability to the general public (and there was a lot of NON bike ppl there) it is worthwhile and as riders we should support it. IMHO :lol:
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diesel wrote:yeah it was friggin awesome.
me and a mate spent 3 and a half hours in there.
we sat on just about every bike there.
You bitch N moan about not getting a telephone call for the Reefton ride, and here you are sneaking about at the Expo!!!! Faarkin lyin hound!!!!! :lol:
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Strika wrote:
diesel wrote:yeah it was friggin awesome.
me and a mate spent 3 and a half hours in there.
we sat on just about every bike there.
You bitch N moan about not getting a telephone call for the Reefton ride, and here you are sneaking about at the Expo!!!! Faarkin lyin hound!!!!! :lol:
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Post by Stereo »

The last few years have been very dissapointing, none of the stands even interested me.... I found mostly that the stuff there was the same stuff you see in the shops every day, so I decided not to bother this year.....
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ross79 wrote:
gearbox wrote:The one bike I wanted to sit was the 1400,NO GO!!!,it was on a stand.Great advertising,bloody stingy bastards,as if a they couldn,t afford the wear!stuff them,at least the MV people let me try the seating possy :? :?
I was at the expo today and saw quite a few people have a sit on the zx14 :shock:
as did I.
comfy bike, suits us taller blokes really well i think.
though the ZX10R i found to be roomy enough as well as light and insanely fast. Whatever advantage the 14 had over the 10 (as far as me buying one is concerned), it's now gone.
Loved the flames on the black, too.
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