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bike show
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:31 pm
by gearbox
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
2 Hours Drooling
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:20 pm
by kykora
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.
Re: bike show
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:45 pm
by ross79
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
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:49 am
by FrogZ
Why do some think it was great and some that it sucked?
IF you dont get to the shops (or you dont have them
) 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
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:28 am
by Strika
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!!!!!
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:01 am
by diesel
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!!!!!
hehehe.
do as i say, not as i do.
or is it, good for the goose but not the gander.
or possibly the other way around.
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:03 am
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.....
Re: bike show
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:04 am
by diesel
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
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.