Went to the bike show today, not impressed!
I was one of the few who went on a bike and counted only 18 in the car park. There was no dedicated bike park and if you are not there early you will have to park in a muddy field with the cars, ok on a GS but I pity those on others.
£15 to get in but I was informed that if you brought the Sun newspaper on Fri it was buy one ticket get one free if you produced the car supplement? Did any bike publication put on an offer like that! I know it may encourage some car drivers to take an interest in bikes but it would appear that there were no bikers at all at the show and it was all geared up for the car driver. I did notice that a lot of the drivers made the effort to dress in bike gear though.
Weather was shit and the Forth road bridge was closed to bikes so worth checking that if its as bad tomorrow. The police were turning bikes back if they took the chance, that will be a 30 mile detour via Kincardin then!
On a positive note if you are passing the moto services at kinross it may be worth popping in, the police were looking for bikers in the car park and if you took the time to have a chat and look in their camera van they would buy you lunch (bacon and sausage rolls with tea / coffee) they even give you a side stand puck type thing and a key ring. They were a bit disappointed as I was the only bike they had seen. Not sure if they will be there tomorrow but it may be worth a look if your passing. By the way the whole purpose of the exercise was to show bikers that the camera vans can now get bikes due to forward, rearward and side facing cameras, there is no escape!
Rant over, show was rubbish and won't be going back again, BMW stand was poor too. I made a 300 mile round trip on the bike in the pouring rain and gale force winds and it just wasn't worth it, I did buy an Airhawk saddle though
I was one of the few who went on a bike and counted only 18 in the car park. There was no dedicated bike park and if you are not there early you will have to park in a muddy field with the cars, ok on a GS but I pity those on others. £15 to get in but I was informed that if you brought the Sun newspaper on Fri it was buy one ticket get one free if you produced the car supplement? Did any bike publication put on an offer like that! I know it may encourage some car drivers to take an interest in bikes but it would appear that there were no bikers at all at the show and it was all geared up for the car driver. I did notice that a lot of the drivers made the effort to dress in bike gear though.
Weather was shit and the Forth road bridge was closed to bikes so worth checking that if its as bad tomorrow. The police were turning bikes back if they took the chance, that will be a 30 mile detour via Kincardin then!
On a positive note if you are passing the moto services at kinross it may be worth popping in, the police were looking for bikers in the car park and if you took the time to have a chat and look in their camera van they would buy you lunch (bacon and sausage rolls with tea / coffee) they even give you a side stand puck type thing and a key ring. They were a bit disappointed as I was the only bike they had seen. Not sure if they will be there tomorrow but it may be worth a look if your passing. By the way the whole purpose of the exercise was to show bikers that the camera vans can now get bikes due to forward, rearward and side facing cameras, there is no escape!
Rant over, show was rubbish and won't be going back again, BMW stand was poor too. I made a 300 mile round trip on the bike in the pouring rain and gale force winds and it just wasn't worth it, I did buy an Airhawk saddle though
