The Carole Nash Great Scottish Bike Show

[hank]

Just got back from this show. Not impressed. Nothing great about it. Have seen more bikes at local club shows.
Only good thing I can say is t least I got out for a run on the bike, met up with a few auld pals and got to see the brilliant Ken Fox hell riders wall of death show again.

 

[arcboutant]

Just got back from this show. Not impressed. Nothing great about it. Have seen more bikes at local club shows.
Only good thing I can say is t least I got out for a run on the bike, met up with a few auld pals and got to see the brilliant Ken Fox hell riders wall of death show again.[/QUOTE

Shame we can't use open expletives at the mention of Carole Gnash.

Damned bloody expensive . Never will phone them again.

 

[kirky1298]

It's 3 hours out of my fucking life that I wont get back
the stunt rider fell off which pleased my 5yr old , the wall of death impressed my kids . it pissed of rain on Saturday when we were there and these were the high points . load of utter pish !!

 

[hank]

I gave it my best shot, I went round a few times thinking I must have missed something, but, naw.

Just last week when I was renewing my bike insurance I was telling the Carol Nash rep how I was looking forward to the show. Well maybe I'll insure the bike with someone else next year.

How bad was it? Well I only took two photos today, One was of an ex Itallian Army Moto Guzzi Falcone I spotted in the parking area and one of Ken Fox's Indian.

Sorry for passing on my cloud of nagativity but I expected a lot better.

 

[Voyager]

I got there at 09:15 on Saturday (I decided to take a car ).

The place was near deserted, which was OK if you wanted to have a close look at stuff and talk to people. I took quite a few pictures.

The "Classic Bikes" section had some nice stuff in it and people were obviously trying to put on a show but overall there wasn't much there, although I did have a good look at the new Aprilia Caponord 1200, the Guzzi Stelvio and the Ducati Multistrada 1200 (dream-on).

Overall it was very like the "Haggis Bash" Autojumble that I go to in Feb, with the usual stalls selling cheap tools, oil, Triumph spares and so on.

I had a long chat with "The Gorgeous Biker Chick" as I'm a member of her Cub Club (must put the heap of bits together one day ). She is organising a Lands End to John O'Groats run on Terriers & Cubs in October to commemorate the run done in 1953 by Edward Turner and others.

There was an "interesting" collection of (over-)customised Gold Wings if that sort of thing floats your boat.

The Ducati Club had a good display and the Vintage Motorcycle Club had a few bikes and loads of spare parts on sale which was a goot effort.

Lanark was, as ever, freezing cold & pi$$ing rain which was a shame as folks had put in a lot of effort. It just doesn't have much appeal in its current format though.

All the new bikes were being displayed by Dealers - there were no Manufacturers there as far as I could see.

I went around twice, bought some tools and left at 11:00 - home in time for lunch .

Bob.