Popular bike @ the AIM Expo

[dcc46]

I went yesterday and it seemed like everyone was using a S10 to demo their gear on. Wolfman etc... I had a black one ( the fastest color after all) and I had seen the blue and matte grey before, but wow that white really pops in person. Lol now I want another one. I'll post a few pics later if anyone's interested.

 

[rem]

I'll post a few pics later if anyone's interested.

Please do !! ::008:: R

 

[dcc46]

Here's the wolfman booth, i really wanted to see these saddlebags in person. Real quality stuff



Alot of cool old bikes and some nice newer stuff.







































And in my opinion the star of the show were the new Erik Buell Racing 1190RX







The new Strom 1k







And a couple of race bikes

Geoff May



And Hayden

 

[dcc46]

Sorry my photography skills are lacking but you get the gist of it.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Thanks for the pics!

Looks like there was plenty of space around the displays. Was the show well attended?

--G

 

[dcc46]

There was a good amount of people there . I got there as soon as they opened and there was a steady flow of people coming in.

 

[Yamaguy55]

I take it no new Yamahas released?

Earlier this year, it was implied that this was to be the venue for new model releases. I am wondering what the new 900cc twin will be fitted to.

 

[TRUBRIT]

Suzuki were much better organized than Yamaha with presentations and floor layout. Yamaha guys just seemed to be sitting there. I was there Sat and Sun and there were a lot of people. There will be another one next year according to Wolfman. Not sure if it will be in Orlando. Nice to be able to see the gear and check it out rather than just on line. Wolfman stuck different tank bags on the Tenere for me to compare and let me stand on the bike to check clearance. Hepco & Becker had some nice kit on their Tenere. I like their Windshield adjuster and was able to check out the Madstad one too. The one place I expected to see a Tenere was at the Twisted Throttle stand, but no. Fastaway Adventure pegs are nice but spendy :'(
GoPro were there and also a small company who displayed a waterproof connection so you can charge the camera while in use. Finance Guy wants to market it, Engineer not. Basically he took a skeleton case and added his waterproof connections and waterproofed the rest. Talking to the Engineer, he may look to develop kits to sell.

 

[Big Blu]

I was there on Friday, when it opened to the public at 4:00pm. There were very few folks there in Friday, the vendors were happy to have someone to talk to....... and were offering discounts. Clearwater sold me a pair of Glenda at discount, plus free mounts, no tax and free shipping. Givi let me per-purchase a pair of the new Trekkers Outbacks in black, a similiar deal. They expect to have the Tenere brackets available in 4-6 weeks. It was a VERY expensive show! ::013::

As I was ready to saddle up in the parking lot after the show I met an inmate from here, Mr Brick. Nice chatting with you Brick.

The vendor I spoke with were very pleased with there experience and organization at the show. The consumers, not so much. Poor signage, $9 parking(unless you knew about the free motorclyce parking), had to take a shuttle bus from the main exhibit center to the outdoor exhibit. When shuttle busses were full they held them because of the schedule... jeeezz. When I asked the security folks for help of info they knew nothing.

YES, it will return to Orlando next year and hopefully will be bigger and better. There was no representation from the European manfuctures, or the American manfactures this year. Hope that changes next year.

Regards, Paul

 

[jaeger22]

I was there Friday and Saturday. Great show. ::012:: Lots of cool stuff.
Yamaha had a 2013 Tenere on display. I asked about the 2014 and was told we would get an announcement in March. I assume it must be a lot more than "Bold new graphics" or they would tell us that now. But no real clue on what they have up their sleeve. I hope they will have one at Bike week in Daytona to ride.