Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:21 pm
It was a bit chilly yesterday morning, but dr_bar and I rode our bikes to the bike show. There were a few slick spots due to frost near home, but once on the highway the roads were fine.
We were able to park right outside the door and.....parking was free for bikes.
There was also a coat check available so we were able to leave our gear in safety and walk around in comfort.
We got there a tad after ten am and left about 5:25pm. If it hadn't been for having a plan to meet some people for dinner at 5:30, we would probably have stayed even longer.
It's amazing how fast the time went. We were there for over seven hours.
My electric gloves suck! I got the first pair replaced. The second pair don't work either. I found the booth of the Canadian distributor to ask them about the gloves. He told me there is definitely a problem with the gloves I have. He said because they were bought at a Harley dealer, that the gloves would have been made to Harley specs and that is why they aren't working with my Yamaha. The output is different.
So, he told me I should go back to the dealer and make them take the gloves back. I will attempt to do tomorrow. The gloves barely get warm. When I got home last night, my fingers were cool to the touch.....even after being inside the gloves for over a half hour.
I bought some special boot socks, a sleeping bag, a new helmet and a new light bulb to put in the headlight. It's very bright and is designed specially for motorcycles with an anti vibration feature so the light bulb will last longer.
I didn't find any tires.
I enjoyed sitting on some of the bikes to see what I could potentially upgrade to when I think I am ready to finance something.
There were some stunt riders showing off their moves. There was also a kiddie riding clinic. Children 6-12 could get suited up and learn to ride a little dirt bike. They were having a blast.
I ran into my previous instructor and had a chat with him. I find it quite remarkable that given how many people I am acquainted with that were going to be at the show at the same time I would be there, that I never ran into a single one.
Now, what was my favourite? It's a toss up between the Kawi 900, a Victory with an awesome paint job, a Blue and white Harley that looked so darn good, Honda 1300 in a periwinkle blue...oddly enough, I wasn't too impressed with the new Yamaha 1300. The handlebars were quite a stretch for me on one of them.
The other one had a different style of handlebar, which was better, but the handlebars trned at such an angle that a tall guy who was there sitting on it, found that the bars interefered with the tank and his legs.
I think they might have to go back to the drawing board for that set up.
A novel scooter was presented there. It has one rear wheel, but 2 front wheels. With a 250cc engine it can carry 2 up on the highway at 120mph.
Not that we have anyplace we can ride that fast around here anyway....It was expensive for a scooter at close to $8,000. However, if a person gets to a point where they can't manage on a real motorcycle anymore, this would be a good compromise.
It had a cool cupholder.
We were able to park right outside the door and.....parking was free for bikes.
There was also a coat check available so we were able to leave our gear in safety and walk around in comfort.
We got there a tad after ten am and left about 5:25pm. If it hadn't been for having a plan to meet some people for dinner at 5:30, we would probably have stayed even longer.
It's amazing how fast the time went. We were there for over seven hours.
My electric gloves suck! I got the first pair replaced. The second pair don't work either. I found the booth of the Canadian distributor to ask them about the gloves. He told me there is definitely a problem with the gloves I have. He said because they were bought at a Harley dealer, that the gloves would have been made to Harley specs and that is why they aren't working with my Yamaha. The output is different.
So, he told me I should go back to the dealer and make them take the gloves back. I will attempt to do tomorrow. The gloves barely get warm. When I got home last night, my fingers were cool to the touch.....even after being inside the gloves for over a half hour.
I bought some special boot socks, a sleeping bag, a new helmet and a new light bulb to put in the headlight. It's very bright and is designed specially for motorcycles with an anti vibration feature so the light bulb will last longer.
I didn't find any tires.
I enjoyed sitting on some of the bikes to see what I could potentially upgrade to when I think I am ready to finance something.
There were some stunt riders showing off their moves. There was also a kiddie riding clinic. Children 6-12 could get suited up and learn to ride a little dirt bike. They were having a blast.
I ran into my previous instructor and had a chat with him. I find it quite remarkable that given how many people I am acquainted with that were going to be at the show at the same time I would be there, that I never ran into a single one.
Now, what was my favourite? It's a toss up between the Kawi 900, a Victory with an awesome paint job, a Blue and white Harley that looked so darn good, Honda 1300 in a periwinkle blue...oddly enough, I wasn't too impressed with the new Yamaha 1300. The handlebars were quite a stretch for me on one of them.
The other one had a different style of handlebar, which was better, but the handlebars trned at such an angle that a tall guy who was there sitting on it, found that the bars interefered with the tank and his legs.
I think they might have to go back to the drawing board for that set up.
A novel scooter was presented there. It has one rear wheel, but 2 front wheels. With a 250cc engine it can carry 2 up on the highway at 120mph.
Not that we have anyplace we can ride that fast around here anyway....It was expensive for a scooter at close to $8,000. However, if a person gets to a point where they can't manage on a real motorcycle anymore, this would be a good compromise.
It had a cool cupholder.
