Went to Biketoberfest in Daytona at the speedway.
(been going to Bikeweek and Biketoberfest every year for the last 4 or 5
years)
It was very weird...very few people....Ghost town.
The only big Mfgs were Yamaha and Kawi (and the Kawi display..well
wasn't. They were doing demo rides but no bikes set out for display).
No shows for mfgs included...
Suzuki, Honda, Harley (they had a little booth, no demo), Triumph, Victory,
boss hoss, and only about half the vendors.
I'm hoping Bikeweek will be better and bring some back.
You would think Honda would be there with a fleet of the new VFR and
the DN-01 and let people try 'em. Last few times though, Honda didn't do
demo rides at all.
On a possitive note, I did get to ride the new Vulcan series from kawi (all flavors)
nice bike. I was hoping since it was water cooled and new and about the same
cc as the M109, it might be close power wise...nahh. Not quite, still a nice
bike and finished very well.
One other note (guess I don't out much, don't drink anymore), I'm sitting there
at a table eating a $12 hamburger and they have a bar 20 ft from me. It's
a fairly high bar with people on stools and this hot looking blond Asian chick in
the middle tending bar. As I'm watching, she goes out on the ends of bar to
service customers and steps about 3 steps up...now her knees are round abouts
at bar level. What this does is...she has to bend over to hear, talk, and service
the customer...this give the guy on the other side a
at about a foot and
half away. When she turns around to service the other guy (head shot), thanks
to her revealing wonderfully constructed top...well, you get the idea.
And I though...God lord, what evil genius devised this little layout.
Gotta be hard on the girls...all that bending over and such, no old barmaids
and I bet they make fantastic tips. Well, like I said...don't do the bar thing much
so it was new to me...did go back for a hamburger the second day too...
I usually take a few vacation days during bikeweek/biktoberfest...I happen to
be off the first friday so I will go see what's going on and if it's even worth
burning a few vacation days...I hope so, but...I kinda doubt it.
Irratating note on Yamaha...I signed up for a demo ride and they used to
let you sign up for two at a time...That's fine they don't do that, you have to
get back in line. So I did, there were 3 of us in line. So I sign up a second time.
Now I am the only one there in line...period. SOOooo...I ask, can do I do one more?
Nope...two is it. THERE IS NOBODY HERE...you would rather have bikes just sit there
and do nothing, then let people ride them...WTF.
You stand down there at Kawi (Kawi is by far the best) and if they have open bikes
they call "opens" and who's ever waitng can jump on 'em and go. I rode the poop
outa the Kawi(s).
2 beers cap and coke $24 hottt dammmmmmmmm time to go.
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