Pashnit Photo Shoot at the Motorcycle Show

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What a show. Even emotionally overwhelming. I think in a sense I got to come face to face with the average everyday joe that uses the site that I've created. And they came by in droves. Sometimes 10-15 deep waiting, just standing in line, to shake my hand. That was amazing.

At times, I joked I was going to set up turnstiles and we'd line them all up like a wedding party and I'd get to shake everyones hand one at a time to make sure i hit everyone. I talked to so many people, I was starting to loose my voice.

Special thanks to all the busa guys that stopped by- there were actually a lot who swung by & introduced themselves!

And this wouldn't be a Pashnit thread if we didn't have some pics. I barely left the booth the entire weekend, too busy, but I did get a chance to quickly walk around the show before it opened to the public.

Our booth right before the show opened up. The laptops were set up so you could surf the Pashnit Tours site or the site.

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The stunt guys practicing b/f everyone got there

 

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I have long been fascinated by Ural's and finally got a chance to photograph several. The camo one is my favorite!

 

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The new ZX-14 by Kawasaki was um, interesting. I suppose it's going to be one of those bikes you either love or hate the looks of. I thought to myself when I sat on it, I think I'll keep my busa.

 

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Ah the Busa. Gotta spend some time over here.

I love the white. Great color.

 

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The black was just red hot!!! An all black busa is just georgeous!

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Little GSXR action goin' on

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Then there was that new VRod. Awesome!

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And the Victory bikes were all decked out. So custom!

 

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Then there was the Ducati's. Can't help but fall in love.

 

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The local Ducati Monster club was there too, and the mods on the Ducati where amazing. There were bikes from all local owners entered into the show. Gary Eagan was the judge & my partner Tim got to be one of the other judges.

If ya never heard of Gary Eagan, the guy is famous!

Tim & myself with Gary

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Some of the more interesting bikes were by Arlen Ness, who showed up for a short time on Saturday to sign autographs.

 

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One of the rocked out R1's from Gregg's Customs - very trick!

 

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That's all folks - could have shot hundreds of pics, but too many hands to shake!! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth!! It was a pleasure meeting those of you from the busa forum that swung by!

The Pashnit Busa was a huge hit. And people came by in droves to check out my Hayabusa, there were only a few at the show actually, and the SportBikeCam.com mount for the on-board camera really garnered a lot of curiousty especially. Plus the new color-matched tank bra I've got from Bagster really got people talking about that mod. It was interesting to see just how many people recognized the bike so thanks to all the folks on the board that've supplied the products too!

The Tobin seat, RKA Luggage, Bagster, SportBikeCam.com mount, Speedohealer, Ig & his hump mod, the communication system, Race Ready painted mirrors, dash & rotors, are just a few that I've gotten goodies from! Thanks again guys!

Btw, the ride video we played non-stop at the show can be watched here- it was a huge hit and people stood sometimes 4-5 deep to watch the vid. All footage shot on the rides.

12 Minute Version - 43M

4 Minute Version - 40M

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