Well... spent the morning at the NYC motorcyle show.
Got there early, and had the place 'relatively' to myself. So my first stop was over to the Honda display to see the new "Fury". It actually doesn't look that bad, especially in the color schemes they had. I sat on it, and had to admit that it 'felt' good. I like the long pullbacks for the handlebars.
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Of course, there were plenty of other bikes there too... including the "new blue" Gold Wing.
One interesting thing that I took note of was the absence of the HRCA folks. They had no presence there at all... and in fact, the only mention of HRCA was some printing on one of the display panels behind the kiddie dirt bikes. No sign-up/renewal booth... no freebie pins... nothing.
Even the AMA had a very small sign-up spot in the far left rear corner of the convention center, along with a larger display for the Motorcycle Museum.
Victory had their usual large display, and I swung my leg over a few of those. Same thing for the BWM boys... and I really think I may have to invest in an R1200 GS at some point for some dual-sport / off-road riding.
The other main companies had large displays also... and althought they have good product, nothing they have really interests me that much.
I said hello to Brian & Shira from Backroads magazine... and although I saw John from J&M, he was busy dealing with other folks, and I didn't want to interupt. I did manage to speak with one of his other people though, and they've got the Bluetooth headsets ready for the Gold Wing now. We talked about the items I'd need to go with my existing J&M products (I've got their headsets & GL1800 integration kit) to "cut the cord"... and of course, what it's going to cost me to do so. Although they weren't selling directly at the show, their rep gave me lots of good info that I needed.
I didn't get out of there unscathed though... my AmEx card took a spanking, as I went ahead and invested in a No-Mar tire changer. I'd been thinking about it for awhile, and after getting them to throw in a few extra goodies/tools for free (in lieu of a show-special price)... went ahead and pulled the trigger.
All in all was a pretty decent show... but still heavily geared towards the "biker" and "sport-rider" aspects of the riding community.
Got there early, and had the place 'relatively' to myself. So my first stop was over to the Honda display to see the new "Fury". It actually doesn't look that bad, especially in the color schemes they had. I sat on it, and had to admit that it 'felt' good. I like the long pullbacks for the handlebars.
Of course, there were plenty of other bikes there too... including the "new blue" Gold Wing.
One interesting thing that I took note of was the absence of the HRCA folks. They had no presence there at all... and in fact, the only mention of HRCA was some printing on one of the display panels behind the kiddie dirt bikes. No sign-up/renewal booth... no freebie pins... nothing.
Even the AMA had a very small sign-up spot in the far left rear corner of the convention center, along with a larger display for the Motorcycle Museum.
Victory had their usual large display, and I swung my leg over a few of those. Same thing for the BWM boys... and I really think I may have to invest in an R1200 GS at some point for some dual-sport / off-road riding.
The other main companies had large displays also... and althought they have good product, nothing they have really interests me that much.
I said hello to Brian & Shira from Backroads magazine... and although I saw John from J&M, he was busy dealing with other folks, and I didn't want to interupt. I did manage to speak with one of his other people though, and they've got the Bluetooth headsets ready for the Gold Wing now. We talked about the items I'd need to go with my existing J&M products (I've got their headsets & GL1800 integration kit) to "cut the cord"... and of course, what it's going to cost me to do so. Although they weren't selling directly at the show, their rep gave me lots of good info that I needed.
I didn't get out of there unscathed though... my AmEx card took a spanking, as I went ahead and invested in a No-Mar tire changer. I'd been thinking about it for awhile, and after getting them to throw in a few extra goodies/tools for free (in lieu of a show-special price)... went ahead and pulled the trigger.
All in all was a pretty decent show... but still heavily geared towards the "biker" and "sport-rider" aspects of the riding community.
