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From: Cane on 27 Nov 2009 14:42 On Nov 27, 6:45 am, Cane <caneu...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.motorcycleshow.co.uk/ > > Off to the NEC today with Dad and AntonyE. Anyone else today? 'twas fun.
From: Nige on 27 Nov 2009 15:17 "Cane" <caneukrm(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:f7cdc017-9a9d-4065-bc88-11013ab506e1(a)k17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... On Nov 27, 6:45 am, Cane <caneu...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.motorcycleshow.co.uk/ > > Off to the NEC today with Dad and AntonyE. Anyone else today? >'twas fun. Buy owt?
From: Veggie Dave on 28 Nov 2009 05:12 Cane <caneukrm(a)gmail.com> wrote the following literary masterpiece: >It's a >wheelie, a stoppie, a burnout or a variation on these three. Who was the rider this year? -- Veggie Dave http://www.iq18films.co.uk "To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine
From: Cane on 28 Nov 2009 06:03 On Nov 28, 10:12 am, Veggie Dave <Veggie~D...(a)127.0.0.1> wrote: > >It's a > >wheelie, a stoppie, a burnout or a variation on these three. > > Who was the rider this year? No idea, watched the mini moto carnage instead, which was much funnier.
From: Colin Irvine on 28 Nov 2009 07:15
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:31:32 +0000, Andy Bonwick squeezed out the following: >On 28 Nov 2009 10:03:41 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > >>Cane wrote: >>> I was genuinely disappointed to find there was absolutely nothing at >>> the show which caught my eye or sparked any interest whatsoever. >>> >>> Tell a lie, quite liked the Speed Triple. >> >>You need to send a copy of this to all the bike mags and the Bike Show >>organisers. It sums up British bike shows quite well > >I think the UK needs to have shows like the NEC where you can go and >buy a load of old tat, ogle the scantily clad totty and get pissed but >it could also do with something along the lines of the Milan show >where the manufacturers want to give new models there first public >showing without the risk of someone puking on it. > >Maybe if the UK was one of the biggest markets we might see something >more along those lines but while we're a sports bike orientated market >and the punters fill the halls with shows in their existing format >nothing will change. I must admit I like going to the show every couple of years or so. It's a chance to have a really good look round most of the latest bikes, and there are always some stalls worth a visit. My expectations are no higher than that, so I'm rarely disappointed. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk |