11/14-16 Moto Show Dallas Conv. center

[muskrat]

Look what I got to throw a leg over at the show   

nice, they had a DO NOT sit while I was there 
I know what my next bike is so when you upgrade I'll buy yours ok......for say $5k 

[fastwin]

Nothing at the show really rocked my boat. Honestly I think the Ft. Worth show has been better. It certainly has had a much better vintage bike display. Last year they had a really cool vintage MX bike display! There were a lot of cool old restored MX bikes for old farts to gaulk at. Hmmm, I had that one, one of those, almost bought one of those, wrecked that one!!! Fun stuff. At least RPM was at the show with Triumphs, there were none at last year's FW show. I figured there might have been a Streetfighter or Bayliss 1098R in the Duc spot since they have already made their official outing at Milan. Derek said all of the AMS Balyliss bikes would have his signature on them. Ahhh, shouldn't he be signing all 500 of them? Like what else does he have to do? He's retired. Tried to find a B-King to show my friend how butt ugly they are. Maybe they traumatized so many small children last year that Suzook either dropped them or hid them in the back. The KTM RC8 looks interesting but the mag articles are right. Shouldn't a $20K sportbike have matching body panels? Some are flat orange and some are glossy. I think they will have a hard time getting smaller KTM dirt bike shops to carry Super Dukes and RC8's, spare parts, and the tech training and tools to service the road bikes. Big difference in jetting a dirt bike and degreeing cams and dyno tuning a SBK. Kinda like taking your 1098R to the local lawnmower shop to have them fine tune the ECU. That will be a business hurdle for sure. I wish them luck in this economy.

[muskrat]

Nothing at the show really rocked my boat. Honestly I think the Ft. Worth show has been better. It certainly has had a much better vintage bike display. Last year they had a really cool vintage MX bike display! There were a lot of cool old restored MX bikes for old farts to gaulk at. Hmmm, I had that one, one of those, almost bought one of those, wrecked that one!!! Fun stuff. At least RPM was at the show with Triumphs, there were none at last year's FW show. I figured there might have been a Streetfighter or Bayliss 1098R in the Duc spot since they have already made their official outing at Milan. Derek said all of the AMS Balyliss bikes would have his signature on them. Ahhh, shouldn't he be signing all 500 of them? Like what else does he have to do? He's retired. Tried to find a B-King to show my friend how butt ugly they are. Maybe they traumatized so many small children last year that Suzook either dropped them or hid them in the back. The KTM RC8 looks interesting but the mag articles are right. Shouldn't a $20K sportbike have matching body panels? Some are flat orange and some are glossy. I think they will have a hard time getting smaller KTM dirt bike shops to carry Super Dukes and RC8's, spare parts, and the tech training and tools to service the road bikes. Big difference in jetting a dirt bike and degreeing cams and dyno tuning a SBK. Kinda like taking your 1098R to the local lawnmower shop to have them fine tune the ECU. That will be a business hurdle for sure. I wish them luck in this economy.

I would agree with Fort Worth's show being better.  It's a shame I couldn't see the Streetfighter but the KTM booth sure got my blood to stir.  Maybe it's the orange. I will say my day ended with a smile though, stopped to ride the Motard.............FUN FUN FUN.......and Elizabeth made it down and back on her own two wheels straight down the NTTA Auto Speedway.

[fastwin]

Good seeing you Dax at the KTM booth. Was in deep conversation with the KTM guy, didn't notice you standing there. Sorry I had to run off, my friend wandered off while a railed on with the KTM staff and didn't want him to feel abandoned.

[Giannis]

why what did they do to it?

lowered, 320 rear tire like an ugly chopper from OCC, ugly straight pipes like a chopper, it has a cool paintjob but nothing else to be  desired!

[muskrat]

Good seeing you Dax at the KTM booth. Was in deep conversation with the KTM guy, didn't notice you standing there. Sorry I had to run off, my friend wandered off while a railed on with the KTM staff and didn't want him to feel abandoned.

ditto and not to worry because if it's the wife or bikes you are always excused.

[pipeliner1978]

We couldnt make it to this   
thats okay - need to get to know the M600 better anyway   
hmmm ... but Jim could find something new and I could take over the SC   
   I wish we could have gone!

but really I'm just glad I didnt have to work today

I know what he needs........

I got one for sale..........

[Duc L'Smart]

Enjoyed the show today. It was great to get out! Great brekkers w/ WiWa & Malyn at Buzzbrew on Lemmon.
Saw Dax & E, & some 59ers at the show. Somehow I missed Fastwin...
Great weather, & good to be up on 2 wheels

[fastwin]

Greg and I hit it as it opened and split about noon to noon thirty. We grabbed some lunch and he had to get home to his wife. She had chemo Friday and he had to leave her most of Saturday to taxi the kids around all day. So Sunday was his time for her. Just glad she let him out for a few hours to hang with me. She's a brave one!

[webspoke]

One cool thing at the show saturday afternoon was what seemed like a 45min long session at the Buell display onbasic suspension setup.  The worked on changing fork/shock settings, setting sag, and let the audience jump in and work on one of the 1125 CRs.  Lots of dealer/vendor guys from the other brands (even the Ducati crew) were there watching.

The RSD hyper was a little over the top, but I did like the lowered stance and overall uncluttered look of it, gives me lots of ideas.  Spent a lot of time comparing the ergo's on the current crop of middleweight and open class sportbikes, for Su, was surprised at how low rent the Honda hardware looked (upper triple, forks etc) Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawi looked much nicer.  Surprising how comfy the Buell 1125R was, just gotta get used to that giant fairing.

Hopefully there will be more exotic show/concept bikes next year.