Went yesterday. Good time with friends. Some halls had a little more non bike flea market feel than I'd like at a show but you gotta pay the rent some how.
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Motorcycle Supershow Reviews 2024 Edition
- Thread starter Max527
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RobVN
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I can only say that i was really disappointed with the show. There were a lot of empty areas there showing that quite a few vendors didn't come. I guess for me being in the sport bike category vendors like GP bikes, Royal Distributing, Pro 6 cycle and some of the sport bike dealers not being there made it not worth it for me. There were very few custom bikes there also. This was always a good show before Covid. The manufacturers show in February is good too if you want to see a lot of the manufacturers models. I will definitely check out if they will all be there tho before i go. The spring show is mostly a flea market so I've never made it a point to go to it. Still had a fun day out with my riding buddies so it wasn't a total waste.
My reaction was initially, wow, there were a lot of things to see, but as I progress thru the halls, it was kinda disappoint for me as well to see so little new bikes represented. I guess I was expecting more like the autoshow, where dealer show case the brand new 2023 stuff. I was actually hoping to see some new Kawasakis, Honda, Suzukis there.. but I only saw Vos there... so only Yamaha and Aprilia, Trimph and Vespa was at their booth.
Otherwise, some good deals with gear and apparel... altho there are not a lot of people helping customers.. I stood at the Rider's Choice booth hoping to pick up a Shoei X-14.. but after waiting AND waving for help for like 10mins... I left...
afici0nad0
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The Motorcycle Shows - Manufacturers
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I dont see ducati listed on the manufacturer list for the February show
The Motorcycle Shows - Manufacturers
The Motorcycle Shows are pleased to feature the world's leading manufacturers at our yearly Power Sports equipment shows.
I dont see ducati listed on the manufacturer list for the February show
Kawasaki, BMW also missing. Shame.
I think GP Bikes used to represent Ducati at that show
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And the question becomes will GP Bikes be there?
I am going to guess not.
These shows will be gone soon the splitting up of them started the death spiral.
Sent from the future
If these are the MMIC led/sponsored shows how does a manufacturer get away with not being there?
Ducati, Kawasaki and BMW are being pretty short sighted ad aren't really pulling their weight as part of the collective that is a trade association with a membership of only a few companies.
Ducati, Kawasaki and BMW are being pretty short sighted ad aren't really pulling their weight as part of the collective that is a trade association with a membership of only a few companies.
Obviously they see no value in it anymore. Mmic screwed up the show in the first place by separating from the supershow.
Sent from the future
Not sure what year the split was but there used to be two shows The super show which had the new bikes and the stuff that's still there and then there was a flea market show later in the spring. Then MMIC decided to make a mess of it and have a new bike show downtown. Leaving to the three crappy shows we have now
Sent from the future
I used to go to the show with my dad when it was down at the Queen Elizabeth building at The Ex grounds back in the late 70s/early 80s.
Not sure when Bar started the "big show by the airport" or when the MMIC split off.
Yeah I noticed that.
Doesn't strike me as a good idea if they want some casual traffic to increase attendance.
Or they have no new bikes in the country yet, so why spend the money to bring staff and last years models to a show, for people to then ***** that there were no new bikes.
Michael222
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Politics of bikers? Why did the show split up? I started skipping the Airport show some time ago even after going to every local one for too many years to admit. Then got back into them when my son started riding and wanted to see the sparkly stuff. Went to the last one before this and was reminded why it was a waste of time/money. It just feels like paying to go to a flea market, and too much at that. I got better deals at the dealerships I support than what was on sale at the show.
And if you take the price of admission off the cost of buying something you might actually need...
And if you take the price of admission off the cost of buying something you might actually need...
Max527
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Any reviews of this weekends show? Nevermind. Missed the thread on the show.
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