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Ok, as promised on another thread here are around 70 pics I took on Saturday from the Athens Bike show.
The selection is limited to European bikes, some are merely of interest to me, some are new on the market and there is also a prototype (Moto Morini Grandpasse).

I didn't take pictures of the info-boards this time as they were in Greek and, as much as I love you all, I wasn't going to launch into a translation project.


MOTO GUZZI.
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The new Dual-Purpose (On-Off) STELVIO 1200cc.












The 1200cc Norge.












The MG 1200 Griso.







The MG 850 Griso.







The MG 1200 Sport.











KTM
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The 990cc KTM Adventure...


... in Grey





... in Orange





and in the Dakar version.






The 690 Duke, I liked this one's ... um ... eyes.






The 990 SuperMotard






The long-awaited RC8.
















The SUPER-DUKE ...


... in black





and in orange.





DUCATI
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The 1000cc classics.












The 1098.










BIMOTA.
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The 1000cc DB6 DELIRIO.










MOTO MORINI.
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Two variants of the Moto Morini CORSARO ...








The SCRAMBLER variant.













The 1200cc Grandpasse Dual-Purpose Prototype ...
















APRILIA.
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The 1000cc MILLE (my current mistress)









... and the TUONO streetfighter variant.









BMW.
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The new 800cc Parralel Twin GS Dual-Purpose (a bike that makes me dream of unlimited horizons/conditions).


In black and yellow ...












... and in Grey/black.







It's bigger brother ... the 1200 GS Adventure.







The R1200R (a beautiful black/white pin-stripe paint-job ... pity it can't be seen in the picture).









MV AGUSTA.
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The F4 (a mistress I would like to acquire soon).










The 910 Brutale version.









TRIUMPH.
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and last but not least, the national distributor's upgraded T100 Bonneville ..











The show is on until next Sunday and I will be visiting it again at least one more time (2 miles from home), so if anyone wants me to check something out, please feel free to whistle.


That's it folks!

I hope you enjoy them.

Thanks for the pic´s Bedouin



This is one of my favourites, looks like a perfect bike for touring the european "backroads"

Could se myself going for a trip to marocco or down east of europe on that BMW for a month or so

Johann

I like the Triumph.

Pick a date my friend.

Like I said above "a bike that makes me dream of unlimited horizons/conditions".
I have been drooling over this one for quite some time, but I have other travel plans still in the pipeline.
I could, of course, make an exception if you where to ... nod at me.

Great pics, glad to see you saved the best till last.

Baz

Thanassis,

...... Let´s see.....

This year is covered all the way to Greece and back, next year... who nows mabye the nod will be there! ......so be prepared my friend

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I like the Triumph.

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Do they still make thoose?

Who makes them?

Hardly Ableson?

F800, 1200 GS, or Stelvio 1200? Nice choices...I think maybe the F800 for some real out of the way traveling, like the Trans-Alaska Highway

I'd like to know how well that new Rotax motor is going to hold up before heading out beyond reach, though.

From what I've read, Rotax ironed out the wrinkles in the F800 line since the 1st and early 2nd generations.

I've always dug the F800ST and F800S (one of the few bikes that I'd give up the Thruxton for).

Thanks, Thanassis, for taking the trouble to go all the way to the Show on our behalf. It must have been quite a chore and very tedious for you. To think you might even have taken time off from work to do it - what a man you are

Gotta say I do like the MOTO GUZZI Stelvio 1200.

Oh My!!!!!

Italian motorcycles.

Ducatis coooorrrrr!!!
Aprilias cooooorrrr!!!

Moto Guzzis, coooor..OH! What were they thinking with that ugly 2 into 1 exhaust. Liked everything about the Guzzis except those pipes (or should that be PIPE)

Thanks for the pictures Thanassis, very well done, but as my old dad always used to say "If a jobs worth doing, its worth doing well" next time please give us the info boards and translation please.

Thanks

Thanks, Thanassis. I'll take one Stevvio and One Norge please.

Oh YEAH! Now THIS puppy looks like a whole lot o' fun!!!




The 1200cc Grandpasse Dual-Purpose Prototype ...








And I kind'a like this one too, but what's with that nose???!!! Maybe the guys at Moto Morini were tryin' to say that this bike can go anywhere...just like Rocky Mountain Longhorn Sheep can.
(which I kind'a think the front of this otherwise nice lookin' machine resembles a little)


and...

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The new 800cc Parralel Twin GS Dual-Purpose (a bike that makes me dream of unlimited horizons/conditions).

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Have to agree with ya Thanassis. Probably just about the right size and weight machine to do just that, alright!

And BTW, thanks for posting these pics!

Thanks for the pics Thannassis. I don't think we'll see the Moto Morinis on this side of the world. The 800GS has piqued my interest. Even though I have delusions of my wife wanting, or being able to tour, she really doesn't seem to keen on the idea even after we went around to the dealers a couple of weeks ago and both of us sat on the Yamaha FJR1300 and Honda ST1300. She still likes to ride, but I think the thought of 400+ miles a day for a week or more at a time has her a bit put off on that concept.

So with all that in mind my attention gets averted back to the 800GS. It's been delayed being shipped to the dealers here until at least the fall. And I'm wondering with the dollar so weak against the Euro if BMW can hold to their listed price of $10,520 in the USA. One rumor I heard has them delaying it further to 2009 over here so they can up the price.

I hope Triumph can come out with something similar with their rumored Tiger Cub, as long as it's not a clone of their current Tiger 1050. I'd like something at least as dirt worthy as the 800GS. There's a ton of roads off the asphalt here in Arizona to explore.

F800riders.org is a good forum to keep an eye on if you're seriously interested in one of these bikes. New owners of the 800GS in Europe are starting to pop in over there, in addition to the 800S and ST owners who've already been posting awhile.

That was a pleasing trip.....thank you !

Some beautiful bikes there Thanassis. I particularly like the pics of the bikes we can't get over here. It's nice to see what some of the other companies in the industry are doing that we never get to see. Oh and more of the girls sitting on the bikes.

Wow...I really should pay attention to who's posting. Until I read wojo's post, I still thought these were shots form some bike show in Athens, GA USA...I thought it was odd that there were so many Italian bikes in Georgia.

Thanks for the pics though. Some great looking rides in there.

Very cool Thanassis .
I think if I had the Norge and the 800GS in addition to my Speedmaster, that would be close to perfect

Thanks, Thanassis, There's a few I would not mind in the stable

Great pictures Thanassis,

Thanks for sharing them. I wish I had a wad of extra money

Now i can't get the griso out of my head! Not that thats a bad think

If only I could have been there to hear her say it first hand.

Imagine what I would have been like. But then again I might have thought that my reputation had preceded me.