With regard to the event as primarily a conduit to vendors, the guy we talked to about their NC / TN trip put it just right - "I paid $9 to go shopping?"
The bike show featured countless V twins, yet only 1 BMW, 1 Triumph, and 1 Honda(?) I'm not anti-Harley, but for rolling stock, it was a 99% Harley event. I guess you could say one could achieve complete and lifetime Harley saturation within the first 10 minutes of being there. It also seemed that the Harley bumper sticker crowd outnumbered the genuine Harley people by three to one.
It was a beautiful day, and good to see the Triumph Forum folks, but would I ever go back? Not likely, but I'll hold off in the spirit of never say never. It's cheaper and more convenient to shop online or at a cycle shop. I'm beginning to wonder if the Survivors Rally in Cherokee is more of the same. Time may tell.
