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Nice photos, it looks as if there was plenty of room to move about, was it very crowded? I'm going on Friday, I wasn't expecting any bargains - but live in hope!!

 

We’re going on Wednesday, I’m looking for some new gear, jacket and trousers. The Oxford stuff looks pretty good for the money. One never knows, a bargain might be had.

 

I went on Saturday and picked up a few bargains as did my mate.
They are out there, be prepared to ask for a deal too

 

We are going this Saturday, wish us luck

 

That Norton does look well
Thanks for the pictures and review.

 

The great difficulty I had when looking for my DR was finding one that hadn’t been turned into a super Moto. Why do they ruin a very, very good off road bike by putting small wheels on it? I found some lovely bikes but all had been ruined. I’ve ended up buying a project as it was the only unmolested one I could find.
I do hope there will be some proper DRZs as well as the SM crap.

 

Does it look like this

 

I was at the show yesterday (Tuesday). I always go down on the train to avoid traffic on the M6 and the exorbitant parking fee. Plus the station is inside the NEC and it's a 5 minute walk to the exhibition halls.

I felt the whole show was a bit smaller than previously. Maybe this is a reflection of the overall drop in motorcycle registrations or the cost of show space at the NEC. I've read of a couple of exhibitors pulling out for the latter reason (similar situation with the Stafford show).
The usual suspects were there, most of the main manufacturers. But a lot of the peripheral stuff seemed to be missing, even the places selling gear were fewer.

I had a wander on most of the stands, sat on a few bikes and chatted to people. As usual I much admired the works of art by CCM. Gorgeous. But I'm not sure how I would use one of their machines. They're not designed for long distance and I wouldn't want to leave it unattended because even loaded with locks it would be easy to chuck in the back of a van. More for short blasts through rolling countryside I suppose, but I have bikes that do that, including the Bonneville.

I was hoping for a good deal on a pair of Sidi Vertigo 2's (boots). Only one place was selling them, in very limited colours and only £30 off (despite their claim of more) RRP. Cheaper online.

My insurance company is Bikesure, who always have a stand at the show. So I sit down and have a haggle over their online renewal cost. In the past they've beaten it by £40 (that more than covers my train fare) but this time the best they could do was a £16 saving. Not impressed.

The Triumph stand was pretty good. I've decided I like the new Daytona 660 (in red) and have already checked out prices..buy one with a few hundred miles and save £2000, why would you buy new?

In the end the only things I bought were a pastie and a pint.

So I was a little disappointed and ended up leaving an hour earlier than anticipated. To be honest, I much prefer the Bike Shed show in London and the two Stafford shows. So I've put it in next years' diary as a 'maybe'.

 

Been a few times in the past (pre-covid) but came to the same conclusion as @beerkat on a number of points.
Once went to a Manchester show and that was more amateur and grass roots, far more preferable.

Now that CCM, oh yes!
I've test ridden a few a couple of years ago and although all the models look quite similar they definitely rode different. I wonder how this yellow one will be as it certainly looks the part and could see that in my dinning room ( threatened it previously with a Spitfire model, no not the plane ).

One niggle of the CCM's which must be my ocd coming out, why can't they supply them with a plain right fork leg if only one disc brake is fitted?