It was quite good, about ten times better than I expected actually. Pretty diverse crowd, free assessed rides, various manufacturers trying to flog new bikes and grimacing as people sat on them with muddy feet from the grass. Not that I am rich enough to buy a new machine, but I sat on a CBR600 just because it was in front of me. Not much of it, is there? I'm pretty slight, but the machine seemed to disappear under me. Also a good opportunity for all the Charlies and Ewans to sit on various new BMWs. I had to laugh at the prices. Felt a bit sorry for the guys on the KTM stand - nobody was vaguely interested. Most mainstream manufacturers were there from Moto Guzzi[1] to Peugeot. What else... The wall of death (didn't venture in), many stalls selling everything from clothing to advanced traning (beardy to track days) to tools to snake oil. Stunt demos, police dog demos, and skid pan demos. Infinity were there with Arais at discount - I managed to keep my hand in my pocket and will wait until the BMF show. The quietest stalls were the ones representing niches of policing, such as volunteering and special escorting. Why people don't want to give up their free time to be spat at by hoodies, I have no idea. It was a bit weird walking around the Peel Centre without my natural suspicion of the rozzers wanting to nick me. [1] Mainstream in that I've heard of them.
