Fridrichshafen Bike Show Report

Just got back from the Friedrichshafen Bike Show.

Summary in bullet points:

-Most HDs make your back hurt from sitting on them.

-The HD V-Rod is actually ok to sit on, if you like low and shiny.

-www.hollisters.de make impressice customs for the chrome fetishists.
For hard core loadsacash poserdom, HDs look positively lame.

-The Rocket III makes you smile manically just sitting on it. Want but
can't afford.

-It also has a lighter clutch than the CBF600 (although this might be
a show-thing)

-I want a Speed Tripple, and I could actually *just* afford one on
finance. When I have all the diving kit I want, that's the next on the
list.

-I also want a R1200GS - most comfortable bike I sat on, pitty about
the price. More comfortable than the Tripple, and arguably the better
choice for touring. Guess I'll just have to start robbing banks.

-The Valkyrie Rune is shinier than any bike has any right to be, but
**** me, the price tag! Not my style, though.

-Ogri is available, translated, in Germany. And actually still quite
good.

-There is an Ace Cafe clone.

-The CBFs from Honda are nice little machines, but feel tiny compared
to Rocket III / Tripple / RGS.

-Didn't realise how nice the ZRX1200 is.

-The Z750 is nice, but feels to small for me.

-Some people actually turned up on bikes, even though it was -12°C
this morning, rising to just about -3°C in the afternoon. Free entry
if you turn up on a bike might have something to do with this...

-The German bike scene seems to be mainly BMWs and Custom / Cruisers.

-Impressive number of back patch clubs present.

-Nice totty on the Hollisters stand, but that's about it.

Was well worth the 5 quid entry fee

Johannes

 

Do we have many ukrmers in that part of the worlf? Darmstadt for me.

 

Tosspot was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Not any more.

I grew up in Ueberlingen.

 

Yeah, in some previous life I must have done something *really* bad.
Drop us a line when you know and I'll meet you there. Although the
Ratskellar is my prefered brain hammering centre.

 

Did some work down that way at a mate[1] of mine's place.
Agreed a very nice part of the world along with Freiburg.
We need a UKRM run down that way. Via lots of Wine Fests

[1] After having several contracts at Dornier by my Company I found out
that I knew on a personal basis, Camilla(SP?) Dornier.
He was dating my neighbours daughter.