New York Motorcycle Show

[Evgarriga.]

My wife and I are going tomorrow Friday to avoid the crowds of the weekend. The only thing I don't like is that they are only open from 2pm to 9pm on the first day.


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[Trbayth]

Ticket acquired.

I'll be heading over Saturday morning.

 

[Trbayth]

Had a great time at the show. Pictures and a full report to come...

 

[Cruzr Joe]

Had a great time at the show. Pictures and a full report to come...

opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:

Cruzr Joe

 

[Trbayth]

From the CanAm booth. First thing right by the front door.



There were a lot of people around the CanAm booth. About 6 to 8 F3's and 3 or 4 RT's. The Turbo F3 prototype was there as well. Had great conversations with the people there. When the BRP folks found out I already had one, the first question from everyone was "are you coming to Homecoming?" And I didn't hear anything bad from other riders.

The F3-T with the Coast-To-Coast seat is soooo comfy.

 

[Trbayth]

Some of the custom bikes that were competing.



The major manufacturers were there: BMW, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Honda, Indian, Victory, Harley, and Ducati. Even Royal Enfield and Ural were there and Polaris had a couple of Slingshots.

 

[Trbayth]

A few more custom bikes:




This was interesting: a custom, reverse trike Indian:



Nicest people (other than the CanAm booth?) Believe it or not, the Harley booth.

On a personal note, I still have the knees, ankles, and hips I was born with and they still work pretty good. But I have serious doubts I'd be able to hold up a 6, 7, or 800 pound bike, let alone once you load it up with bags and/or a pillion. For each manufacturer it was a pretty even mix between bikes that were mounted in wheel stands vs. ones that were just on their kickstands. There were a few that I had a difficult time getting them upright off their stands. No confidence I'd be able to pick one up I dropped without help.

But that Indian Dark Horse sure is a beautiful machine. So is the Indian Heritage with buckskin fringe everywhere. The Springfield? Better love chrome.

 

[Trbayth]

Another photo of the custom Indian reverse trike:



This is Yamaha's Police bike:



More custom bikes:



Honda had a demo bike with an automatic transmission mounted on a portable dyno. It can be in fully-automatic mode (it does all the shifting for you) or a semi-automatic mode where it works similar to the Spyder SE-6. However the paddle shifter is opposite of ours (shift up with your trigger finger, shift down with your thumb.)

 

[Trbayth]

Finally, no words for this beast:



One last thing: while talking with one of the guys in the CanAm booth I mentioned I was disappointed that the RS and ST were discontinued. He agreed with me then said "but you never know what might be coming next" with a smile. Could be an interesting June in Valcourt.

 

[Deanna777]

From the CanAm booth. First thing right by the front door.

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There were a lot of people around the CanAm booth. About 6 to 8 F3's and 3 or 4 RT's. The Turbo F3 prototype was there as well. Had great conversations with the people there. When the BRP folks found out I already had one, the first question from everyone was "are you coming to Homecoming?" And I didn't hear anything bad from other riders.

The F3-T with the Coast-To-Coast seat is soooo comfy.

Thanks for the pictures! Deanna

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: :clap: :2thumbs:

 

[Tango]

:clap::2thumbs:

 

[wrb3004]

What do you think of the new F3 limited

From the CanAm booth. First thing right by the front door.

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There were a lot of people around the CanAm booth. About 6 to 8 F3's and 3 or 4 RT's. The Turbo F3 prototype was there as well. Had great conversations with the people there. When the BRP folks found out I already had one, the first question from everyone was "are you coming to Homecoming?" And I didn't hear anything bad from other riders.

The F3-T with the Coast-To-Coast seat is soooo comfy.

What's your opinion on the new F3L? Wanted to go to the show mainly to get a close look at the new F3L but quite a hike for me. The dealers in my area say they won't have one until early spring. I love my RTS (2015) but really like the seating position of the F3. Having a hard time deciding if I would want to trade or not. I have quite a list of farkles I wanted to do this winter but hate to spend the money and then swap. Thanks, Wayne.