Progressive International Motorcycle Show

[bikeguy]

We attended the International Motorcycle Show in Dallas yesterday. BRP had a very nice presence there with a number of 2011 RT's and RS's. The white 2011 RT is beautiful but I have always favored red on anything with wheels and the red 2011 RT is absolutely stunning. Scotty, I'm jealous. The shade of red they chose is perfect. I don't know what BRP calls it but I'd call it fire engine red and I haven't seen a picture anywhere that does it justice.

They also had several RS's including the one that is a copper color with flat black (don't know what they call those colors) that was very nice. The booth also had most, if not all, of BRP's riding gear and I was really impressed with some of it. Very nice looking gear and appeared to be very functional as well. I don't know who makes this riding gear but it looked to be well made. All in all, a very nice display and the rest of the show was quite nice as well although I was disappointed that, for the second year in a row, neither BMW nor Triumph had a booth.

If there are any flat track fans on Spyderlovers, Bubba Shobert was there doing a question and answer session and signing autographs and copies of "Taking it to the limit", a book by Peter Starr. Bubba is a 3-time AMA Grand National Dirt Track Champion and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. He had the potential to be a MotoGP Champion until he suffered a career ending head injury in a freak accident on the cool down lap after a race at Laguna Seca.

Cotton

 

[NancysToy]

We attended the International Motorcycle Show in Dallas yesterday. BRP had a very nice presence there with a number of 2011 RT's and RS's. The white 2011 RT is beautiful but I have always favored red on anything with wheels and the red 2011 RT is absolutely stunning. Scotty, I'm jealous. The shade of red they chose is perfect. I don't know what BRP calls it but I'd call it fire engine red and I haven't seen a picture anywhere that does it justice.

Thanks, Cotton! Haven't seen the red in person yet, not even in pictures...just illustrations. I am pleased to hear that it is stunning. I can hardly wait! I'll probably have mine before the IMS gets up here. They are in Novi (Detroit) in January, but without BRP. BRP does attend the February show near Chicago. Disappointed to hear about BMW and Triumph once again.

 

[Justin]

Thanks, Cotton! Haven't seen the red in person yet, not even in pictures...just illustrations. I am pleased to hear that it is stunning. I can hardly wait! I'll probably have mine before the IMS gets up here. They are in Novi (Detroit) in January, but without BRP. BRP does attend the February show near Chicago. Disappointed to hear about BMW and Triumph once again.

 

[bikeguy]

Justin, that's the best picture of a red RT that I have seen and it still doesn't quite do it justice. Of course that may be due to my monitor, video card, CPU, etc. rather than your photograph. This one is pretty close, though. In real life the red is really good. When my wife saw it, she asked me if we were going to have ours painted.

Cotton

 

[Dudley]

Thanks for the picture, Cotton. Looks really nice, but the silver has it's subtle beauty. Takes longer to get dirty!!!!:shemademe_smilie::roflblack:hyea: