Damn the Bike show is expensive

[G Man]

Spent 2hrs at the show yesterday, stayed away from the bike displayed , just too busy, visited the Autocom stand ... purchase made !!
Walked past the BKS leather stand, the workmanship was fantastic, 5 mins later I cracked and handed over my credit card, my new jacket will be made in March !!

[y2blade]

good man

[oggs]

I'm going tomorrow
I'll be looking at the autocom stand, how do the prices at the show stack up to normal??

[G Man]

oggs said:

I'm going tomorrow
I'll be looking at the autocom stand, how do the prices at the show stack up to normal??

Top of the range autocom with everything £300 apparently a £200 saving

[gareth h]

I was very tempted by BKS aswell, apparantly would have to be made to measure because standard size for 5'8" is 11.5-12 stone! I'd have to cut off both legs to get down to that weight... Still if I did I'd only need a jacket which would save a few quid!

[996 sps]

Y2 you done the right thing going twice, I had a brilliant day going to order the stand up canvas painting of Rossi for the front room and brought a few bits from the Gas Honda stand (felt a bit of a traitor due to Ducati ownership) and drooled over the Ducati stand for a while.

My bruv and a mate brought end cans and a whole lot more, picked up a leaflet on a ride out to one of the Moto GP rounds next year, something I need to do!

Going to price that up tommorrow.

[y2blade]

996 sps said:

Y2 you done the right thing going twice, I had a brilliant day going to order the stand up canvas painting of Rossi for the front room and brought a few bits from the Gas Honda stand (felt a bit of a traitor due to Ducati ownership) and drooled over the Ducati stand for a while.

My bruv and a mate brought end cans and a whole lot more, picked up a leaflet on a ride out to one of the Moto GP rounds next year, something I need to do!

Going to price that up tommorrow.

yeah its deffo the best way to do it

glad you had a good'un i bought some artwork too for my living room wall

[cossiemetro]

is it me, but there are no real bargains anymore, overpriced crap

[tfm]

You need to go mid week to avoid the crowds.

[podman]

cossiemetro said:

is it me, but there are no real bargains anymore, overpriced crap

Ther are some good bargains still to be had, with all the bits I wanted(even thou i didnt buy all of them!) would have saved me good couple of hundred quid off what I would have paid on line or instore but i agree, it isnt quite the discount "store" it used to be.

Thoroughly enjoyed this years show.

[RemaL]

BKS stuff nice, I was looking at soem of there 1 piece leathers. But cannot justify £1500Plus on my first 1 piece

[G Man]

RemaL said:

BKS stuff nice, I was looking at soem of there 1 piece leathers. But cannot justify £1500Plus on my first 1 piece

But it would also be your last 1 piece !!

[RemaL]

G Man said:

RemaL said:

BKS stuff nice, I was looking at soem of there 1 piece leathers. But cannot justify £1500Plus on my first 1 piece

But it would also be your last 1 piece !!

very try, BKS is only about 80 miles from me so may get around next year to treating myself

[996 sps]

I must confess it was one of the best i've been to in recent years, could do another day!

[Rob13]

would agree with that, too much to see in one day. Better than last year definitely.

Incidentally, I have an Autocom system which I bought new 2 years ago. Ive used it once and cant really get on with it. How much are they fetching?

[Fats25]

G Man said:

Spent 2hrs at the show yesterday, stayed away from the bike displayed , just too busy, visited the Autocom stand ... purchase made !!
Walked past the BKS leather stand, the workmanship was fantastic, 5 mins later I cracked and handed over my credit card, my new jacket will be made in March !!

Let us know how you get on with the autocom as I want to make a decision on which I go for at the next bike show. Torn between the Autocom with its more inputs, but wires, and this one http://www.interphoneuk.com/ with no wires, but only good for talking (either phone or to other riders).

Edited by Fats25 on Sunday 2nd December 21:46

[Chilli]

RemaL said:

BKS stuff nice, I was looking at soem of there 1 piece leathers. But cannot justify £1500Plus on my first 1 piece

That's what I bought last week...., my first 1 piece. And boots, and gloves. Oh, yeah and that sh!t stuff that supposed to stop your visor misting up....that doesn't. Ear plugs...etc, etc...

[Rawwr]

I didn't go to the show and *still* ended up spending a little too much

[oggs]

I bought the Autocom 300 and a Fogcity.

[ChasMill]

Rob13 said:

Incidentally, I have an Autocom system which I bought new 2 years ago. Ive used it once and cant really get on with it. How much are they fetching?

Autocom is selling it's entire range at 50% off so my guess would be -not a lot.