Italian bike fest in Shepherdstown, WV Sept 29-30

[wvrider]

You may already know this but this upcoming weekend is Italian bike fest in Shepherdstown. Sunday is when I usually drop by to see the concours (lots of interesting older bikes each year), listen to the pipe/engine contest etc.
http://www.italianmotofest.com/2007schedule.html

Phil

[mtneer]

If the weather holds out Ill be there.

[keystonejenks]

You know that's the same dates they're having the Aprilia demo truck at Deep Creek, MD.

[SWriverstone]

Holly and I will be there! Phil, I'm sending you an email just in case you see this...

Scott

[jschmidt]

I'll be there.

Tracy Martin is the featured speaker at 1PM on Sunday. I'll be the big ugly guy with reddish brown hair and a beard. Say hi.

Tracy teaches for my school: Total Control Training at HCC

[jschmidt]

You know that's the same dates they're having the Aprilia demo truck at Deep Creek, MD.

Man, that's some bad planning.  

[OmegaSix]

I'll be making a big effort to get there!  I'll probably ride my old RF900R, so if you see one of those, by all means, say howdy!

[slowduc]

so who all went?  i didn't see scott and holly, but i have a way of missing them even when we are at the same event    don't know what anyone else looks like...  i was the dork wearing the bright red bucket hat  

[jschmidt]

Me. Had fun too.

[SWriverstone]

Sorry we missed you (again) SlowDuc! we were there from about 10am to 12:30 or so, then had to take off. It was a great event though---a perfect riding day resulted in larger-than-usual crowds.

Though the "show bikes" and vintage bikes are fun to look at, I always have just as much fun browsing all the bikes in the parking area!  

Of course I was the lone V-Strom in the "Non-Italian" parking area. Spotted a couple 1200GS's, a KTM950, and one KLR. While roaming the parking area, I'd glance over occasionally to see if anyone was checking out the Wee-Strom---nobody even glanced at it.  

Aah, it's nice being a nobody.  

Scott

[slowduc]

Sorry we missed you (again) SlowDuc! we were there from about 10am to 12:30 or so, then had to take off. It was a great event though---a perfect riding day resulted in larger-than-usual crowds.

Though the "show bikes" and vintage bikes are fun to look at, I always have just as much fun browsing all the bikes in the parking area!  

Of course I was the lone V-Strom in the "Non-Italian" parking area. Spotted a couple 1200GS's, a KTM950, and one KLR. While roaming the parking area, I'd glance over occasionally to see if anyone was checking out the Wee-Strom---nobody even glanced at it.  

Aah, it's nice being a nobody.  

Scott

ah... that explains it.  i didn't get there until after 1pm, so you were already gone.

[bikerbill]

So where was the Italian bike fest in Shepherdstown held?   Folks over there don't know where Italy is, much less what an Italian bike is.  I know - I had the first one in town.

[DigST]

The festival was held at Morgan's Grove Park, just south of town about 1/2 mile. You'll be surprised at what those good ole rednecks know now a days, they can tell it's a Duc not by the roar of the twin motor but the jingle of the tranny ....just ask Tim Russert he is a Shepherdstown resident and boy he knows a lot.

[bikerbill]

Cool.   Wish they'd had that event when I grew up there (about 40 years ago).   And I had a Duc there in 1962, too.   All 98cc of it!!!  What's happenin' in Summit Point?  I used to work in Middleway.   That was 'bout 40 years ago, too.