Lansdale Bike Night

[scraperman1]

Hey all,

       Below are some pics of Lansdale Bike night. I only hung around for an hour and a half because I got tired of the spritzing rain and the posturing.  The rain was actually my fault, I washed and polished the bike before I went. I should  have known better....

Here's the old silver sled while she was still clean....

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some pocket bikes zooming down main street that was blocked off for the event

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Some choppers, if you like that kind of thing....

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More choppers.....

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Some Victory motorcycles that a local dealer brought, I liked the red one the best...

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a neat looking Triumph...

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Here's one of those Can-Am Spyders, I'll probably be riding one of those when I can't hold up a motorcycle anymore...

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some macho transportation here...

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I'm not a big Ducati fan, but this Multistrada is kinda neat looking...

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an older Moto Guzzi...

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a vintage BMW and an older Honda...

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I'm not a big Harley guy, but this V-Rod does look sharp...

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Here is a supercharged V-Max, as if the original wasn't fast enough...

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a spider web sport bike...

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The new sport-touring bike of the future....

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This bike is comfortable and easy to ride, really it is...

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an interesting trailer concept sold by a dealer out of Blooming Glen, PA, Miller Tire & Auto. All of this folds up into the small trailer.

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a modified 'busa with flames....

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Here's an older Buell, an S2, I think. Note the horizontal rear shock beneath the engine. I don't know if it works, but it is out of the box thinking...

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and finally my favorite. "Has anyone seen my bike? It's black, it has chrome, a fairing, saddle bags, and it's a Harley"  

[sodapop6620]

Nice pictures Mark.  You should bring a display canopy for your bike that way it will keep it dry and confuse the others.

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Nice pictures Mark.  You should bring a display canopy for your bike that way it will keep it dry and confuse the others.

Pretty funny, sodapop!    That would definitely have 'em thinking!  

[RBEmerson]

Talk about posturing...  I went over a couple of years back, got seriously hassled by some traffic nazi (not a cop, just an "organizer"), and just turned around and left.  Rode down 363 with another rider who'd come from much further (I'm about 10-15 minutes away) and got the same abuse.  I've never felt the need to go back.  I used to live in Lansdale and, maybe ten years back, things were fairly mellow.  Now...  

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Hey RB,

       It stinks to know someone gave you undue stress over nothing.  I don't blame you for not attending. I do like it when it's well attended, because you get to see some neat bikes, some that you won't ever own but you can appreciate them for what they are. Stay safe,

[RBEmerson]

This was very much a case of someone letting a little authority swell his head out of all sense of proportion.  As I said, at least one other rider had a similar experience elsewhere in the same circus.  Frankly, wading through the posers and hosers even at the Skippack show gets old fast.  This year someone from Blue Comet got all gushy about how I should come ride with them and then turned around and told me I didn't know what year my K1200RS was built in because he was drop-dead sure "that color wasn't available in that year".  A check of the frame number said the guy was full of it.