Hi Elie, it’s a shame that Triumph, Guzzi and Aprilia were not there – as press we also don’t see or hear much if anything from those brands these days. It would have been good to see BMW there but they have many events on. I spent around four hours there with my family, once I did my work there with some interviews and so forth. Personally, I reckon there was plenty to see, but yes agree very little to buy and the food was a nightmare – we ate outside of the festival. We enjoyed the atmosphere more than the expo and from an industry point of view, with sales the way there are, a full expo in an exhibition centre is not affordable. Stands at those shows were costing from $50,000 to $250,000 per exhibitor for the big guns… Serious money. This was much more affordable but I’m sure things will step up next year. The hardest thing for us as a family was parking, we had to park in Macca’s miles away – with four kids and camera gear etc…

Ed