Advanstar Communications today announced the schedule of 26th annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows, which will hit the following 13 cities...

November 3-5 - Cardinals Stadium, Phoenix, AZ
November 10-12 - Reliant Center, Houston, TX
November 17-19 - Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX
December 1-3 - Qwest Field & Event Center, Seattle, WA
December 8-10 - Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA
December 15-17 - San Mateo County Expo Center, San Mateo, CA
January 5-7 - Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, MI
January 12-14 - Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
January 19-21 - Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, NY
January 26-28 - IX Center, Cleveland, OH
February 2-4 - Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
February 9-11 - Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Chicago, IL
February 23-25 - Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA

The Show will offer attendees an up close look at hundreds of 2007-model street bikes, dirt bikes, cruisers and ATVs from more than 15 manufacturers as well as new concept bikes, vintage bikes and more. It's kinda like the Detroit Auto Show for motorcycles.

It will also offer "enthusiasts" the opportunity to try out the latest gear and aftermarket accessories and see live-action entertainment, including the BOSS "Ball of Steel" Freestyle Stunt Show.

I wanted to attend this show last year, after a couple of friends said they were going. Instead, I was convinced to ride my bike into Death Valley, pitch a tent, and freeze my butt off. All in all, I still had fun though. But this year, I think I'm going to the show.

For more info, visit the Show's official website.

Labels: Motorcycle Shows

Yesterday, some of us from our riding club took a ride out to the Quick Throttle Expo at the Orange County Fairgrounds.

We had actually visited the pre-Expo party at the Hooters in Costa Mesa, CA, a couple evenings earlier, and saw some of the chopper builders there.

The weather looked like rain was imminent. We took Ortega Highway west to the I-5, and then on to the 73 toll road, to the 55, to the fairgrounds. Ortega Highway was pretty much wet all the way, with some light rain on the Orange County side, but all went well.

The Expo itself, I suppose, wasn't anything out of the ordinary. There was free parking at the front of the event for motorcycles, something you can't say about other shows like Easy Riders. Otherwise, there was pretty much the same set of vendors and same set of choppers you see at all other other biker shows. For us, it was mostly a day to ride and hang out.

I've got photos posted here.

We did do some bar-hoppin', which is something I love to do: Cook's Corner, Hell's Kitchen, Bikini Beach Club, Tom's Farms, and Tuxies.

Labels: Motorcycle Shows, Quick Throttle Magazine

For those of you in the Pennsylvania area, mark your calendars on June 11, 2005 for "Chrome at the Dome". Clearfield County Fairgrounds will play host to a rolling sea of chrome for two days with the hottest bikes and hot rods that ever to hit Central PA.

Evil Knieval will be there to showcase all of the bikes he used on his stunts including the one he used for the Snake River Canyon jump. Kendall Johnson and Mike Brown, two chopper builders featured on The Discovery Channel's "Biker Build-Off Series" will be there too.

Labels: Motorcycle Shows, Pennsylvania

The National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio will open up its 5th annual motorycle show on January 8, 2005, and will run until April 16. This year's show is entitled, "Motorcycle Milestones of the 20th Century".

The show will explore motorcycle history; featuring 10 decades of motorcycle manufacturing from the single cylinder, flat belt drive to the custom models of today. Visitors will see the oldest known Harley in existence and motorcycle innovations that paved the way for the future of the motorcycle industry.

The exhibit will include a replica of the 1913 Excelsior, the first motorcycle to break the 100-mile-per-hour speed limit, and a speedy 1917 Indian motorcycle. Also on display is a 1936 Harley-Davidson, which was the first motorcycle to feature an overhead valve instead of a side valve.

Also featured is a 1937 Brough-Superior, a company known as the "Rolls Royce of motorcycles". Japanese motorcycles in the show include a 1975 Honda Goldwing. Other bikes include choppers and crotch rockets.

Labels: Motorcycle Shows, National Packard Museum