01-15-2016, 04:06 AM
I'm back from South Beach Miami. I had a wonderful time, ate too much wonderful food and saw lots of cool stuff at the show. They say a picture is a thousand words so here we go (with a few words too
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Hans was relentless! It was his first time flying. The excitement of heading to "North Cuba" and our nervousness about missing our flight woke us up every thirty minutes the morning of our flight.
A mere 120 minute flight transports you to another world from my home in Chester, VA:
It didn't take long to see countless exotics including this terribly gaudy, chrome plated, Lamborghini! New money is so tasteless! LOL!
Every single meal was Cuban food! We had to detox upon our return!
The rice and milk pudding took me back to my childhood. It tasted just like my mothers!
We also enjoyed a few fresh pastries and returned with a box full for the family and a couple of loaves of Cuban bread...it was all destroyed within 48 hours.
While enjoying views like this
and this every couple of blocks, a friend who was supposed to come along with me called. He was sick in bed with the flu, with fever and body aches...I felt bad for him.
Okay...we're here for bikes! The show was smaller than expected, much smaller than the one in NYC. I was frustrated that Honda and Triumph failed to show up as I really wanted to see the New Africa Twin, the CB500F and the new Bonneville. (Disclaimer: I took very few pictures at the show, some of the images were liberated with the help of Google)
I really wanted sit on the new Scramblers, they are in fact petite and light however the controls felt ridiculously cheap and built to a sub par price point. These seem like they could be a ton of fun!
The New Ducati should steal some GS sales for those mainly sticking to pavement. However, they were playing a film which showed some madman launching the bike over jumps in the dirt like it was a MX bike!):
The 44 HP, 306 pound KTM 390 Duke has had me infatuated since it came out...all for a mere $4999.
I was very, very impressed with the build quality of all the Indian motorcycles. A new Scout or Chief would be in my garage if I won the lotto...It was nice to see Harley and Indian competing for the prettiest models too! WOW! Sorry but I have no pictures to share...I didn't want to seem like a dirty old man taking their pictures!
Well, you get the idea; it was a ton of fun. I hope you enjoyed the short summary. I must go see my afternoon patients! Have a wonderful weekend!
I am planning on going back to Florida for the AIME Expo in Orlando (October 13-16, 2016) this fall if anybody wants to tag along!
http://www.aimexpousa.com/
)Hans was relentless! It was his first time flying. The excitement of heading to "North Cuba" and our nervousness about missing our flight woke us up every thirty minutes the morning of our flight.
A mere 120 minute flight transports you to another world from my home in Chester, VA:
It didn't take long to see countless exotics including this terribly gaudy, chrome plated, Lamborghini! New money is so tasteless! LOL!
Every single meal was Cuban food! We had to detox upon our return!
The rice and milk pudding took me back to my childhood. It tasted just like my mothers!
We also enjoyed a few fresh pastries and returned with a box full for the family and a couple of loaves of Cuban bread...it was all destroyed within 48 hours.
While enjoying views like this
and this every couple of blocks, a friend who was supposed to come along with me called. He was sick in bed with the flu, with fever and body aches...I felt bad for him.
Okay...we're here for bikes! The show was smaller than expected, much smaller than the one in NYC. I was frustrated that Honda and Triumph failed to show up as I really wanted to see the New Africa Twin, the CB500F and the new Bonneville. (Disclaimer: I took very few pictures at the show, some of the images were liberated with the help of Google)
I really wanted sit on the new Scramblers, they are in fact petite and light however the controls felt ridiculously cheap and built to a sub par price point. These seem like they could be a ton of fun!
The New Ducati should steal some GS sales for those mainly sticking to pavement. However, they were playing a film which showed some madman launching the bike over jumps in the dirt like it was a MX bike!):
The 44 HP, 306 pound KTM 390 Duke has had me infatuated since it came out...all for a mere $4999.
I was very, very impressed with the build quality of all the Indian motorcycles. A new Scout or Chief would be in my garage if I won the lotto...It was nice to see Harley and Indian competing for the prettiest models too! WOW! Sorry but I have no pictures to share...I didn't want to seem like a dirty old man taking their pictures!
Well, you get the idea; it was a ton of fun. I hope you enjoyed the short summary. I must go see my afternoon patients! Have a wonderful weekend!
I am planning on going back to Florida for the AIME Expo in Orlando (October 13-16, 2016) this fall if anybody wants to tag along!
http://www.aimexpousa.com/
