February 2010 marked the tenth anniversary of Easyriders' V-Twin Expo. This B2B extravaganza seeks to stimulate commerce at both ends of the chopper trade by giving manufacturers, wholesalers, builders and retailers a one-stop shopping experience for all that is rad, righteous or ridiculous in today's custom market.
ChopCult editors and contributors converged at Paisano Publishing's glitzy affair to see and hear what the industry's biggest and brightest stars have up their sleeve for tomorrow's hard-core custom motorcycle fan. What we saw surprised us, but it didn't seem to phaze the average motorcycle retailer. As we anticipated, baggers, baubles and bullshit dominated the show floor, with cool, affordable parts and accessories for the blue-collar builder barely blipping the radar.
Follow now as we peel back the skin on a very big onion to show you just how desperate beleaguered players in today's bloated and overpriced scene have become. What we captured may bring a tear to your eye.
Good job on weeding through the BS, some good shots of some nice (and notso nice) bikes. You should have smacked the fuck that painted that Knuck. That guys obviously and asshole.
The show was kind of scary this year. Not as scary as seeing Kyle hung over. But scary enough. It was half hearted in my opinion compared to previous years. Although I did get some great deals on parts from some of the bigger reps. It seems they're willing to deal a little more now that sales are down.
And Rollins got ventilated in the shitter stall of a tattoo shop last season.
"Trick your customers." Sounds like they may have stolen that marketing ploy from the MoCo. I keep waiting for them to figure out that the RUBs don't have 200k in home equity anymore. No more bullshit. Just stop.
And don't get me started on the Ness approved Victory designs. Christ. And to think, that dude used have some class.
why doesn't Easyriders do the exact same show but open to the general public. Hell aren't we the people their wanting to sell this shit too anyway. You would think these company's would want our opinions, no wander the small guy starting to make it in this industry. Thank god for builders like Fab Kevin and the Limpnickie lot builders and etc.
Sorry Kyle, couldn't resist. It was good meetin you and Jason at the show.
And they do a show similar to that one Don. It's this weekend in Columbus Ohio.
So where is this industry headed? We know for one thing that these "leaders" don't know jack from jill.
Tradition and integrity have turned into trends and trickery. Fucking disgusting... I'm going for a ride.
These big shows remind me of our wonderful government. They are so fucking out of touch with what "we" are interested in or can actually afford. I'd be interested to find out just how many $8,500 S&S knuckles have actually been sold or how many Evil Engineering 4" belt drives have been sold for $3,395 bones, etc.,.
What was Ed Martin thinking?!?! Bringing those XS 650's? Doesn't he know that it's the "V-Twin" expo? Oh yeah, he's probably thinking those were two of the best looking bikes there, you know what? He's right. Oh yeah, that Knuck- it makes me plum crazy:)
The pic of the bagger on the front cover was almost as bad as the knuckle. I would have enjoyed seeing some of this stuff, but mostly partying with everyone at teh BroDown
Just back from the Cincy show and have to say it was an eye opener! The show was smaller and quieter than expected. Major piss off for us was the lack of interest from some dealers in selling their product or even worse... the lack of knowledge of their own product! How do you sell your shit if you don't know your shit! Gotta say the Biltwell party made up for the lack luster show. Hats off to you guys! Oh ya... someone tell Finch to stop taking acid!
rsd needs to lay off the logo slap-n.they have some trick stuff,but i dont care for the branding on every part.that clear line is pretty cool but i dont want to pay 1200 bucks to have 4 rsd badges on my bike.plus i dont want to pay 1200 bucks.
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And Rollins got ventilated in the shitter stall of a tattoo shop last season.
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And don't get me started on the Ness approved Victory designs. Christ. And to think, that dude used have some class.
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And they do a show similar to that one Don. It's this weekend in Columbus Ohio.
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Tradition and integrity have turned into trends and trickery. Fucking disgusting... I'm going for a ride.
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