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MotorCycleShow2020

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Introduction/Definition/etc

 

A yearly MotorCycle show in DC

at the Convention Center

which i attended again this year

for one of the three days

(Friday, Saturday, Sunday)...

 

Body

 

Original Text

 

Booths

 

MiniTrack

 

Wheelie machines

 

Stunt Show

 

At 6 pm (1800) three riders

with an MC hawking them

performed and the Wheelie stuff

shut down during it, as next to it

and

for 20 minutes just before me,

I got a seat, but too tired to do much

having been in lines for hour(s)

at that point, and next up...

I got some video of it, but behind

a wall of people, while the announcer/

MC had said it's a live show,

if a motorcycle is coming towards you

get out of the way,

they had prepared the slick concrete floor

with syrup, and heated it, otherwise

it would have been an ice rink,

one booth nearby had a Harley?

running and exhaust going towards

us in the line, maybe making it all more

realistic (rush hour stop and got in a Conv Ctr?).

Others wanted earphones/ plugs

but at that point i didn't care,

too far into my day, having been up most

of the night, down at dark or so when i got

home, and back up around midnight or two am,

and out 6 am or so, for 8 am openings

and all night store(s), for errands...

One being checking grocery store

clearance shelves for the last of the

stollen (see PostHolidayTreats2020

which is still going on at some Harris Teeter

and maybe some others which have stuff

left over, Aldi stuff my first stollen

and then passed on mini stollen

long gone...)

 

Walking into DC from Northern Virgina

and back may have had a lot to do with it,

going past the Court House Farmer's Market,

just at closing at 12 noon, and walking

Iwo Jima, and crossing back over Rt50

some woman, a blonde

stopped on the service road around it,

asking about my vest,

where it was from,

was passing right by,

but pushed/ hit and run

left just as quickly

after i declined a ride,

maybe wanting help with parking,

while i was doing

perhaps macho bragging rights

on walking there and back....

and offered a ride, but not knowing

and wanting to walk it, i declined...

Somehow one is a beggar if walking

instead of the desired mode of transit,

saw ducks and that the i66 bridge can be hopped

over and into Theodore Roosevelt Island park,

and there is a sidewalky area on the South side,

only remembering one on the North,

i66 is slower there and not limited

to vehicular traffic, closed for BikeDC

and likely other types of events,

perhaps Marine Corps marathon, etc

i have bicycled it, sometimes,

and walking is much slower,

the wind was high, and had to attach

my hat, an Aldi GardenLine gardening hat,

which pulled up and around is more

big sombrero (sp?) or CowBoy hat like...

(yeah, too many

SomeOldShows2018

Westerns on H&I mostly)

Unfortunately, no picture of the duck(s)

that i recall, low tide and

not the most photogenic,

mostly wanted to get off of that bridge

some construction on the downstream one,

Memorial bridge (where Rolling Thunder

BakingStallingDraggingRollingThunder2016

photo ops towards the Arlington Cemetery/

Ft Myer (sp diff than Florida meyers, and lemons?)

and Marine Corps marathon take place

much less YouthBikeSummit2017 ride  )

two oncoming, a couple, got my unsolicited

advice high winds or such...

 

Overheating, forecast was 70 degrees

very unseasonal for January,

more likely snowd out day risks

only insurance companies and high overhead

margins places could risk it, afaict)

almost unbelievable plus laundry,

and i was one of the few in shorts,

heavy Aldi jacket a $5 half the

ThereIsSomeThingWrongInWhoVille2019

returning trip $10 originally $20 but sleeves

too short for an XXL, imnsho,

Asian stuff is too small i've got monkey arms

but don't play BBall...)

 

and cowboy like hat, even the Vet panhandling

was commenting upon, at the entrance of the

convention center, when i finally got there

asking a blue jacket woman in DownTown DC

7th street, i remember from

Leganious? HomeLess Soccer tournament

...and he posed wit ha StreetSEnse for me,

not a sports fan, i didn't really even know who

he was, until researching/ fact checking myself

later...)

One of my very few out at night and in DC

at night times, in recent years/ dacade...)

 

Booths weren't that interesting to me

TrackDays2012

i never found MotorCycle Excitement

who had let me in for free one year

as being part of the exhibitors crew,

having done the SuperVIP package

option, my first camping pre track day

evening before at Summit Point with

the new moto now 10+ years previous,

surviving that and two track suits,

Kangaroo Jerry, given the rental suit

(won a raffle, traded a track day for the

rental suit, my one on order hadn't come in,

MIA)

as Kangaroo skin, kinda annoying like

deer are here, and a pouch/ carrying

stuff (me so baggy) and the name stuck...

 

BMW was rumoured (sp?)

not to be attending

the MotoShow this year,

and the (at the door) Tickets were

$25 with a T Shirt,

(fine print short sleeve0,

some stalkers/ aka concerned followers?

warning to eat up my food(s),

drink the two seltzer water(s)

i had bought cheaply so many hours before in

Northern Virginia (SkyLine area)

while passing on AirHogs flying MotorCycle

RC car like thing, not quite drone, afaict,

that i hope i got a picture of and went

beyond that to something i'm looking forward

to constructing, my more typical winter time

activity, and hoping to make it through the normally

depressing season(s), but went there did that,

got the t shirt, and a rash, blisters

or something afterwards,

wondering why i was heated up too much,

trying to take off the layers, loaner pants

jacket, helmet and gloves went back,

after locating my Husky? cheapo

handyman type gloves with FreezeOut liners

something CycleGear, the booth people

doing stuff there, and had a booth,

had wandered thru there, not finding

Gerbing like electric gloves with the electrical

cords people were annoyed i was like a kid

with training gloves strings not to loose them,

but misplaced quickly and dropped on the way

in the entrance gates, having repeated

the cycle all day/ season long...

stuffing them in going into stores and people

think you are hiding their products,

taking off a jacket, cutesy type backpack

also Ald (one of the three ~$4 each the zippers weren't f'ed,

with dog ears, an alternate, you have no ears on

given bicycle

BadBunny2019 helmet with Easter Bunny type

ears, and photo release, reading the ticket

and glanced at the big poster after buying

"They own your ass" i told the couple near me,

one was from Philadelphia, but RVA type t shirt

and go on ahead of me, cash got to jump the line,

a bit when split between three windows,

charge/card, charge/card and one cash,

sign and get receipt, a coupon/voucher for a shirt,

and down after movie theatre like entrance

down the escalator to the show room floor,

a huge mostly underground pit type area,

display bikes, and marketing, here is a bag,

good, likely lit and other stuff to shop and buy,

my money all gone just getting in,

but plans for getting something on the way back,

even if i had to MetroRail,

turns out shuttle buses along the Ballston corridor,

and ended up walking it...

Likely a few more hours of the s how still going on,

PR hawking it, from the other side of sign your rights

away, no license check, responding to

like Karaoke, or something a laugh / counter

argument track, live on one side,

and TV screen on the other,

hype, and annoying at that,

mostly stoic people around me some

exhibitors behind me,

 and paired up into groups of 5

trying the electric bicycle (several booths on that)

Yamaha, being a big one, this set were

and a sales guy checking for questions on the line,

wondering which place he was, kind of a trapped

audience, my being talkative,

some people crashing into the plastic jersey walls,

luckily all geared up from CycleGear,

mostly pulling signs which people ,

instructors, staff, etc put back together,

we had done with WABA at the NBC Health Faire

one year, I was volunteering on the other side of the

fence so to speak, putting cafeteria hair nets

on kids and helmets to many older and less privileged

kids which may not have ridden, at all,

in their lives, the same with moto,

the kid in front of me, not parent to be

seen, and/or not associating,

from Southern Maryland,

Budd's Creek dirt bike,

(

DroningOnAboutMultiRotors2015 ?)

and not yet old enough to do

the next two list items on signup/register

give all my rights away to thrill ride?

i had clicked on,

waiting sideways and pairing/

queuing into line, a German like

guy i talked to and we worked out the line,

later appearing at the wheelie line,

the drill Sargent, forceful and likely

very annoying to me

BagCheckTheLineWoman2019

type personality,

and we clashed immediately i could

not follow her instructions, and i guess

the role for her was bouncing,

finding out an hour wait,

and 5 minute time on the simulator,

the left one was one, a beginner,

practice, the other had rollers/ dyno like

and the guy (tattooed), who did it without

helmet, and showing off standing on the back

killing time, they later said, while waiting,

a guy with camera, not honking but real

digital SLR, i offer photo advice, action cameras

he has but not with, he didn't want to see himself

and went off ahead of me to really cover the stunt

show, good natured, imo and some comradere (sp?)

honor among bikers/ thieves/ the guy behind

after the German guy left, had other things

to do, annoying beyond belief to be not

trying it after more than half an hour

wait, and i offered to switch, not getting

his timing, down to 6 pm,

7 pm shuts down, and last of the people

for the day in line,

I've mistakenly, really only a couple of times

gotten my front wheel off the pavement,

once on a turn, new chain and more power,

not ridden in a while and taking it a little fast,

local police in the suburbs likely used to me,

only a couple  blocks from a police station

i'd been in for a Bicycle map feedback session,

having crashed the bicycle on the way there,

and Tilman Lane? MH/treatment center,

and a depression support group,

West SpringField, and other stuff

volunteering and stuff not happening,

for me, nor others near there too...

Several people die there, Old Keene Mill road

or similar and West of the Springfield Mall

type CycleGear closest store,

Laurel MD i've also been

NorthByNorthEast2018

bicycling and down to

Aldi SmokeTown at Potomac Mills

discovering homeless stuff

and find the link to the last big ride down

and public transit back, feeling sick,

heat likely an issue, mid day sun,

and high mileage, fumes, and

low resources, but made it back,

haven't done that again,

similar in feeling to today,

slow getting started, catchup on stuff,

important game playing

higher than giving unsolicited advice

and critical review

(spray the gear, helmet, gloves, etc

i don't think they do, and likely rather gross

after three days, sharing gear,

some commenting right near my ear,

conflicting he can have them,

and we can sponsor him,

conflicting with nasty woman

they want their stuff back,

while we have helmets with audio

instructions and paired beeping BlueTooth,

Sena likely not the Cardo (sp?) pair

i binged on good stuff originally with

ColeManPowerSport feeling burned,

you are family, when buying now trash

for not having the latest stuff,

following one little racer, to CycleGear,

buying sets of stuff, and their

Second Chance bought dirt gear

coming in, blowing what i had left,

and wondering about going thru it

all again, predatory sales sweat box,

my biggest check ever, $6k last years

2009 Versys 650 (now have 350?

and 1000 CC version ABS options)

and then accessories, full suits,

and doubled to $13k? blowing most of

my inheritance, tax title, extended protection

plan, (doesn't cover much scheduled maintenance)

and later trashed bike,

totaled in  the parking lot

of SlumLords2013

and nobody saw not'in type GangLand

maintenance and we don't care about you,

again Xmas night trashed plastic bags

(another $1k), parking on the hill

hearing a crash, and nothing found

but parts of my bike,

wondering sales and service and

RedneckGarage2013

all benefiting much more than i,

AndTheHorseYouRodeInOn2011

and much more problems,

a 4/11 like attack on i66 I've not written

much about but seemed Terrorist

swarming in the outbound,

and we want information 411

type sickly enjoying my rolling

around crashed on the highway,

near Dunn Lorring, somehow people

right there, perhaps and something

coming towards me, someone parked

beyond, some lifted up the bike,

and a reckless charge

which got dismissed my Clarence Darrow

type performance with a friendly

WeldingBasics2013

classmate helping get me back and forth

to finish the certificate program,

rumoured to be targeted

beyond the way out there bullying

sick people seem to be doing to

some they don't like , city people,

non mil vets using VA Benes

likely prostitution and dying people

chemical problems, and toxicity a lifetime

of Mil service and welding god knows what,

and likely clearance and other issues,

GodsEgo2013

and other issues...

 

so all that and more wrapped up into

trying to research do i go at it again,

having burned thru one inheritance

would i go again into the moto world

asking the wheelie guy instructor

if he was having any fun,

not really lose voice, say the

same thing over and over,

recording not really an option,

personalized service,

it takes about 5 years to learn it,

all the while not a good feeling for me,

i'd rather keep my license,

the guy behind me showing video

of him doing a wheelie on street,

I'm not sure I want to see that

legally, he skipped the beginner,

somehow waving, might have been

one of the performers,

once out of superman uniform

what they called leathers

and what hyped up on adrenaline (sp?),

my usual cocktail of endorphins

(exercise aka bicycling),

alt med substitutes, light therapy

with welding for some winter(s)

and not having done that,

left with caustic like reviewing

gMaps2019

and half a million views,

now more and that

AldiBXRdsGrandOpening2019

one of three pins, already gone,

only a few months after opening,

most of my effort gDumped

in the bit bucket finding it in gPhotos

so many months and hundreds of

MegaBytes per day  screenshots

of games, a few photos per day

(say food log? CookSomeThing2019

HomeCookedMesses2014

DropFoodScale2019

or whatever

BikeTechWheelBuilding

Picassa gone DoDoBird),

many more on days out

sampling the ducks, people,

locations and events,

same year diff problems,

they own your ass, but i don't

want to be photographed,

free for all cameras all around,

trying to stay out of them,

my usual, but somehow peer based,

and reading the ticket, irrevocable

but revocable so much on their side,

OneSidedPartnerships

and it's a press event,

you are the product,

type almost gDrug level

Web2.0 but really more hype,

money and risk

worried some kids and others

 are going to do the stupid stunt

type stuff, remembering MC

asking who rode (here,

not really heard

til after) had raised my hand,

those around me, having heard

i hadn't ridden in a year,

the instructor on (show) track not believing

me, i hadn't ridden in a year,

October with birthday and Xmas

money from Mom

(now passed)

went to ThereIsSomeThingWrongInWhoVille2019

training costing >$500

for

BabyNeedsNewShoes2016

both type pads and tires,

the free inspection

way more expensive than one

would want, and get/take your bike

type have to buy something new

and we are a dealer,

have  some thing here,

sell you predatory type

even between shops/ dealers

FTheDealer, they are F'ing you

type stuff...

Most bridges are burned, looking for

something else, and no options to really

be found, the new ones $16k+

staring out for a 1000cc next gen

even up to AfricaTwin do you want

DTR? or similar dual transmission

sales and having to repeat my self,

the Honda booth having started out with

a TLR200 or TLR250 passed the block

of where i bought one used, so many decades

and crashes/ spills/ drops ago

sore today, even yesterday, walking there,

and carrying bags,

physically and emotionally, the losses

MourningPages2019

MourningPages2016

even still TimeForAChange2020

and taking risks with rental/

borrowed we have gear, but not seeing

them spray the stuff, wondering which

of many problems, almost Adrian Monk like

listing the problems i might have but have

to wear to do the first ride simulators,

seasoned guy with patches, vests,

exhibitors, and the only ride in town,

only a few drove/ rode there

Harley Davidsons' my York Special Ops

long sleeve, found for clean laundry

but sweaty already in the AM

pre walk into DC, and getting warm,

and wonder what the biker Brother/Sister

just plain 'Hood gives back,

commerce and hype, my first stranding

doing to an associated

BakingStallingDraggingRollingThunder2016

previously parking lot, flea market

in stadium parking lots, like

and have to be towed home,

buying stuff ,and it not starting up again,

Twisted Throttle telling of

AdvMotoRally2015

ADVMotoRally2014

to the kid s tarting out,

not yet left high school

and at the Kawi dealer/

Kawi sales guy

and associated guys standing

over I'll be seeing you,

if you get the

Check out the Adv magazine

based in Chantilly for the mods

spoked larger front wheel,

skid plate, maybe need a Dakar

like winch, NJ Big Bike off-roading

and other survival of the big

bikes and mud/ dirt/

 off road type cultures,

Africa to Alaska?

and other hype new years resolutions

finally get there this year?

Sturgis2013

following a  Daytona Florida Key West

trip i'm not even finding the link to now...

 

and get on the roller coaster again?

 

Only a few more minutes/ if that of the

MotoShow today, and get your grubbies

on, ride gear, New Year, buy new leathers,

helmet, etc, sign up for this, that and the other

SWAG, spend and splayed out,

sliding along pavement, and

keep a positive attitude,

as you end up where you look,

told to new guy (s) on track,

test track cameras on you,

all the spectators flowing to the

show, like a kiddie pool,

track and next to it:

wheelie machine and then

stunt track

clearing the air, only 15 minute ride,

20 really stunt show, and 15 minutes of fame,

before you die/ crash/ go broke,

if you even had the coins/ 'nads/ cahones?

to try it in the first place...

 

 

 

Modified Text

 

What's Missing?

 

What Can Be Found?

 

What Can Not Be Found?

 

How To Analyze?

 

Lenses

 

Noob

 

Kid

 

DisAbled

 

GF?

GasFree?

aka eBike?

now eMoto?

 

Woman

 

Girls

 

Poor

 

DisAdvantaged

 

UnderPrivileged

 

General Public

 

 

 

Assumptions

 

Simulators safer than reality?

locked on like rear stand

 

Test track has less traffic, cross and others,

 

AstroTurf? indoors? what holds that carpet

like stuff over the slick concrete on?

anything?

 

eBike  charging time?

Swap out batteries?

$700 for another battery worth it?

~$2500+ for an eBike

why not buy a Chinese moto?

Isn't that like the Japanese

bikes first showing up?

 

 

 

Time Limits

 

Last hour(s)

Day and seasons/

Big Top Show

 

Big Money Little Budget(s)

 

 

Book Data

 

Book a tour?

Self tour and go it alone?

Blog a tour?

Tour? Four Letter Word?

 

ISBN

 

 Bound

 

CopyRight

 

 Pages

index

 

 

Links

 

So many see above?

Eventually if ever cleaned up might

suit up and show up here

 

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar

 

Nothing much, some data,

some bashing, some rash/ bites/

something stress likely a part of it,

photos/ camares/ one sided contract

to even attend, not killed by bikes skidding

across convention floor,

but not also doing  nor enjoying

wheelies, despite a try everything offered,

sign rights away type

we sell alcohol on the floor,

and then they stand around

waiting to ride, not license required

just sign and ride, the pin

walked in, rode out,

theme and marketing,

but with negative stuff like this,

wondering my first ride on a BMW

was the old guy hanging around for a sec

the old mom's bfriend who had the BMW

so many decades ago

and i didn't recognize him?

The safety and a doc,

and got me into all this stuff,

wondering if i was getting a bike for XMas,

and other kid like fantasy

of ride for life, and safety vs,

what i see on the showroom floor,

having been there at booths on the other

side for technical stuff, WABA Health Faire,

and other stuff, so many year/ decades now

and the building been there that long?

How much is hype and how much

fact checking one day big show,

type talking and wonder what's in the air,

didn't even drink the water,

guzzled the seltzer water,

heat and other stuff, truck/ bike

fumes and getting all party up

and Saturday night,

walking dc back city place?

think Silver Spring photogs

and leotard wearing tall model

I know him, he's shy how cute,

get a photo of him,

to passing the White House

and Trump baby gates security and construction

we have a postitive ID on him,

secret service uniformed,

and GPS was off,

turn it on the other side and can't

get signal how i was carrying,

but total

NokiaGo2019

just shy of 20 miles that day,

show room floor, walking before

and to and after, and it's been a walk

day, not a ride day, brief

carny town time, over and get home alive

Saturday night thru GeorgeTown,

Key Bridge and passing the quiet blond(i)e

happy new year she's rather quiet

my appearance, likely not helping matters

worried about the guy head down,

the panhandlers looking up

and was she going over the bridge

can i sense a suicidal person,

not made it thru the holiday aftermath,

and did i not ask her how she was doing

and then went swimming from 50+ feet up?

to her death? and/or am i being dramatic,

photos, actresses, models, performers,

families, kid scared of dad who rides

on the street like that other family,

different hues and girls doing wheelies,

too young for the simulators,

and check the simulator,

make a photo booth options,

and we can make something of this really

big shoe/ show,

party is over, pack it up,

on to the next week/weekend/

month and show,

not part of the

OldClownsHome2015

HippieClownCamp2011

nope, not having fun,

just SadClown

reality and 'experience is knowing

what you don't want to do',

Wheelies are an uncontrolled type of feeling

for me, the place to do it (off street),

the costs of crashing,

and not having the time and lifespan,

broken hip at my age,

young and stupid

is likely required for this stuff,

and other requirements of not rich enough

instead of tall enough for this ride

type carnival circus type ride...

 

Wonder where the Key West write up is??

Never can get as high as the first,

the drug training about the same,

as the adrenaline junkie type Moto stuff,

even Bicycle Stuff eBike

eBikeCheating2017

and thrill of motion,

motion kids late in the day,

and running around while waiting

on dads/ bfriends/ baby momma's

/daddies,

etc...

 

We wanted to, some of us have,

and would we have the next gen do it?

Neck brace/ plate?

Safety balloon,

flying cars?

Humans in drones and flying

those personal flight vehicles

(What's the marketing term now?)

Not George JetSon, but seen

YouTube on that,

eHang coming to the US and

we have the technology, you got the money

what a ride it would be, if it doesn't kill you,

type stuff...

Hype included, no charge...

 

 

Discussion

 

A place for feedback on the page presented

 

How do you know to risk something like that?

 

What rights have you signed away and regretted?

 

What types of transit are you comfortable with?

No?

Why?

Why Not?

 

 

What age do you need to be to be Sane

on two or more/ less wheels?

 

Can you do a UniCycle?

Wheelie on a BiCycle?

Moto?

 

Ever done a frontie on a CanAm?

Spyder?

Polaris?

 

Betting all or nothing on some

latest invention/ gas/ battery

powered thing?

 

What happens if it crashs,

doesn't work, can't get insurance,

don't have the power to push it?

It doesn't have reverse and weighs

400+ pounds?

On a hill?

 

Put that leg down and it's a rut?

Say from trucks stopping in Manassas?

 

And/or further out?

 

Can you lift your fully loaded

adventure bike up after a spill?

Do you have to take the Bags off?

Hope your tank isn't full adding how many pounds?

to the top of the pendulum?

 

What of the alternatives?

Ever seen the Harley e/Moto/Bikes?

What's in the gas tank?

 

LiveWire?

 

Where's my chrome?

Can i get a Patented Harley Sound for

my eBike?  eMoto? Prius?

 

How loud are your pipes?

What did you say?

Can't hear enything?

going Deaf...

 

But at least they are not going to hit

me, they know where i am,

given that i'm not as wide as a 4 wheel

much less 16 wheel and can't have

aux lights like a Xmas tree...

 

What would you bet your life on?

And how much is that worth?

And with out that? What?

 

did you write this on Reese's Chocolate

PeaNut butter Santas?

Seems so, runs on so much...

 

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