MCN live 2023

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MCN live 2023

Post by Buckaroo »

I rode today with my daughter and her soon to be husband to the Excel centre. The signage for parking was useless, as always, with the usual parking Muppets telling you " no ticket, no bike " and then the actual event itself is a total waste of time.

Far fewer exhibitors; Honda were missing. Nothing exciting at all. Sadly most of the bikes are clones of each other.

Far fewer vendors and so, at a stretch, an hour or two and you're done.

The sprints were so so, usual suspects riding.

One thing that did surprise me was the Indian FTR. Much smaller than I expected.

Won't bother next year.
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Re: MCN live 2023

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Went last year - it was disappointing….
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You all ought to try a N.Irish bike show for perspective. :lol:

I had free tickets this year and it wasn't worth using them.
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Buckaroo wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:00 am I rode today with my daughter and her soon to be husband to the Excel centre. The signage for parking was useless, as always, with the usual parking Muppets telling you " no ticket, no bike " and then the actual event itself is a total waste of time.

Far fewer exhibitors; Honda were missing. Nothing exciting at all. Sadly most of the bikes are clones of each other.

Far fewer vendors and so, at a stretch, an hour or two and you're done.

The sprints were so so, usual suspects riding.

One thing that did surprise me was the Indian FTR. Much smaller than I expected.

Won't bother next year.
We went yesterday. Very disappointing. The fact that the drag strip was in the main hall just shows how much floor space they weren't able to sell.