| Author | Message | ||
     Buellgirlie |
in a booth. at the PRI show in orlando (performance racing industry) with 1400 exhibitors, 1 million square feet of exhibits, and 42000 registered buyers (trade only). for a company called staubli. i was, ahem, the director of marketing for a race team based out of ohio and colorado, that races midget cars  random, and way cool to see it at a totally unexpected place. although, i may have been the only person there that knew what it was  D      | ||
| Diablobrian |
Good stuff, thanks Dora! | ||
| Captnemo |
You weren't the only person to know what it was... Phone camera, so not the best quality.  | ||
| Cochise |
So did you guy s see each other? I think people should wear username name tags so people will know each other. | ||
| Captnemo |
The show is HUGE !!!! From the PRI Show website "How big is the PRI Trade Show? 1,000,000 square feet. 1,400 companies exhibit in 4,000 booths. It is attended by 42,000 racing business people from over 40 countries. Buyers will appreciate the ease with which they can shop the PRI Trade Show. Located in same, state-of-the-art Convention Center as last year, all of the exhibits are in one hall, on one floor. Plan to spend all three days. To view the floor plan, and find locations of exhibiting companies, go to Floorplan page." http://www.performanceracing.com/content/?id=2599& MenuID=2599 We have name tags with company name and info. There's even a magnetic strip on the tag that you swipe at the booth to get on the vendor's mailing list. I still lugged a couple of bags of catalogs each day. | ||
| Buellgirlie |
capt nemo - i was there ALL day friday, walked from row 5900 to row 100 nonstop. i'm STILL sore from it. jeans, black t-shirt with a sparkly red star on it - did ya see me ? D | ||
| Irideabuell |
Nice shots Dora. Was that a warning sticker on the right side of the swing arm? | ||
| Buellgirlie |
na, just a sponsor sticker from the chain mfg. here ya go, the area you're looking at. plus... we ALL know that cool kids dont run warning stickers!  D  (Message edited by buellgirlie on December 19, 2006) | ||
| Khollister |
Nice try Paul :-) | ||
| Irideabuell |
It was worth a try!!! | ||
| M1combat |
I saw it at one point too... Some place called Daytona Intl. Speedway. Go figure, it was right outside a garage (of all the places to put a racebike... sheesh...) and some guy in a shirt that said "Warrs" across the back snapped the pic with my cellphone. I was really worried he'd book with my cell but I talked to him afterwords and he turned out to be a pretty decent guy for an Englishman...   That was just about 20 minutes before it was turning timed laps in the 200 BTW . | ||
| Jerseyguy |
M1 - Is that you up on the the end of the straight???   | ||
| M1combat |
Yeah... They were ticked when I brought it back. Something about "Now we won't have enough fuel for the race" or something. Good thing the bikes broke and let me off the hook though . OK, sorry, it was most certainly NOT a good thing that the bikes broke... I was a bit heart broken myself. After talking to Erik just 15 minutes or so before the race and to then see that disappointment after the race. To a man though, every person in that garage had more of a look of "How do we fix that" instead of "Damnit, we came all this way..." or anything negative. They were certainly dismayed, but you could tell what sort of spirit Buell racing has. I just wish they had the money. | ||
| Rasmonis |
M1, I remember that day.  Had a great time. Are you making it to FL or MBIV this year? | ||
| M1combat |
I'd like to make it to Daytona this year but I may end up doing the GP at Laguna instead... It's something the GF and I could ride to. | ||
| Macbuell |
Am I the only person that thinks the XBRR is an ugly bike? I know why they made the body work the way they did but it really doesn't look very good, IMO. | ||
| Kuuud |
FWIW...Don't EVER call an Irishman an Englishman!!! | ||
| M1combat |
And that's exactly what a race bike should be... pretty. |
