The North American International Motorcycle Supershow, aka “the Big One” claims to cover 500,000 square feet, feature 500+ vendors and 1000+ bikes. While these numbers may have been true for their pre-covid shows, this one definitely felt smaller. In fact, it seemed to me that there was more gear than bikes. It definitely felt more like a dealer show than a manufacturer show.
Case in point, the “Harley-Davidson” booth was run by a local dealer, not the manufacturer. It had TONS of clothing and maybe 10-15 bikes, some of which were already sold so you could not sit on them. Such was the case with my favourite, the Fat Boy
The Terminator may have been here
I love this bike.
This CVO Road Glide was also sold
Vs. the standard Road Glide
Another beautiful CVO, this time a Street Glide
The Heritage Classic lives up to its name…it certainly felt nostalgic with that windshield and reminded me of the old CHIPS tv show…I liked it a lot better in real life than in pics, in fact it was one of the biggest surprises of the show.
The new Sportster S looks great
A couple of Pan America
Livewire electric bike
Fat Bob
There were lots of crazy customs competing for a $50,000 prize
I have seen this John Deer bike at a previous show
But he has added a matching Challenger lol
Crazy paint jobs
Another one of my show favourites, a great winter bike
There were also lots of vintage bikes on display
Switching gears to sportbikes, the BMW S1000RR
And M1000RR
Ducati Panigale
899
This modified Edition 1 was my favourite
Actually there were quite a few modified sportbikes on scene
And some modified adventure bikes
Minimalist helmets seemed to be a thing…they were all over the place
Lots of bike art
So all in all it was an ok show but there is still some work to do to get it back to pre-covid glory days. I did feel that there weren’t enough bikes or at least a shortage of the ones I wanted to see. Just to recap my favourites (almost all Harleys)
- Harley Fat Boy
- Harley CVO Road Glide
- Harley CVO Street Glide
- Harley Heritage Classic
- Harley track bike
- Ducati Edition One
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