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It’s a motorcycle expo, right? The Colorado Motorcycle Expo 2019. So of course there were cool bikes to look at. Here are some of them.

As an aside, getting to this event was amazingly difficult. I could have simply taken I-70 and gotten off right there but I didn’t want to do that and figured city streets would be more interesting. That set me up.

First of all, the new A Line commuter train from downtown to DIA has disrupted some streets. And now, the old street that used to run under the elevated portion of I-70 has been shut down. On top of that, prep work on rebuilding the highway entirely seems to be underway so there were a bunch of detours.

I ended up snaking through neighborhoods, crossing under I-70 again and again, and could see the coliseum, but I couldn’t get there. Finally I managed to get onto Brighton Boulevard and that took me where I wanted to go. I took the direct route home and the difference was four miles. I wandered four miles through a very small area trying to find this place that I have been to many, many times before.

OK, here’s the pictures.

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Biker Quote for Today

My back and ass hurt, I can’t feel my feet.
My hands have gone numb, bug parts in my teeth.
But there’s gas in the tank and a headwind to fight
On a wide open road, no end in sight.
So you think we should stop? Am I getting that right?
One answer for that, Hell No! Let’s Ride!

Things appear back to normal at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo.

In its fourth year now the Colorado Motorcycle Expo (CME) seems to finally be hitting its stride. It’s no fault of the new management, the folks who took over the old Colorado Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet. They just had a run of bad luck.

The first CME in 2016 was the scene of a fatal shoot-out between two motorcycle clubs, with the result that the second day was canceled. Then the following year, because the situation was still being resolved, there was no show at all.

Last year it seemed that gap had caused the show to lose steam. It was held but attendance was way down, at least as far as I could tell on Sunday. Finally this year I pulled up to the venue and there were lots of bikes and lots of people.

Inside, it was pretty much the same as before, although there was nothing upstairs and downstairs was pretty sparse. But the main level was packed. Noticeably absent were the 1%er groups that were so prevalent at the old show and swap. That, I understand, is by mandate of the management.

Still, I had expected more of a corporate vibe such as that you see at the International Motorcycle Shows, with more new bikes and gear and less of the old, used equipment.

I was wrong. It’s still the same old swap show. Plenty of new leather and other gadgets and schwag, but also lots and lots of used parts.

So anyway, I figured I’d make three blog posts out of groups of photos from the expo: general, bikes, and people. Here are the general pix. I recommend you click to enlarge an image and then click the “i” icon at right to display the caption for the photo.

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Biker Quote for Today

I’m a biker. I don’t do that keep calm stuff.