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More Scenes From The Expo

Thursday, February 5th, 2026

Bikes and people. You go to the Expo to look at bikes buy you spend just as much time looking at the people.

OK, are you ready for more pix from the Colorado Motorcycle Expo? Well, you’ve come to the right place because I’ve got just what you want.

Let’s start here.

One thing you see a lot of at the Expo is patches. It seems like every club for 800 miles around shows up in force, all decked out in their gear with lots of patches.

Next, I had never before seen this sort of thing, where there are images in the lights. Does the image project visibly in front of you? I would guess not but I don’t actually know.

Another popular item on the show bikes this year is this business of images in the lights.

Now here are a couple more show bikes that go all in on detail in paint and chrome etching. Are a lot of these by the same designer? I probably could have answered that question by looking at the sheets but didn’t think to.

More super-detailed show bikes.

This bike was a bit more colorful than most. Mostly the theme seemed to be gold and chrome.

Etched chrome (gold-colored chrome?) with a bit more color on the tank and fenders.

I think you’ve got to be some kind of macho to walk around like this. This guy was doing video of every inch of all the fancy show bikes. Don’t know why.

Making a record of every detail.

So that’s pretty much what I’ve got. It really didn’t seem like the people shots were as plentiful this year as in the past. Then a few good shots I saw I was not able to grab in time. Oh well.

Biker Quote for Today

“A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection” – Patrick Rothfus

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Scenes From The Expo

Monday, February 2nd, 2026

Hey, why buy expensive motorcycle parts when you can use old metal crap?

I went to the Colorado Motorcycle Expo Saturday and as always there were some good photos to be taken. How do you like this bike above, made out of a number of decidedly not motorcycle parts?

Among the show bikes there were a large number of them that were detailed out to the max. This one below gives you an idea what I mean.

Chrome does not seem to be enough now; you need etched chrome.

Here’s another close-up up top.

If it’s chrome, etch it. If it’s paint, really paint it–show some artistry.

Another theme seems to be super low rear ends. Can you say “super impractical?” Five minutes on the street would scrape the pipes off this bike. Oh yeah, this is just eye candy, not an actual functional motorcycle.

No, no one is ever going to actually ride this motorcycle. Are you crazy?

  Do you really want to have all that weight hanging around  your neck?

It seems that heavy metal now extends to personal jewelry. These things must weight five pounds. Kind of like finery that doubles as a weapon. “No sir, this is not a weapon, it’s just my necklace.”

I did actually see a couple people wearing these things. You’ll see one in another photo, which I may get into this collection or it may need to wait for my follow-up post on Thursday.












OK, so this next one I’m not sure what we’re looking at. Are those toy plastic motors for your favorite kid? I was going to go look but forgot.

Are these toys? I don’t know. Do you?

OK, so that’s few of the shots I got. There are more and I’ll put those up on Thursday.

Biker Quote for Today

$500 spent on gasoline will make you faster than $500 on power parts.

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Photos From The 2024 Colorado Motorcycle Expo

Monday, January 29th, 2024

It was a nice day to ride to the Colorado Motorcycle Expo.

I went to the Colorado Motorcycle Expo, at the National Western Center, as I frequently do. It seemed to me it just wasn’t as much of a show as it usually is. There didn’t seem to be as many really cool bikes in the display area and whereas I usually shoot a lot of good people pictures, this time the people just didn’t seem as out there as usual. Anyway, here’s what I got.

This was a nice bike, not as gaudy as many of the show bikes.

Can’t you just hear this bike growl?

Now we’re into the real big-time show bikes. Somebody put a lot of time and effort into this.

Another beauty, with detail worth zooming in on.

OK, are you really going to ride down the street with pipes an inch off the ground? I doubt it.

Sometimes being a performer can be a lonely affair. But the show must go on so you just get up there and pretend you’re in front of a stadium full of people.

I’ve been to motorcycle shows around the country and this is really the only one that still harks back to the concept of being a swap meet. You really can buy just about any piece of a motorcycle you happen to be looking for. Although you’ll have more luck finding it if the piece you want goes on a Harley.

Leathers, leathers, boy do we have leathers. And helmets.

The Expo is also very much the place if you want patches, and they’ll sew them on right there while you wait.

Biker Quote for Today

If my bike went as fast as the money I spend on it I’d win every race.

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The People Of The Colorado Motorcycle Expo

Monday, February 6th, 2023

You would be hard put to find any better place for people watching than the Colorado Motorcycle Expo, although I didn’t seem to get as many really good shots as I have in past years. Still, if you can’t come up with something you ought to hang up your camera. Let’s do some gawking.

You don’t suppose this guy wanted people to look at him, do you?

It’s good to have a friend. And dogs like to go places and see people, too.

I guess zoot suits are coming back in style.

I’m only including this shot because right after I took the picture this guy yelled at me not to take any pictures.

I believe I mentioned that there were a lot of Bandidos at the Expo this year. A whole lot.

I really wondered what these ladies might be discussing.

Just cute.

Biker Quote for Today

You can’t scare me; my grandpa is a biker.

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Bikes From The Colorado Motorcycle Expo

Thursday, February 2nd, 2023

As promised, here are some shots of some of the show bikes on display at last weekend’s Colorado Motorcycle Expo.

Let’s start out with some of the seven or so mega-trikes (my term). They were the first thing you encountered so it seems like a good place to start. What I’m wondering about these is how you turn effectively. Is there gearing or something that you only rotate the handlebars a little and the wheel turns a lot more. Kind of like a car, I guess, now that I think about it. I’d be curious to know how it works.

Then there were some odd ones. See how low this is? Can you even ride this thing? It seems like you would scrape the bottom on the tiniest bumps.

Then there were the super good-looking show bikes.

Of course there were some really radical bikes. This one was especially cool. But it looks like you’d have a scraping problem with it, too, if you actually wanted to ride it.

And finally, it’s good to see the kids can get in on the action. All you need is a really cool Mom/Dad or maybe Grandpa.

So those are some of the bikes that were on display. Next I’ll focus on the people of the Expo.

Biker Quote for Today

If your grandpa doesn’t have a motorcycle you have two grandmas.

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Changing Times At The Colorado Motorcycle Expo

Monday, January 30th, 2023

You can buy just about anything motorcycle related at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo.

On Saturday I headed over to the National Western Complex for the 2023 Colorado Motorcycle Expo. Some aspects of this show never change but then some of them do.

It was a cold, overcast day (at least by the time I got there) and one thing very different was that there were not hundreds of motorcycle parked out front. No surprise considering the weather. But there were some here and there so there were some hard-core folks in attendance.

An odd thing that I take to be just coincidence was that as I was coming in there were a surprising number of people leaving who were carrying handlebars. Do a lot of people come here for handlebars? Probably my timing was just right for this totally random situation.

Inside you would have thought it was the middle of summer. I haven’t seen that much black leather in one place since the last time I came to the Expo. Personally, I don’t wear my riding gear except when I’m riding but this sort of event seems to prompt people to dress the part, never mind that they drove there in their cars.

The biggest surprise of all was that somehow in the intervening years (since 2019) all of the so-called “outlaw” clubs have established a presence at the Expo. By which I mean, they have all taken booths and set up with banners and everything and are now selling their own branded merchandise. Want some Sons of Silence merch? Take your pick of four different booths (Eastern Colorado, Metro, Southwest, Southwestern Colorado). Hell’s Angels merch? Got that. Gringos merch? Yup.

And this is an amazing transformation because the last time I went to the Expo the clubs were pretty much banned. There had been an inter-club shooting a couple years before and the management was working to keep them away, at least insisting that they not come wearing their colors. Times have changed.

Another surprise was how many Christian motorcycle groups had booths. I’ve really only been familiar with the Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA) but there was a whole slew of them that I had never heard of: Tribe of Judah Motorcycle Ministry, Soldiers for Jesus MC, and Hellfighters, just to name a few. Who knew? Not me. And they all had booths.

Of course there were a bunch of show bikes–that never changes. What was different about that this year was how very many mega-trikes there were. These are the things that are basically cars with extended forks and a single front wheel and two car tires on the rear. There used to be three of these things you’d see at local events, and I know one of them got smashed pretty badly in a crash in Wolcott some years ago. But there were about seven of them on display at the Expo.

Also, and this was new, in the downstairs there was an area where they had a bunch of custom cars. Don’t think I’ve ever seen cars on display at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo before.

And of course there were the people. There is absolutely no better place for people watching because there is nowhere else you’ll see so many really odd and interesting looking people.

Of course I shot a lot of pictures and I’ll be following up here with a couple posts that are primarily just photographs. Check back in a few days.

Biker Quote for Today

Ride to work, ride to play. Ride tomorrow, ride today.

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