{"id":11395,"date":"2023-02-02T11:27:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=11395"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:28:16","slug":"bikes-from-the-colorado-motorcycle-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/bikes-from-the-colorado-motorcycle-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikes From The Colorado Motorcycle Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, here are some shots of some of the show bikes on display at last weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradomotorcycleexpo.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Motorcycle Expo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;d be curious to know how it works.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike1.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike2.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike2-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike3.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike3-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"344\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike4.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mega-Trike4-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VeryLow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VeryLow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VeryLow.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VeryLow-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then there were the super good-looking show bikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes1.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes1-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"348\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes2.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes2-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"359\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes3.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes3-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"278\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes4.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes4-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes5.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ShowBikes5-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course there were some really radical bikes. This one was especially cool. But it looks like you&#8217;d have a scraping problem with it, too, if you actually wanted to ride it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RadicalBike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RadicalBike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"342\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RadicalBike.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RadicalBike-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, it&#8217;s good to see the kids can get in on the action. All you need is a really cool Mom\/Dad or maybe Grandpa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IndiansForKids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IndiansForKids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IndiansForKids.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IndiansForKids-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So those are some of the bikes that were on display. Next I&#8217;ll focus on the people of the Expo.<\/p>\n<h3>Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n<p>If your grandpa doesn&#8217;t have a motorcycle you have two grandmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, here are some shots of some of the show bikes on display at last weekend&#8217;s Colorado Motorcycle Expo. Let&#8217;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&#8217;m wondering about these is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[531,1285],"tags":[846],"class_list":["post-11395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-custom-motorcycles","category-show-bikes","tag-colorado-motorcycle-expo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11411,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11395\/revisions\/11411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}