{"id":3045,"date":"2012-05-10T09:41:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2012-05-12T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T21:57:20","slug":"motorcycle-expo-is-sunday-at-aurora-town-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/motorcycle-expo-is-sunday-at-aurora-town-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle Expo Is Sunday At Aurora Town Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_3051\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LotsOfMotorcycles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3051\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LotsOfMotorcycles.jpg\" alt=\"Lots of motorcycles at Laughlin River Run\" title=\"Lots of motorcycles\" width=\"497\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LotsOfMotorcycles.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LotsOfMotorcycles-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>No, it probably won&#039;t be this packed on Sunday at the Motorcycle Expo but wouldn&#039;t it be cool if it were?<\/strong><\/p><\/div>I know where I&#8217;m going to be at least part of the day on Sunday. ABATE of Colorado is putting on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abateofcolo.org\/images\/stories\/newsletters\/2012expoflyer.pdf\">Motorcycle Expo<\/a> at Aurora Town Center, which is what they now call what used to be the Aurora Mall.<\/p>\n<p>I know that Terry Howard and the crew at ABATE have put a lot of effort into this thing. Here&#8217;s a list of what will be going on.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Noise testing<\/strong> &#8212; See how loud your bike really is, and how it compares to legal limits. <\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Police demos<\/strong> &#8212; These guys are some of the best bike handlers you&#8217;ve ever seen. You wish you were this good.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Ride in bike show<\/strong> &#8212; Enter your bike and see how it compares.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Riding gear vendors<\/strong> &#8212; See what&#8217;s new, what&#8217;s too cool to pass up.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Swap meet vending for used parts<\/strong> &#8212; A must-check-out for those of us on older bikes.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>MOST and SmarTrainer display<\/strong> &#8212; Learn about rider training opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Motorcycle games<\/strong> &#8212; Set up by Don Gunn. Have fun on your bike.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Motorcycle dealer displays and demos<\/strong> &#8212; See what&#8217;s available all in one place.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Riding organizations<\/strong> &#8212; Colorado Sportbike Club, Motorcycle Roadracing Association, dirt-bike school info<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more. The groups sponsoring this event include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abate.si2.com\/ABATE\/TRS.nsf\/Home?OpenForm\">ABATE Rider Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradodot.info\/programs\/live-to-ride\/get-training.html\">Motorcycle Operators Safety Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosportbikeclub.org\/index.php\">Colorado Sportbike Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mra-racing.org\/\">Motorcycle Roadracing Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderroadsofcolorado.com\/\">Thunder Roads Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/uniteddirtbikeschool.com\/\">United Dirt Bike School<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\nErica Rae&#8217;s kids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Huh? Don&#8217;t know what the scoop is with Erica Rae&#8217;s kids. Maybe I&#8217;ll find out.<\/p>\n<p>So as I say, I&#8217;m definitely going to be there on Sunday. If you&#8217;re there at the same time, say hi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent from National Motorcycle Examiner<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/zero-motorcycles-reports-massive-sales-growth-first-quarter-2012\">Zero Motorcycles reports massive sales growth in first quarter 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n<p>I ride, therefore I am.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6876146887090826\";\n\/* 468x60, created 10\/12\/11 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3812714403\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know where I&#8217;m going to be at least part of the day on Sunday. ABATE of Colorado is putting on a Motorcycle Expo at Aurora Town Center, which is what they now call what used to be the Aurora Mall. I know that Terry Howard and the crew at ABATE have put a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225,325,13],"tags":[221,442],"class_list":["post-3045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abate","category-motorcycle-events","category-bikes","tag-abate-of-colorado","tag-motorcycle-expo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045","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=3045"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3056,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045\/revisions\/3056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}