PHOTOS: Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Abbotsford's Tradex, from Jan. 20 to 22, 2012

 

 
The Times January 25, 2012
 
 
 
Zach Lang, 19, tries a Kawasaki Ninja 2X-12R on for size at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show Sunday at Tradex in Abbotsford.
 

Zach Lang, 19, tries a Kawasaki Ninja 2X-12R on for size at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show Sunday at Tradex in Abbotsford.

Photograph by: Christina Toth , Times

Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Abbotsford's Tradex, from Jan. 20 to 22, 2012

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Zach Lang, 19, tries a Kawasaki Ninja 2X-12R on for size at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show Sunday at Tradex in Abbotsford.
 

Zach Lang, 19, tries a Kawasaki Ninja 2X-12R on for size at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show Sunday at Tradex in Abbotsford.

Photograph by: Christina Toth, Times

 
Zach Lang, 19, tries a Kawasaki Ninja 2X-12R on for size at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show Sunday at Tradex in Abbotsford.
Peter Rainey hands out brochures at the Open Road Motorcycle School at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show Sunday afternoon at Tradex in Abbotsford. About 70 per cent of their new students are women, and the average age of new women riders is 48, he said.
Three-year-old Memphis climbed up on a kid's lime green Kawasaki KFX50, while her mom Carla Jones of Abbotsford was on a break from the J Massage Tools booth, at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show Sunday at Tradex in Abbotsford.
Despite the worst weather the Vancouver Motorcycle Show has ever experienced, the attendees at the 2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show had a blast. Large crowds on Saturday and Sunday cheered on the stunt riders, were wowed by the all-new KTM Enduro-X demos and got up close with new 2012 models. Not even snow, high winds, freezing rain, highway closures and stoppage in BC ferries could deter avid motorcycle fans from checking out the show, said event manager Nanette Jacques.
Darren Woodley of Surrey tries out a red tri-wheeler Can-Am, at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Abbotsford's Tradex. He rides a VFR800, his wife rides a 1986 VFR.
A detail from a 1948 Indian motorcycle at the McNeney & McNeney lawyers booth at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Abbotsford's Tradex.
A 1948 Indian motorcycle was on display at the McNeney & McNeney booth at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Abbotsford's Tradex.
A close-up of a 1948 Indian motorcycle at the McNeney & McNeney lawyers booth at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Tradex in Abbotsford Jan. 20 to 22.
This vintage 1950 Ariel caught the eye of many visitors at the McNeney & McNeney booth at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Abbotsford's Tradex. The booth also had an 1948 Indian and a 1952 Harley.
This vintage 1952 Harley Davidson was one of three vintage bikes at the McNeney & McNeney booth at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Abbotsford's Tradex on Sunday.
With wife Michelle sizing him up, motorcycle enthusiast Lincoln Brouwer tries on a jacket while Barry Dining of Up Your Leather holds a mirror. The store on East Hastings was opened in 1936 by Vern Kaiman's dad, supplying custom design and locally made leather jackets. Kaiman said the family business will open another Up Your Leather store in Langley this April.
Vesna Korecki of Vancouver likes the BMW G650 GS offered by salesman Dave Groleau of Bentley Motorrad of Kelowna at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show on Sunday. Korecki, who has a Honda 250, began riding last year with a friend and "I love it," she says. "I used to ride on the back of my husband's Harley Davidson. It was great but it's a bit boring. It's more fun riding on my own." She hopes to graduate to the BMW in a couple of years.
One of the viewers' favourite custom bikes at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Tradex in Abbotsford on the weekend, Jan. 19 to 22.
One of the viewers' favourite custom bikes at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Tradex in Abbotsford on the weekend, Jan. 19 to 22.
Members of the Veteran UN-NATO Canada Foundation, Milt Pollard, left, Bartina Van Dor Maden and Ben Boudreau show off their crests at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show. Their group supports war veterans, and members include military and non-military supporters who also love motorbikes. They also support other groups, such as the Heroes Hockey Challenge in Vancouver on Feb. 3, when veterans play the Vancouver Canucks. See more at vetsunnatobc.org.
Old bikers never die - this skinny fellow and his lady drew plenty of looks at The Shirt Lady's booth, run by seamstress Marianne Thompson. She works out of her Abbotsford home, sewing shirts, caps and bandanas with various road themes.
Retired truck driver Fred Holten of White Rock, who has a 1931 Model A truck, is pleased the shirt he purchased at the 2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Tradex on Sunday, from The Shirt Lady. The Shirt Lady, Marianne Thompson, works out of her Abbotsford home, making novelty shirts, caps and bandanas.
Signs, signs, everywhere signs, at the 2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show, at the Road Rage booth operated by business owner Dirk Wenzel. He had hundreds of new and collectors' signs and licence plate frames.
Corny signs and vintage ones drew visitors to the Road Rage booth at the 2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Tradex on Sunday. It's operated by owner Dirk Wenzel.
It wasn't all bikes - there were plenty of accessories, such as these colourful and fitted Five Advanced gloves at the Motovan booth, the third largest suppliers of bike accessories to dealers in Canada.
Yowzah! There's 201 horses that come standard in this Italian-made MV Augusta, which was introduced to the Canadian market last May, says supplier Mark Otter. There are Augusta dealers in Edmonton, on Vancouver Island and perhaps soon in Vancouver, he said.
A fan takes photos of the sexy MV Augusta F4RK at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show in Abbotsford at Tradex on Jan. 22.
Big kids: Isauro Flores of Langley has a little fun with a display set up for photography. He "rides" a Honda CBR250R for the camera Riders had to climb on and tilt the bike for the shot. "It's a lot heavier than I thought," he said, while his wife Ingrid snapped a few photos. It was their first time at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show.
A Vancouver Motorcycle Show visitor peruses a brochure next to a display of Dunlop motocross tires Sunday at Tradex. Despite the bad weather at the start of the weekend, there was a good turnout, say show organizers.
 
 
 
 
 

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