{"id":444448,"date":"2017-07-23T09:52:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T23:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=444448"},"modified":"2017-07-24T19:28:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T09:28:02","slug":"bmw-motorrad-days-2017-they-get-this-so-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/bmw-motorrad-days-2017-they-get-this-so-right\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW MOTORRAD DAYS 2017 \u2013 THEY GET THIS SO RIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

My mate, Ray from Held (producer of top-end German motorcycle gear) was just in Europe for his annual Held conference.<\/p>\n

In between meetings, he managed to run off and have a look at BMW\u2019s Motorrad Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a Bavarian ski resort near the legendary Zugspitze.<\/p>\n

Ray is still buzzing.<\/p>\n

More than 40,000 people attended this three-day motorcycle extravaganza, which Ray tells me was so superbly run and managed, it put to shame our lame-arse efforts at the Australian MotoGP, never mind some not-international event.<\/p>\n

Wondrous tents selling wonderful food and cold beer, proper security for your gear and your bike, an endless panoply of things to see and bikes to admire, all run with a smile and a welcoming atmosphere. There was even a Wall of Death.<\/p>\n

Ray shot some pictures, and I would share them with you all.<\/p>\n

Go to Europe. See how things should be done.<\/p>\n

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Glorious setting, gloriously managed.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There are always fields of wild flowers to skip through.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Imagine putting display bikes on parquet flooring. In a field.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We can’t have this Wall of Death because it is unsafe. Maybe it’s the name. We should call it Barrel of Bikes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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No helmets. OMFG. No helmets. The world ended shortly after this.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Look! They come in caramel flavour!<\/p><\/div>\n

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They come in Nitrous flavour, too.<\/p><\/div>\n

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They drink in Germany. Bless them.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gee. A beer hall. That serves good food and cold beer in glasses. We do not deserve anything like that here because we are swine.<\/p><\/div>\n

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BMW’s concept bike. With a battery and lights.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Something else they’re working on in Bavaria.<\/p><\/div>\n

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An uber-bagger powered by a six-cylinder engine.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Would Sir like a test-ride on any of our motorcycles? Sure. Off you go. Switzerland is just over there.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Putting lipstick on a pig works sometimes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I really hope someone is yelling at the crowd to “Make some noise!”<\/p><\/div>\n

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You can attend if you don’t have a BMW, but it’s nice to have one.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Very nicely done, this. Even the red seat. And the bag with the HK on the back.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Many frauleins, and a bloke with a brown jacket who is not Trevor Hedge.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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