Well the weather decided to play against us yesterday with cold and rain but the die-hard bikers surprised everyone and we had well over 200 people turn out to take demo rides despite the cold and wet. I was reluctant to let the bikes go out because of the wet and cold pavement making for less than ideal traction but after all we went through to get here I made the decision to let them ride. Turned out to be a geat choice, the dealer sold 4 of the bikes I had on the truck and took deposits/orders for 2 more customs. So I guess having to stop at a car wash this week and wash 8 bikes will be worth the effort.
I must say that I was shocked at how hard core these people are. In Salt Lake City a while back there was a chance of light rain and in fact it only drizzled a tiny bit but no one came out. Same story at many other demo events but in Quebec, these people don't care, they ride no matter what the weather.
I'm starting to decypher some of the menu items in the restaurants, still don't understand a word they are saying but I can make it through the menu well enough to get close to what I want to eat.
Here's a few shots of the demo rides at the dealership. All together we had 64 rides in 4 1/2 hours.
You know it's a good party when the local police show up. (Guess we had too much of the street blocked with all the cars)
Sunday morning the owner of the dealership called me and asked me to join a group of them for a ride up to a mountain village for lunch. I wanted to sleep but in the interest of customer relations I went along. The trees are in full fall color and the ride was outstanding. We went to a little mountain village, Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm and it was great. We stopped alongside the road at a lake to take a smoke break and it was a picure right out of a magazine. Sometimes it sucks to have to work on a Sunday but I can't say this was one of them!