Bikes in the Fast Lane: Intermot2012: This Is What It Looks Like - Size-wise plus 4 more

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• Intermot2012: This Is What It Looks Like - Size-wise
• Intermot2012: 2014 Dates
• Intermot2012: European Motorcycle Market Review - ACEM
• Intermot: Here it is
• At Intermot 2012 - How To Follow Articles

Intermot2012: This Is What It Looks Like - Size-wise Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:00 AM PDT For those of you who have never visited one of the truly enormous motorcycle exhibitions, German Intermot or Italian Eicma, will never understand how humongous these shows are. They are world's biggest, by far, and if you walk at a normal pace, walking through each walkway/aisle in the enormous halls, you'll have walked a lot. In fact, you'll have walked some 30 to 50 kilometers (18 to 31 miles). This means that if you plan to visit one of these motorcycle exhibitions, and you only have a half or a whole day, you'd best plan ahead and mark who you want to see, because if you are going to stop and see stuff at a stand, you'll never get out of one hall. In the photo below, you can clearly see the Intermot exhibition center in Cologne, Germany. To get an idea of the size, just look at the bottom part of the photo; you'll see cars there, so you can imagine the size for a human being. Most of the halls are chock-full with motorcycles and their accessories. It's difficult to show you how big this is. Visitors I have shown the show from abroad always come back with amazement at the size. So think of me running around the aisles with my backpack with cameras, computer and the press kits... ...

Intermot2012: 2014 Dates Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:15 AM PDT The German Intermot motorcycle exhibition hasn't even started yet, since press-day is tomorrow, and the show starts for the public on the 3rd of October, but already the Germans are planning ahead with their next exhibition; 2014 (remember that Intermot is held every 2 years, alternating with the French show in Paris). So if you are going to miss this year's expo, and never have attended but want to, you can start planning your pilgrimage trip since the next one starts on the 1st of October 2014 and ends on the 5th of October. So 2 years from now. That's what I call planning ahead. ...

Intermot2012: European Motorcycle Market Review - ACEM Posted: 01 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT Despite the economic crisis affecting the European motorcycle market, signs of recovery are at hand. The analysis of recent market trends highlights that urban mobility and passion are still acting as main drivers of the motorcycle market. While some segments have suffered from the impact of the economic downturn, sales of light Powered Two-Wheelers (PTW) specifically designed for city trips indicate a growing interest in this mode of transport. The relative good performance of engine capacities over 250cc confirms that passion for motorcycling is still a key factor pushing customers toward this vehicle category.  On behalf of Intermot Cologne ACEM, the European Motorcycle Industry Association, conducted a review of the most recent motorcycle market trends comparing the Moving Annual Total of the past year (September 2011- August 2012) with the same time frame a year before, which allows for a reliable representation of the “seasonal effect” closely linking the PTW business to the weather conditions....... .....Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Intermot: Here it is Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:00 AM PDT Just arrived, with the usual complications thanks to the French railroads, but here's the North entrance of Intermot: ... and the press/media center still being set up, and quite empty.. for now. ...

At Intermot 2012 - How To Follow Articles Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:00 PM PDT If things have gone as planned, I should have arrived at the German Intermot motorcycle exhibition. It's one of world's biggest motorcycle shows, so there's going to be plenty to see. This year is a bumper year, with many new models being launched. Unfortunately, the organizers have crammed press conferences back-to-back, and since I'm on my own, it's going to be near impossible to rush to the press center to show you what's being launched. There just isn't enough time. Not even for lunch. It starts at 08:30 and ends at 20:00. I will however be posting photos during the events to my Facebook and Twitter accounts listed below, so if you follow those, you can see things happening as they happen. You can also just follow the exhibition RSS feed from this site in your favorite News reader, but these are going to be few in the beginning until I catch up. I wish event organizers would leave some time in-between so that we could file stories and photos during the show. Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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