Cossing the border
It was great talking with you Jay, I'm looking forward to talking again. Hope your traveling safe.
Hope you had a great weekend!
The pleasure was all mine. I rolled into the house about 1 AM, once I unpack and mow the lawn (ah priorities
) I'll put up a bunch more posts and pictures (I have 308 in the "Homecoming" images folder).... on windshields, saddle bags, trailers, foot pegs, and more!
Two things I love about these events are:
1) Meeting people people in person that I have only met previously on-line (plus everyone else
)
and
2) Seeing all the great new accessories (like your GIVI Saddle bag and trunk setup)
OK, there are really a million reasons I love events..... taking lots of pictures in the list too:
Here is a picture of 1 of the 3 lines before crossing the border into Canada. One of the BRP folks made a joke after we got on the other side: "OK, now that we all know you passed the security screen, and we can really have some fun."
Here is everyone on the other side leaving to Valcourt. Lamont (sp?), the fellow in front, won the highest mileage on his Spyder award, 9600 +/-. If he had known he was going to win, maybe he would have been smiling (hmmm, maybe he is smiling?), I think it was a gift certificate for either $500 or $1000 of accessories!
The BRP marketing and communications teams really out-did themselves. Based on the enthusiasm and huge turnout, I'd bet there will be annual events. Did you notice on one of the later posts on SpyderRyder.com it became the "Inaugural event"
Knowing how well BRP listens to its customers, maybe we'll see something in the polls on spyderryder.com looking for ideas for future events. Some of my favorite rides come to mind: Tail of the Dragon/Smokey mountains?, Central TN?, Northern AR/Southern, MO (Branson)?, Central AR (Hot Springs)?, CA coast? Valley of Fire in AZ? International event? The list is endless!
