DONINGTON 2012 CLASSIC JAP SHOW

[ade woollams]

good to see the club guys today and great we got best stand .it was a little chilly in there mind you the far end of the room must of been a bit warmer with the prices of some kwaka's where defo on another planet to us or the owner on crack

[Iain marshall]

Had a good weekend, even though the show was quiet, but that gave us more time to catch up and have a blether, good seeing you all
Seen a nice wee Kawa for sale that I would love to have taken home, but the boss said NO!!
I'd like to say thanks to Karen and Steve for giving me somewhere to put my feet up and feeding me, thanks

[PJ]

Had a good weekend, even though the show was quiet, but that gave us more time to catch up and have a blether, good seeing you all
Seen a nice wee Kawa for sale that I would love to have taken home, but the boss said NO!!
I'd like to say thanks to Karen and Steve for giving me somewhere to put my feet up and feeding me, thanks

Was that the W650 Iain??

[Hobbo]

PJ


Not iain saw some bird pushing that away in the car park



phil

[PJ]

PJ


Not iain saw some bird pushing that away in the car park



phil

Your joking, it actually moved - wow, that's more than I expected from it!!

[Iain marshall]

Paul, thought you took it home with you....

[coldsummer]

Despite the bitterly cold conditions we had a good show and winning the best club stand was well-deserved as it shone like a beacon, partly due to GB's impressive light show The stand was very well attended and as usual the highlight for me was meeting the many old and new club members. I am always reminded at these events just what a great bunch of guys and girls are in this club.

I've said it before, this website is great (warts'n'all) but it's at the real world events where we get to meet face to face that friendships are forged and the true spirit of the club can be found and experienced. Thanks to everyone who braved the elements and came to the show.

[PJ]

Paul, thought you took it home with you....

SSSSSShhhhhhhh

[101jim]

best club stand was well deserved and well done to all those who set up and put the effort in to orgainising it.
thanks for the warm welcome and great evening had by all was good to have a beer and get to know some of the other members of club

[KeithZ1R]

Great weekend as ever, great company as usual, best stand well deserved
Took some pics here's the slideshow



http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm27 ... =slideshow


Enjoy

[Iain marshall]

Some good photos there Keith, might down load mine tomorrow.... did the Pint glass make it home???? lol

[tlc]

Seems there was a lot there Saturday that was absent on Sunday.

Best stand - about time. Well done everybody.

[RB]

mind you the far end of the room must of been a bit warmer with the prices of some kwaka's where defo on another planet to us or the owner on crack

I was the seller of those bikes - It would appear that you are somewhat out of touch with the prices off GOOD quality bikes Whilst the bikes may not have been stuning condition, they were priced accordingly, a NICE '72 Z1 10/10 nowadays is £25,000, mine was 8/10 £12,200, my nice '69 H1 was £10,250 I think you will find it was a 9.5 out of 10 bike? Last One similar sold for £14,200, The Blue H2 - I just sold a 9.5/10 bike for £15,000 the One at the show was a 7.5 / 10 bike and priced at £8,250, Blue S1c 9.5 out of 10 £4,800 pricey I know but try to restore one for that! One not so nice just sold fo £7,200 - The NICE F11 was £1,450 - Cheap as chips for a LOVELY bike!

[steve bowdler]

Thanks for the pics Keith , looked pretty chilly in that hall .

Congrats to all who helped out over the weekend.

[london calling]

The show was very poor,not many bikes or traders.
There was no outside autojumble as in previous years due to the weather conditions and these traders were inside.
The heating was broken and quite a large floor area was empty so was filled up with bar chairs/tables to improve the ambiance.
Saturday was very cold due to lack of heating and on Sunday there were several water leaks from the roof,due to the snow melting.
The bar was closed all day on sunday.
Thi show has never been big/good enough to be a 2 day event and this years £10 admission charge was far too much.
In future with Andrew Greenwoood's events I shall adopt the same attitude as his companies and just not bother.
I've had a small private autojumble pitch at every Donington show,apart from the first year of the show, and have seen the changing fortunes of this event.