I took Friday off work and flew from Berlin to Chicago, arriving at O'Hare just before 5pm. Met up with 7 of my motorcycling buddies from various parts (Kingston, Ottawa, Picton, -- Ontario, as well as Wisconsin and St. Louis USA). We enjoyed the Friday evening checking out the bikes at the Chicago Motorcycle Show, followed by huge slabs of red meat washed down with cold beer at Gibson's Steak House. On Saturday morning, after we filled our guts with bacon and eggs, we drove downtown into Chicago and made our way to the Chicago International Auto Show.
Overall, the bike show wasn't very impressive. Just a bunch of dealers (lots of makes and models, but nothing particularly special or exciting). Even still, an evening of looking at motorcycles with some buddies isn't a bad time. The auto show, however, was impressive. Massive scale, almost every manufacturer you might imagine, concept cars, impressively flashy displays, sexy-hot looking car models with fake tits and long legs -- we eventually got tired from all the walking and it was also very, very crowded. So we went out for more food and beer (Chicago-style deep dish pizza at Gino's).
Sunday morning, the Canadian crowd was flying home, and the STL and Wisconsin delegation were driving home. After a leisurely bacon/egg brunch with Mr. STL, I made my way to the airport to catch my flight back to Berlin just after noon. I arrived back in Berlin just in time for work on Monday morning. Long day, that was.
It was a long way to go for just a weekend but it was worth it. Good times. Looking forward to seeing my buddies again later this year when a few of us will ride offroad for a week in Colorado in August, and a few will also come to Berlin in October as I lead them on a European road tour.
Overall, the bike show wasn't very impressive. Just a bunch of dealers (lots of makes and models, but nothing particularly special or exciting). Even still, an evening of looking at motorcycles with some buddies isn't a bad time. The auto show, however, was impressive. Massive scale, almost every manufacturer you might imagine, concept cars, impressively flashy displays, sexy-hot looking car models with fake tits and long legs -- we eventually got tired from all the walking and it was also very, very crowded. So we went out for more food and beer (Chicago-style deep dish pizza at Gino's).
Sunday morning, the Canadian crowd was flying home, and the STL and Wisconsin delegation were driving home. After a leisurely bacon/egg brunch with Mr. STL, I made my way to the airport to catch my flight back to Berlin just after noon. I arrived back in Berlin just in time for work on Monday morning. Long day, that was.
It was a long way to go for just a weekend but it was worth it. Good times. Looking forward to seeing my buddies again later this year when a few of us will ride offroad for a week in Colorado in August, and a few will also come to Berlin in October as I lead them on a European road tour.
Oldschool Triumph racer
Ducati mp3 ??
Grom Wing
Batman bike by Honda
'Lectric Hog
'49 Indian Scout
steak at Gibson's
Rolling down the highway, eight grown men
packed into O.J. Simpson's white Suburban
Porsche Spyder hybrid
Buick
Lexus Lemans
Acura NSX
Alfa Romeo
Alfa 4C Spider
old Alfa racing
Cadillac CTS-V sedan
Toyota Supra concept
Ford GT
Ford GT
the crew
downtown view