MotorExpo & Coronado Speed Festival

I started off the morning by hitting the MotorExpo being held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. We had one yellow Spyder on display and a red one in the House of Motorcycles booth. I stocked up the yellow one with brochures and took some photos. I talked with some people who were walking by and answered their questions. It was a very cool event. They had every kind of bike you could think of from the vintage 1930's motorcycle with side car (from a Indiana Jones movie), to off road dirt bike, to a Can-Am Spyder Roadster. Hundreds of folks came through this expo between SAT & SUN and hundreds of Spyder brochures were taken. In addition to the time I was there, we had representation from both Fun Bikes Center and House of Motorcycles who were available to answer questions on the Spyder.
My next stop was the Coronado Speed Festival. It was held on the island's north shore military base. As I rode on base, I passed fighter jets. What struck me as interesting was how the military guards some of whom fly these jets were pointing at and taken a back by the Spyder. Here I am with my jaw dropped checking out the F15 fighter jets and they're doing the same thing with the Can-Am Spyder. One guy yelled out, "I have a word for that - WOW!".

I gave Kelly of Taylor PR a ride there because she had to take a red Spyder being displayed at Maynerd's Garage to another location. The red one was under a canopy and was getting some attention. However, when I parked the silver one outside the tent, groups of people seemed to descend upon it. We stayed and talked with dozens of interested folks and gave out bunches of info cards. It was nonstop. In fact when we tried to leave we were stopped by another group who wanted to sit on the Spyder. It took us about an extra half hour to leave; which was fine, just humerus!

When I was heading home I thought about the types of people I met today. It was interesting that the Spyder appeals to both an "everyday" individual who is looking for something new & cool to commute back and forth to work on to an "experienced" motorcycle rider looking for something different. The Spyder is highly unique in its ability to bridge the gap between everyday & extreme while satisfying both ends and everything in between.