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cdalejef
11-21-2006, 06:29 PM
I recently attended the 2006 Intermot trade show in Cologne Germany to man the TireBall both. The event was held over 7 days and was open to dealers and the public as well. I have been to about 10 Indy trade shows over the years and never thought I would find one that was bigger than that. I found out I was wrong when I arrived at the Koln exposition center. Not only was the building about 3 times the size of the Indy trade show, the attendance was at least 10 times as large.

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Cologne is rich with history, when I stepped off the train the first thing I saw was the DOM cathedral.
Construction of the Gothic church began in 1248 and took, with interruptions, more than 600 years to complete - it was finally finished in 1880. The two towers are 157 m tall, the cathedral is 144 m long and 86 m wide. The cathedral is dedicated to Saints Peter and Mary.

It was built on the site of a 4th century Roman temple, a square edifice known as the 'oldest cathedral' and commissioned by Maternus, the first Christian bishop of Cologne. A second church built on the site, the so-called "Old Cathedral", was completed in 818. This burned down on April 30, 1248.

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cdalejef
11-21-2006, 06:36 PM
The one thing that I was dissapointed in was that it seems that quads aren't as popular in Europe as they are here in the states so there really wasn't a whole lot of exciting stuff to see. I did however find some interesting quads...

2007 Kawasaki KFX450

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I like the super narrow lower frame, alot like the Roll Design 250R frames.

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Nice touch with the fat bars

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cdalejef
11-21-2006, 06:46 PM
I am a big time adventure motorcycle rider in my spare time and this my all time favorite adventure bike... the KTM 990 Adventure

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So naturally this quad caught my eye...

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Thats 110 hp of fuel injected v-twin under that plastic!!! According to the builder, they will be importing about 20 of these into the states next year.

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They also had a 525 version as well...

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cdalejef
11-21-2006, 06:54 PM
My TireBall partner in crime Brock was more interested in the locals than quads :rolleyes:

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Street legal quads was the name of the game at this show...

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How about this for a ride your Quadracer 450R to work day?

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cdalejef
11-21-2006, 06:58 PM
The Can-Am Renegade was a big hit with the crowd...

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I can't wait to throw my leg over one of these puppies coming up very soon!!! The Polaris Outlaw 525

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cdalejef
11-21-2006, 07:01 PM
Thats about all the cool stuff as far as quads go, if you like bikes then this is THE show to attend. I was in Adventure bike heaven!

Another one of my favorites, the BMW HP2. This bike did very well at the Baja 1000 last week.

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SGA
12-01-2006, 10:43 PM
Great write up Jeff and the pics were really good.
I bet it was some great sight seeing in germany. Did you get a chance to travel around any?

cdalejef
12-02-2006, 06:57 AM
Very little, it would be dark by the time we left the show each night so it was pretty hard to get any tourist stuff in.