AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2024

Hi, never made it to either. Also!

Wondering if anyone is traveling from the East? Traveling on Interstate I-90 West? Coming Thru Western New York, Near Buffalo / Niagara Falls.
Im 4 minutes from Exit 52E
I could give up some Z-KZ left overs.
to sell  (50% / 50%) split…

Marty in Buffalo

Weather was picture perfect.  Nice north breeze until Sun. AM & low dew point kept skies clear & comfy cool.  No epic thunderstorms scattering popups around & stacking them like twisted steel spiders like in some years past.  Only thing truly epic was the dust, but it's always dusty there.

We did well in our swap meet site(s).  Our long-time partner became ill late the week before & couldn't come, so we had stupid-big room to spread out in two swap spaces.  Crowds seemed better on Fri. than on Sat. !

Japanese & UK brokers were there as usual, buying bikes & parts for export.  They got deep pockets, but stuff leaving the States make things more difficult & expensive for our U.S. members.

Impromptu crowdsourced fireworks show Sat. night as usual; overflow parking acres vs camping acres vs swap acres.  We saw no Kǒngmíng lanterns (sky lanterns) this year for a change.  Probably a good thing, dry as things are.

Nerdy dropped by a couple of times to talk, and another KZR member (sorry, don't remember the name) who recognized slmjim's  KZR T-shirt stopped to say 'Hi'.  The Lovely Z1BEBE volunteered at the VJMC swap site booth Fri. & Sat.

Good Times!  We'll be back next year.

Good Ridin'
slmjim & Z1BEBE

slmjim+Z1BEBE wrote:

and another KZR member (sorry, don't remember the name) who recognized slmjim's  KZR T-shirt stopped to say 'Hi'.

I reckon that was probably me.  Even though I swore off buying any more bikes there, somehow now I find myself the new owner of an almost-completely stock 84 GPz1100 in mostly-running condition.