Author Topic: MOTORCYCLE SHOW NEC (Read 7590 times)

SEPTIKANGEL · « **on:** 18 October 2012, 11:57:33 pm »

£16 a ticket, £4 a programme and £10 to park!!!!
How can the NEC justify these charges? I've just been to the caravan show last Tuesday which is massive and entry was £5, with free programme AND free parking!!
What makes the NEC think that bikers can afford this rip off!!

DryRob · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 October 2012, 12:02:12 am »

The same thing that makes Yamaha it's reasonable to pay nearly £9grand for a new bike, they know that we'll just complain for a while and pay anyway.

purplebear7 · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 October 2012, 03:47:58 am »

$:\$ And don't even dare to think about buying a Coffee and Sticky Bun!
A good Packed Lunch and Flasks will be the order of the day

Stay Safe

Polar Bear

Robbie8666 · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 October 2012, 09:57:15 am »

just thinking about this, not got the full details but....,
cars that tow caravans must take up twice if not three times as much space as a bike so that means that as more people will go to bike show on bikes than they did for caravans they could make upto £30 / space!!!

yeah bikers will still go no matter what the cost as they always will but how many will only go every 2 or 3 years rather than every year at this rate!!

short sighted money grabbers!!!

DryRob · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 October 2012, 12:21:13 pm »

on a slightly related topic, would this be a good place to get cheap gear?

locksmith · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 October 2012, 12:23:09 pm »

So who sets ticket and car parking prices, is it the venue or the show organiser?

Streetbudgie · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 October 2012, 12:56:05 pm »

IMO this is because motorcycling has been turned into a hobby rather than what it is - a mode of transport which is cheaper and quicker than the alternatives like cars and public transport.

It also helps that it makes you look double hard and chicks dig bikers and bikes, especially when you've just turned 16 and you've got your own wheels for the first time.

Because of the hobby bikers that infest the countryside at weekends either riding beyond their talent or causing havoc on the roads with inappropriate stunting, the image is that motorcycling is a dispensable luxury, hence the rising cost to attend the NEC Bike Show.

Well not for me it ain't, it never has been, I have always had a bike to get me from A to B and I for one resent the image that hobby bikers have given motorcycling.

You want a hobby? Take up fishing, I've heard it's very relaxing.

ghostbiker · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 October 2012, 01:06:10 pm »

I thought it was free to park with a bike, it was just cars etc that had to pay? im sure it allways used to be but last year i went in a minibus so not sure.

GrahamB · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 October 2012, 04:50:45 pm »

Quote from: DryRob on 19 October 2012, 12:21:13 pm

on a slightly related topic, would this be a good place to get cheap gear?

Bought 1 piece BKS silverstone suit last year for 200 notes & AGV S-4 Stealth for 110. I park at the train station & walk down. 5 mins from there & fair bit cheaper if I remember right. Skint as a bone this year so will just be going to look at the totty & maybe 1 or 2 bikes.

chris.biker · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 October 2012, 05:27:56 pm »

http://www.motorcyclelive.co.uk/?gclid=CNGMs4W_jbMCFe_MtAodgCgANg

This might help, motorcycle parking is free but only what is available ( no worries if its raining).

chaz · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 October 2012, 12:33:57 am »

Only been once think it was in 96 won 2 tickets from BSH mag overnight hotel and they paid the bar tab plus entry into the bike museum had to pay 4 quid to park at nec so not quite freeby lol.

manuel32 · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 October 2012, 07:16:04 am »

Shall we go for a look? its been years since i went there.

pitternator · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 October 2012, 12:03:55 pm »

aye, its dear...but fecking thousands flock there,..... I have been I think every year for last 15 yrs. Always been rammed, weekends and weekdays.
Often its a good place to meet up old friends etc, but dear for what it is.You can try the train and walk in from the station, its not that far.

manuel32 · « **Reply #13 on:** 21 October 2012, 12:45:24 pm »

My train, which i never use,,haha, will cost £17.00, one change, this might be a day out

Parking, £10
Train £17
Show £16
Proggrm £4

Grub,coffe£14
Goodies £???

So about £61.00 plus anything i cannot say no to,

FuZzBoM · « **Reply #14 on:** 21 October 2012, 07:01:10 pm »

I always drive, i find if you can get 4 or more to share cost of fuel and parking its cheaper than the train. also if you buy lots of goodies you have a boot for them

noggythenog · « **Reply #15 on:** 21 October 2012, 08:55:34 pm »

Hey streetbudgie, im a hobby biker, but i ride on weekdays too, does that count, im sad to hear your views on people riding just for fun, perhaps you should stop typing for fun and leave it to the real writers,

You dont work for the government do you, politicians would love it if nobody had any fun and the roads were completely clear just for them to get from a to b,

I knock my pan in to save some cash and go out for a bit of fun on a sunday and dont kill anyone, besides its up to me if i wanna travel 200 miles for a pint o milk and my mode of transport happens to be a bike,

The only ones at fault are the manufacturers or sellers who fill their pockets.

locksmith · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 October 2012, 02:16:02 pm »

Sorry if my hobby puts the show ticket price up.
Started fishing and biking as hobbies when I was sixteen, the fishing didn't last long though!

DryRob · « **Reply #17 on:** 22 October 2012, 03:27:50 pm »

So you're the one pushing up the price of my fish and chips

locksmith · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 October 2012, 04:08:37 pm »

Don't get me started on the price of cod

taylor · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 October 2012, 08:39:12 pm »

apart from my hobby of motorcycling, i also enjoy walking, perhaps i will walk the 100 miles to the nec to avoid upsetting anyone.

Pat · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 October 2012, 10:33:36 pm »

Quote from: taylor on 22 October 2012, 08:39:12 pm

apart from my hobby of motorcycling, i also enjoy walking, perhaps i will walk the 100 miles to the nec to avoid upsetting anyone.

In which case just make sure you do it mid-week so as not to clutter up the pavement at the weekend & spoil it for everyday walkers on their way to Tescos for a loaf & a pint of milk...

noggythenog · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 October 2012, 10:49:53 pm »

I hereby retract my previous statement of extreme bitchyness!, was having a bad day,

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and hobbies,

Dynamite fishing looks quite enjoyable.

All is good

Lazarus · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 October 2012, 11:42:51 pm »

was at the show last year and got a few bargains.

Wont be there this year though - expensive day out.

Hotel room £44
Evening "Beverages" - £?
Ticket : £16
Parking £10
Petrol. £100ish

even the biggest discount on stuff I dont need still means its expensive.

GrahamB · « **Reply #23 on:** 23 October 2012, 09:48:45 am »

Quote from: Pat on 22 October 2012, 10:33:36 pm

Quote from: taylor on 22 October 2012, 08:39:12 pm
apart from my hobby of motorcycling, i also enjoy walking, perhaps i will walk the 100 miles to the nec to avoid upsetting anyone.

In which case just make sure you do it mid-week so as not to clutter up the pavement at the weekend & spoil it for everyday walkers on their way to Tescos for a loaf & a pint of milk...

Bloody weekend walkers, ruining it for us hard core daily types.

taylor · « **Reply #24 on:** 25 October 2012, 08:14:22 pm »

just for you two pat and graham b, i shall saddle up a little donkey, and trek up the canals of wales brecon, and then on to the nec, birmingham. so all the pepole on there way to tesco need not worry.

they could even stop me for donkey milk.