Rate the NEC Show

Less of us went to the NEC Show this year than in 2003. So what put you off?

The number of bike fans at the final Saturday of this year’s NEC bike show was more than 2000 up on the previous year. But over all attendances were down 12 per cent on 2003. The premium-priced Preview Day on the 5th was down more than 3000 on 2003 while the first Saturday of the event was down almost 6000.

The total 2004 attendance was 166,194 compared to 188,541 in 2003.

Traders say they weren’t bothered by the lower numbers. They were still doing good business.

“Fantastic show with a great atmosphere. The numbers may have been down but you could notice the difference in quality” Kawasaki

“Every bit as good as last year but not as many timewasters” DynoJet UK

“Very Impressed. The show warmed up a little in the second week and we’ve taken thousands of enquires” Datatag

“Despite slightly lower attendances we’ve had genuine quality customers” Harley-Davidson

“Successful overall with good levels of interest” Ducati

“A successful show with all our new models being very well received especially the MT-01 and our range of 125’s” Yamaha

“Quality over quantity – our leads are definitely up” BMW

“Started slowly but a great final weekend, absolutely no complaints” Honda

Why do you think numbers were down? If you went in 2003 but didn’t bother this year what was the reason? Will you be back in 2005? Click on the “related topic” link, right, to add your comments and rate the show.