Kawasaki Dealer's Show Report - Oct. 4-7, 2010

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First, let me apologize about this report being so late. I honestly planned on getting this done last weekend, but things have been hectic at home and work, so it didn't get done till now.

I had a fabulous time in Las Vegas... and did it without any gambling (if you can believe).

I flew to LV by way of American Airlines on Monday, Oct. 4th. Kawasaki was gracious enough to plan a flight from Tyler to Dallas, then from Dallas to LV to keep me from having to drive to Dallas. Very nice of them. I left Tyler around 1:40pm and arrived in LV about 6:30pm. Checked into the Hilton hotel and got some dinner.

My accommodations at the Hilton were great. Kawasaki supplied breakfast and lunch everyday at the show. I stuffed myself so much, I couldn't really eat anything for dinner each night.

Tuesday, October 5th, was the big day and at 10:00am, Kawasaki unveiled their new 2011 product lineup to the dealers and the world. I was impressed with their multi-media show.

I took pics of parts of the show, but took video of the actual unveiling of the new Vaquero.

After the unveiling, we all walked over to the LV convention center to get a first hand look at all of the products. Be sure and check out the pics I have below of the Vaquero at the show.

On Wednesday, the show was much of the same, but I was able to meet and talk with a few people in the Marketing department of Kawasaki and plan some things for our National Rally for next year. More on that later.

Tuesday night, Brian Gibson with the ROK took all of the Affiliate Leaders out to dinner at the Bilagio. Had a good time and got to meet all of the Affiliate leaders for such groups as the Voyager, Concours and got to meet the reps from the VROC and Delphi.

Thursday..... well, it was time to fly home. Left LV at about 9:00am and got back into Tyler, Texas about 5:30pm.

In conclusion, I want to thank Kawasaki for inviting me to the show and for accomodating me the way they did. They are excellent hosts.

- Trip

Video of Vaquero Introduction at Dealer's Show:
(Be sure to watch it to the end where they mention KawaNOW)

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Pics from the Dealer's Show:















Vaquero media package pics: