Well Matt:
I think they are relying on you to get the word out to Enfield Riders. If we get a group together they will probably hustle out to get whatever supplies they need while this is going on. Possibly they are going to announce their British day on another Date. Not a problem for me, I'd just like to meet-up with other Enfield riders. I'm going to check it out, planning or no.
Neil and Buzzy the Bullet.
Neil -
That's not the impression I got. This was sounding like a major event that they were planning to attract interest in their new Triumph dealership-ness, and there were only a couple of possible dates available to them. The latest couple of communications I had with my contact there said,
We will be doing extensive radio advertising of the event as well as cross promoting with Iron and Air Magazine and the British Beer Company so I'm sure there will be plenty of people here.
and at the end of July,
I'm meeting with the head chef from British Beer Company tomorrow to plan the food for the event.
Maybe I'm just too anal about these things (after all, I'm the one that always arrives at the movie half an hour early), but I just don't understand why they haven't come up with anything by now.
I'm not worried one way or the other; the original plan, after all, was just for us to have a place to meet, and that's what will happen regardless. The only Enfield riders I can get the word out to are the ones that frequent this forum - they're the only ones I know! There's only 11 guys on our NE list; NPS is one of North America's more successful Enfield dealers, so they've got a lot bigger list of names (mostly UCE owners, I imagine) than I do! They said they were going to contact their Enfield customer list with an announcement about the event, so if it works out, hopefully we'll see a good turnout. They're closed today, Monday, but I dropped them an email to ask if they had any publicity info ready yet - nothing on their website that I could find, but if/when I get something, I'll post it here.
I was hoping maybe to get with whichever Maine guys were going to come, but I'll be in NH already by Thursday morning, to deliver my bike to their shop. If I get my bike back before the day, maybe I could meet up somewhere with whoever is coming from the east to ride in together. Or, if anybody is spending the night nearby, perhaps a "local" Saturday afternoon ride somewhere could be planned?
Regardless, I'll be there and I look forward to meeting whoever makes it!