Toronto Motorcycle Show

Photos by Lynn Craig >>

First of all, the COG GTA group would also like to recognize the tremendous effort and support from Richard DeJong #2672. Richard was instrumental in organizing and setting up a COG booth at both the January and April Motorcycle shows held in Toronto. He also generously provided mechanical assistance at the April show when one display bike went out of commission (J-box!!!) by providing a spare unit that the owner was able to install to restore the bike to service. Thank you for your enthusiasm and the hard work you do on behalf of COG.

Having a COG booth at both the January and April Toronto Motorcycle shows has had many benefits. We have generated a lot of interest and exposure for the club to people who own a Concours but had not heard of COG. Other visitors to the booth were very serious about buying a Connie and found our members to be a wealth of information about the bikes and COG. Some visitors were not aware of the Connie but really liked what they saw and heard about the bike and have added it to their "to be seriously looked at" list. Our positive presence also encourages people that already own Connies to drop by even if they are not members and the more they see of us the more likely they are to become members in the future. From the member's side, participating in the bike shows provided an opportunity to get to know each other better as well share information with people about the bikes in our display and our club. As a direct result of the bike shows, the GTA COG group has received several letters of thanks from visitors to the booth who are now COG members and proud new owners of a Kawasaki Concours. We look forward to promoting COG again at future motorcycle shows.