The rain was one thing, you can handle a little rain. Or a lot of rain. At the annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, California, it rained the entire time, two inches of the stuff over the course of the show’s six or so hours. The Quail Motos had never been rained on before in all their 14 years. So maybe it was time. And organizer Gordon McCall, director of motorsports for the Peninsula Signature Events, took it in stride.
Changing budgets and the rise of highly targeted internet marketing mean motorcycle and car manufacturers aren’t supporting traditional shows like this, or Tokyo, Detroit, L.A., Geneva, etc. etc.Yamaha was there, God bless ‘em. Yamaha has been at every Quail since the first one in 2010. Indian had a booth. Morgan West, a dealer in Santa Monica, brought a Super 3.