ABR Festival 2024 Review Good Bad Ugly. What you need to know attending ABR
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- Understand the festival and how it works. Great festival however, you should be aware of some of the things that happen at the ABR. This year, 2024, it was better and larger than 2023. I suspect 2025 will be even bigger.
www.abrfestival.com/ for 2025 - Zábava
re the food again !
I was there in 23 and the queues were ridiculous, however this year I didnt have to at all....
leaving the festival at 12.00 on Sunday on a bike took me 45 mins !
Lot's of useful information. Good job! Cheerio!!
Thanks Larry 👍
An honest fair take on the festival. Will bring walkie talkies next year, saw a few people walking round with them! Exiting on the last day saw some idiot security guard trying to ditect traffic, he had no clue the correct hand signals. Even waved some bikers directly into traffic! Anyway great video! 👍 Ride safe.
That's a great idea Gary 👍
Good and balanced review of the event. I went along this year and I have already booked for next year so it’s a positive from me. I think the major manufacturers just want to capture your contact details for marketing purposes. I test rode a Harley and already had a follow up email on the Sunday on the way home.
Sounds like you had a great time Andy. Can't wait for 2025 😆
Thanks for this informative video BP, just what i need to know were i considering going to this event. Being in an internet black hole could well put me off though.
Hi Gordon, looking at one of the other responses, if you are on 3, then maybe you will have a better time regard access to the internet. However, the group that I was with which covered numerous suppliers did not have great access. However, it is worth going to the event for sure 👍
@@bankruptpensioner Hi BP, I Always thought the ABR festival was aimed at adventure bike riders and as i ride road machines ie: BSA Legacy Gold Star, Harley Davidson Night train and my Triumph Scrambler 400x it was not therefore for me. My smart phone is using Smarty which is EE. It does sound interesting though.
I feel this is a very negative review at best, I was probably one of the fortunate few who had a great signal l, being on the 3 network, I had no issues whatsoever, prices were realistic for this type of event but most importantly, the bar prices were very good. It's an event in a field in the middle of nowhere, get over it and enjoy just being there. It's not all about internet connectivity, enjoy getting away from technology and meeting people with one common interest, that being motorcycles.
As for the ground being hard and not being able to tap in your tent pegs, FFS, nuff said.
Hi Richard, bumped into you Friday morning in the shop next to the AA repair tent, agree internet is dreadful my friend talked to Allan Davies the organizer and he stated he was quoted £250,000 for the weekend which is obscene ,simply un affordable.Fantastic weekend simply the best.Oh the long delay leaving Sunday apparently caused by all the vans were being checked as a Himalayan was stolen Saturday evening no idea if this is true
Hi Mark, great to say hello in the shop. We should have spoken for longer. Ahh, this makes sense. They are looking for an RE. I wonder if it was found. Hope so. Yes, 250k is ridiculous. Fibre must be to Radley Hall. I would wire up and access point to the main grounds using long CAT6 cabling. That would suffice and cost far less than 250k. Leave the SSID open and anyone can join. Also, have dedicated access points for the manufacturers to have access on their systems etc. One person to support the network for the long weekend. Maybe I should do that for them next year 😆
took me 3 mins to book in !!
About 1 hour for us
I had no problem booking test rides? Didn’t use the internet just turned up and got in line👍
I also didn’t eat at the festival, loads of pubs and take aways locally available.
That is interesting Ian. What bikes did you get to ride? I am curious
I was able to ride 9 bikes in total over the weekend, BMW, Suzuki, Yamaha, triumph, Royal Enfield and CFmoto 👍 I actually tried to but the CFmoto when I got home but they are all sold until March next year!
@@iangriffiths9930 that's really interesting Ian. After the first day, we gave up on the major manufacturers due to the queue lengths and issues with tech to book the riders on. Must be my bad luck I guess 😆
re food prices...Ithink it depends on where you live ,I thought they were fair but I live in the South East, beer was £5.50 a pint...£2.50 cheaper than here !!
wow, £9 for a pint. Am I right on that? 😥
Some useful info, most CZcamsrs sing its praises like it's the best thing since sliced bread so a bit of a balanced view is good. Not one for me though it's far too expensive and I would rather spend the same or less on a weekend away.
If you can, come next year and you can join our team 👍
@@bankruptpensioner I should go but it really get to me to pay that amount of money for what is essentially a trade show.
@@Grumpy-Goblin as with me, the cost is what I class as crazy - another reason why I don't go to concerts today, just too expensive on the tickets
I thought the cost to be ok. 🤷
@@iangriffiths9930 it's all relative I guess but I won't pay over £100 to go and look at bikes that I can see and test ride for free at dealers. Not interested in listening to CZcamsrs talking about stuff you can see for free on CZcams and I'm not interested in listening to bands I've never heard of. I would rather spend that same money on a weekend camping somewhere nice. Just a personal choice.
Quite misleading as there is a huge amount of security, just none searching people randomly on the way in.
I’d class that as a positive point myself as you also complain about the speed of checking in. Security checks would drastically increase check in times.
Hi Craig, I observed the 'security' as more marshalling (which is good). And yes, you are right, the less security is a good thing however, I now understand that a RE Himalayan was stolen, hence the search of the van on exit. The guys were looking for something very specific, which, sounds reasonable 👍
@@bankruptpensioner They are extremely pro active dealing with all antisocial elements and they run dog patrols around the grounds at night.
Good information about the ABR but not for me I hate public toilets and showers it’s just me it’s a long way for me to go and it just sounds a lot of hassle for me because of problems I have but for those who go I’m sure it is a great show and very enjoyable if your a lot younger than me and fitter I hope you enjoyed it and enjoy it for years to come take care ride safe
I do understand Nicholas - to be honest, camping on such a larger scale at festivals is not my thing either however, needs must etc etc 😆