OK, seeing as this won't go away, I'll respond to one part of Shauns reply then walk away.
As our event is a race meeting it would be unlikely that a large number of your attendees would favour us over your static display. Equally the vast majority of our members would be unlikely to attend the show and shine. Especially as we are a Pre '90 focused group.
The words that resonate in the above paragraph are
your and
our. Our event is a show to firstly, display our sport to a pulic that's unaware of our existence and secondly, to raise some money for worthy causes within our movement. Unless I've read it all wrong, your group is a part of the overall VMX sport and for that reason I would have thought that using the opportunity to promote the Pre 90 movement to the general public would be a positive thing. The first sentence "
As our event is a race meeting it would be unlikely that a large number of your attendees would favour us over your static display". shows a lack of understanding as to the concept of our show. The show is to promote
all facets of vintage off road motorcycling so to think our target entrant and yours is different is plain and simply wrong. We
wanted the pre 90 guys to think that they were welcome.
Because my main interest lies in the pre 75 movement doesn't mean that the Show'n'Shine is concentrated on those bikes. All divisions are welcome and encouraged, even speedway and dirt track.
Shaun I honestly admire what you've done to get the Pre 90 group where you are and fully understand your dedication and passion. I was once "you" so I know how hard it is. I was amiss in not including the Hunter in my criticism but please remember that we're all in this together, them and us attitudes are not what we're about.
United we stand, divided we fall.
