I decided to have my own stand at the Bodensee Motorcycle World and joined forces with a number of companies to get a space at a reasonable price. My first stand was 2.5 x 3 meters (depth) and, in addition to the GS:MotorradMagazin, I offered T-shirts with various motifs and the first stickers.
Between the Bodensee and IMOT Munich trade fairs, I worked on the first GS:MotorradMagazin special issue:Technology. This issue was originally intended to be available exclusively as a free download on the homepage and on Yumpu. It consisted exclusively of already published material from the GS:MotorradMagazin issues published so far and dealt with the technology of the new water- and oil-cooled GS.
Just three weeks later, I was at the IMOT in Munich with a 3 x 3 meter stand. It was in the corner of a hall, but clearly visible thanks to the beach flag. A nice "second-hand" presenter was stocked with everything I had available up to that point. On Saturday, the stand was so full that I was standing in a corner and at times couldn't get out at all.
Three weeks later, I was represented with the GS:MotorradMagazin at the GS-Parts.de stand from Herbolzheim at the Dortmund Motorcycle Fair. This four-day fair was all about "making contacts" and expanding.
My mother, one of the mainstays of my small company, died. I found her in her apartment three days later, suffering from a stroke, and spent seven days and nights at her deathbed. The business was closed for the first time in over 30 years.
The 2nd BMW Motorcycle Days Passau took place at Pentecost.
The first companies offered their products for testing. The number of subscribers continued to rise. In addition to the trade fair presence, it was the two advertisements in the issues of Motorrad+Freizeit that brought in a large number of subscribers and individual sales. Sometimes so many that it took me weeks to process all the orders. My one-man show reached its peak in December when I spent 16 hours a day just printing, packaging, plotting and addressing.
