I like to go when I can get tix for free or whatever, but definitely don't go for gear... although the shoddy Canadian dollar means there's no more deals down south anymore. Last year I fell in love with the new Ducati Scrambler bikes, but I'll never buy a new bike with all the taxes and fees... I pretty much go to take my yearly picture sitting on the S1000RR I'll never own LOL...
All I can say is the bike has aged since its debut better than I have
I agree with the poster above, I see some cool gear I'm interested in sometimes, but get the "You need to go to a store and hopefully they might stock it (re: order it in if you pay for it and hope it fits because you'll be stuck with a re-stocking fee otherwise)" speech, but that's because the biggest floorspace there for products is a supplier of lines, not a storefront... which is annoying because it's supposed to be a consumer show, not an industry trade show.