I'm sure I'll be there for a day. Steve, meet up with me in the Troy area and we could ride up from there. Hope you like to ride fast! My place is literally like 30min from lake George, you could crash there for the night if you want.
The demo rides are nice, they did have a gen2 at the Yamaha tent last year. Tip for that though is to go mid week. If you go on Saturday better be waiting at the tent an hour before they start otherwise you'll never get a demo spot. Even mid week they were booked for the day by about 10-11 am.
There's so many hardlys with straight pipes the police won't notice one more loud bike. They do tend to camp near this one "showoff stoplight" that's right in front of a bar with a large deck facing the road. Seen them bust people for burnouts. Their other main point is parking. If you park on the street(good luck) you need a "PP" sticker. Otherwise you have to pay like $5 for a private lot.
The vendor zone (tour expo) is pretty huge as well, though it's nothing you haven't seen at any other mc rally. Last year I didn't really find any wonderful bargains, most stuff was right around retail.
We should all take a Harley and race them out of town a ways(HD let's you just take the bike, don't have to go in a guided group like everyone else does). That's how I know a XR1200s top speed is 112, I took it on he highway and pinned it, haha.