1250 review, GS variant.

[Grumpy Goat]

Do the dealers in your area not let you take a bike out by yourself?

It depends on the salesman I guess. I have had instances where the salesman did that and others where they simply get ready and came along. The one that let me "take the bike for as long as I wanted" (with no special knowledge of me) ended up selling me the RS that is my present ride. He has since moved on from that dealership after spending some time as a service advisor (purgatory?) although he was a very nice fellow / salesman. They have since changed sales management and other salesmen have moved on. So much so that I don't feel as familiar there anymore and any sense of loyalty has gone.

The dealership I go to now seem to be a decent lot and I did take one bike out on a test ride from them (2018 BMW R310R) and it was by myself.