motorcycle rentals???? anyone

[Nate Dawg]

Has anyone ever rented a motorcycle around here? My wife and I are interested in buying a BMW R1200 GS and would love to rent one for a day or weekend to see if we really want to invest the kind of money involved.
thanks for you help

[akira700]

If you can get to Arlington MA
I'd wait for Greater Boston Motorsports open house...
they offer demo rides on their Bimmers then

[mycirus]

BMW will let you test ride anytime. You can take it for a while too. I know when I test rode an RT1200 at Wagner they were very easy going about it.

Bruce

[KillBill]

Second Wind BMW in Merrimack, NH does demo rides ALL the time.

I've heard the Bimmer is a great bike!!!

[Punjistick]

2nd Wind will let you test ride any time if you make an appointment.

[Nate Dawg]

Thanks for all the info.

[ChR1s]

What other bikes are you considering?


The R1200GS kicks ass ass ass. Way comfy, eats up those shitty roads so common to upstate VT/NH/ME. Extremely manageable on non-paved surfaces while remaining composed at quite a brisk pace on paved surfaces. Not a lot of steam up top, but plenty of power up and down the rev range. Handlling/braking feels a bit funky at first, but feels fine after a couple of miles. Weird having the motor torque the bike to the side, but you ignore it quickly.

The bike is like a gigantic Swiss Army knife. A quality machine that's extremely functional. It'll wheelie, too! It won't get the adrenalic flowing quite like a sportbike, but its competence really allows you to enjoy the ride at a good clip without having to focus so much on making it enjoyable like a sportbike often does. I've never ridden a cushier bike, and wouldnt' want for one. My bro rides two up with his and has no issues/complaints, other than the first year gremlins he's had to chase out.