TwoPort
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For more than a year I've been nice to other bike owners asking about the GT. It always seems like the conversation is missing critical information and I have to prove it is more than moped.
A conversation I had last night is motivating me to try something else. I was standing with a friend - a Harley owner - looking at my GT and talking about it. He asked how fast it went and I said over 100mph. Then we went on with other comments about the ride, etc. Then he asks: "Can it go on the freeway?" I felt a little surprised and a little irritated. I mean, where does this come from? It is not a small looking bike, especially with the rear box. And I just told him it is plenty fast enough And he asks this???
Honestly - I'd say this is how 95% of the conversations go with bike owners.
So I'm going to try positioning the bike differently to see how it goes. For Harley owners I'm going to try: "Yah, it's very interesting. It's BMW's new Harley killer - a faster and more comfortable touring bike than a Harley; and the funny thing is they did it with only a CVT. Isn't that amazing?"
This will drive more interesting conversations for sure. But you can bet I won't do it in a crowd of Harley owners because I want to make it home as well.
A conversation I had last night is motivating me to try something else. I was standing with a friend - a Harley owner - looking at my GT and talking about it. He asked how fast it went and I said over 100mph. Then we went on with other comments about the ride, etc. Then he asks: "Can it go on the freeway?" I felt a little surprised and a little irritated. I mean, where does this come from? It is not a small looking bike, especially with the rear box. And I just told him it is plenty fast enough And he asks this???
Honestly - I'd say this is how 95% of the conversations go with bike owners.
So I'm going to try positioning the bike differently to see how it goes. For Harley owners I'm going to try: "Yah, it's very interesting. It's BMW's new Harley killer - a faster and more comfortable touring bike than a Harley; and the funny thing is they did it with only a CVT. Isn't that amazing?"
This will drive more interesting conversations for sure. But you can bet I won't do it in a crowd of Harley owners because I want to make it home as well.
