Test riding bikes just for fun. Acceptable?

britboy4321 · 18 Aug 2010 at 13:56

You're 99.9% set on buying bike A.

Acceptable to take bike 'B' on a test ride, really, secretly just for the fun of it - there's 0.01% chance of you buying it whatever it's like?

eidolon · 18 Aug 2010 at 14:19

If you're at a dealers with your mind set on bike A, but they also have bike B available (and bike C for that matter) then I don't think it's unacceptable to try bike B and C just to ensure that you're making the right decision. If you didn't then you'd never know that bike A really was the right choice.

It's different if you're just going to random dealers and riding bikes for the fun of it I guess.

Ghosteh · 18 Aug 2010 at 14:23

I think I ****ed off my local BMW dealership the other day when I test rode an R1200 RT, and after I finished, I said I loved it, and I'd be very likely get one, just not from them, from Park Lane dealership in London.. He didn't seem best pleased lol.

radderfire · 18 Aug 2010 at 14:26

britboy4321 said:
You're 99.9% set on buying bike A.

Acceptable to take bike 'B' on a test ride, really, secretly just for the fun of it - there's 0.01% chance of you buying it whatever it's like?

My view is it would be acceptable providing you were going to buy a new bike from the dealer where you are test riding. If you aren't going to buy from them, it's unfair to waste their time, as time is money.

Rgds