Returning to a Brand: A Story of 2 BMWs and 1 Jack
Returning to a Brand: A Story of 2 BMWs and 1 Jack
Tue, 17/05/11 – 11:12 | 5 Comments

I don’t like salesman Jack much; my inner voice has dubbed him Jack, short for “Jackass”. Despite my introduction including I’m a former BMW R1200GS rider, he’s walked me over to a bike that, “would be perfect for me.” It is a KLR 250. A 250. I repeat, a 250. So what’s delivered me into the hands of the sexist now HOLDING THE HANDLEBARS FOR ME? As if I, a girl, couldn’t possibly hold the meagre 250 up by myself.

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