There’s a connection and in Megan’s own words, “it
was love at first sight”.
“We turned up one Saturday morning,” explains
Megan as she remembers first visiting BMW Southbank
(Melbourne, Australia). “They handed me the keys of an
olive green F800GS and said, ‘take it for the day and make
sure you get on some dirt’.
“Previously I’d only ever really ridden a Yamaha
XVS650 (Vstar) which I loved but in reality, was just not
100% comfortable on,” she explains that she wanted
something with a more upright seating position.
“I test rode multiple bikes including the Triumph Tiger
and Suzuki Vstrom, with my heart set on the Tiger,” she
continues as the story leads us to non-existent custom-
er service from both manufacturers. “I was pleasantly
surprised to discover that the BMW was well within my
budget and actually cheaper than the Triumph.”
Megan continues that the customer service from BMW
has kept her loyal to the brand and found that she has
had to do very little to ‘make the bike hers’.
“There’s no modifications, she’s stock standard,” Me-
gan continues before correcting herself.
“She does have adventure pegs and ‘pussy grips’,” she
laughs. Apparently, it’s a comfort thing and we discover
that ‘pussy grips’ are a brand of foam hand grip.
“I did contemplate having the bike lowered when I
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