gregfeeler
Dances With Sheep
I attended the Bike Blues and BBQ at Fayetteville Ar. The BMW demo truck was there and I got to ride 3 including the 1250 GSA. But the workers told me they had well over 200 bikes and several trucks in the demo fleet. Most of the other demo bikes were at Barber.
So I asked why they did not attend the MOA rally, and he said maybe they did not know about it. They certainly could have.
So who ever in the moa leadership should look into this and find the correct person and see if it can happen. They have the bikes and staff.
Also they said that HD sold 40K of the Pan American and GS sales were off about 40K. Wonder how many MOA members bought one.
I rode both back to back, and then took the demo route on my 09 GS. The 1250 is clearly much better. The PA has a motor though. It just does not have the refinement. Of course I am used to how GS feels so maybe I am biased. But back to back rides the difference is apparent.
Rod
Rod,
Not to dampen your enthusiasm, but what you were told by these workers isn't how it really is. All those demo bikes and trucks represent a very significant cost in inventory, personnel and transportation costs, so BMW - like all other bikes companies with a demo fleet - deploys these assets where they think they can get the most *new* customers. A BMW MOA rally is NOT such a place as we have been told repeatedly over the years. I've Chaired or Co-Chaired two rallies, was on the Board for 14 years and President for 4.5 years, and I can assure you that the MOA is always asking for a demo truck. Sometimes when the right person at Motorrad USA is in charge and the truck schedule allows them to attend our rally without going far out of their way then it works out. But, under no circumstances is our rally a prioritized destination on their annual schedule. They see us as a captive market.