I’m going to be in the very fortunate position of getting my first brand new bike in the next couple of months but I’ve gotten really frustrated at the lack of bikes available for test drives. I know there isn’t the volume of business to have demos for every make and model but they really do seem few and far between across the board.

I’ve never bought a machine, new or used before, without at least a 20/30 minute spin and was wondering how other folk deal with it. Bearing in mind I’d be planning on keeping whatever I do go with for the next 10 years, I want to be sure it’s right for me.