I’ve been testing bikes for about two years now and writing for various publications. I focus on the suitability of a particular bike for women riders, whether a beginner or for those who want to change or upgrade. My passion for bikes took me away from home often enough for my husband to buy a Can-Am Spyder, having fallen in love with it ever since he saw a picture of it on the internet. I then met the head of the importers of the bikes who casually asked me one day if I didn’t want to promote the Spyders on a part-time basis.
How lucky can a girl get? Being paid to do what she loves to do – too many people can only dream of that kind of luck.
It has been quite hard work, organising dealer days where the Can-Am products are promoted but focussing on the Spyders; getting the database of owners together; organising events etc. But the effort has paid off. Sales of the RSes are picking up to such an extent that I’m starting to panic about running out of stock for the sale and road show (more about that later).
I’ve managed to “convert” many female partners who were dead set against the bike idea, but after taking them for a ride around the block, they are the ones eager to sign on the dotted line! Most of them agree that a three-wheeler “feels” much safer than a two-wheeler.
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