Don't know about R class but when I was looking for a big bike in Feb after ~ 10 years without owning one I went for loads of test rides at various dealers and they all had me sign a "rental agreement" before the test ride basically stating if I crashed I paid first $2000 excess. The only one that did not just hand me the keys was a shop ( the first shop actually ) in Joondalup, as I was not really sure what type of bike I wanted ( apart from needing to be quite large for my 6'1" /130kg frame ) he shadowed me as we went out - me on a 600 hornet and him on a VTR1000 through Ocean Reef then we swapped bikes ( not sure what he thought when I lofted the front wheel coming back onto Marmion towards Shenton Ave though )
Did get one that queried the "K class" on my licence though as the licence was a 5 year job which still had the old classes on it
FWIW I would have walked out the door if any had said buy without a test ride
because as it turned out after riding several types of bikes several times I really started to narrow down which bikes were comfortable and suitable for the 45-50 min ride to work and back up to Wooroloo at highway speeds
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98 BADASS TITANIUM BLACKBIRD
Past bikes 1982 XS250 Yamaha &
1983 CB750F with 900 motor
