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Post 257: Romania? ... Thank you very much


I was reading through issue 143 of The Riders Digest and on page 85, came across something quite unusual. It was a full page advertisement for an accident claims management company that specialises in claims resulting from motorcycle accidents. Nothing really unusual about that you might think, and you'd be absolutely right, but this one was slightly different. The photograph used in the advertisement showed a biker entering a bend aboard a BMW K1300R along with the question .... 'HAD A MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT?'

The photograph was actually one taken of 'Me', and thankfully my answer to the question was 'No'. Ironically when it comes to motorbikes my only notable talent is for not crashing, but once I'd discovered the reason for my photograph appearing in the advertisement, I really wasn't bothered. It hadn't been used as an example of an accident waiting to happen, it was just a 'Stock Photograph' that the publisher had used in order to meet a fast approaching print deadline. I went about my life and thought nothing more about it until I received an email from TRD. Would I like to go on a two-week tour of Romania? After quickly establishing what the cost of such an adventure would be, which was thankfully nothing, I could only agree.

So in June 2010, I'll be riding around Transylvania for a couple of weeks on a BMW 650GS as a guest of the Romanian Tourist Authority. Aside form the obvious, I really don't know very much about Romania and so I'll need to do a little reading on the Internet. It's a hard old life.

5 comments:

Jason Simonds said...

I think it unwise to travel such a country alone. I highly recommend that you allow me to accompany you on this hazardous venture!

Anonymous said...

It would be a good idea to have a stout lad from 'British West Hartlepool' bringing up the rear, on a Tiger.

'Blue 88' said...

Hey lads, if I could then I would, but as I can't then I won't. Blag your own freebies ;-)

boonville calling said...

and if you claim for 'that accident' that was obviously about to happen the company will give you £150 straight away which you can put toward your spending money!

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