New Bike Fever

I don't see a problem with buying a bike that way. That's how I bought
the Blackbird. I found the ad online (since there aren't many
Blackbirds around for sale) and made the deal one Sunday afternoon. I
sent the owner a deposit of $500 and planned my trips to be in
Knoxville within a couple weeks to buy it. I got off the plane and
called the seller up on the phone. He came by and picked me up in his
car and we went back to his place to sign the papers and let me buy
the bike. Had it not been how he said, he knew I'd be pissed off and
tell him to stuff it. We rode around Knoxville and out to some
highways to get me used to the bike. After a couple hours, I found the
bike to my liking and paid the rest of the money for it. It was
somewhat of a gamble, but the only investment I had in it up to that
point was just a few hundred dollars plus the little bit of
airfare...which my company paid for anyway. To me, it was no different
than finding a bike in the paper and going across town to look at
it...but in my case I had a seller who was very interested in doing a
good transaction and knew I'd be local for a few days.

BTW, the seller was selling all of his bikes with the exception of his
RC51...which he rode while we rode around the area. He was wanting to
sell the bikes to get a nice 4x4. The other bikes he had were a GSX-R,
and a Buell Thunderbolt. After seeing his RC51, I actually wanted that
one instead and would've paid a few thousand bucks more to get
it...but he wouldn't sell it.

 

I don't see a problem with buying a bike that way. That's how I bought
the Blackbird. I found the ad online (since there aren't many
Blackbirds around for sale) and made the deal one Sunday afternoon. I
sent the owner a deposit of $500 and planned my trips to be in
Knoxville within a couple weeks to buy it. I got off the plane and
called the seller up on the phone. He came by and picked me up in his
car and we went back to his place to sign the papers and let me buy
the bike. Had it not been how he said, he knew I'd be pissed off and
tell him to stuff it. We rode around Knoxville and out to some
highways to get me used to the bike. After a couple hours, I found the
bike to my liking and paid the rest of the money for it. It was
somewhat of a gamble, but the only investment I had in it up to that
point was just a few hundred dollars plus the little bit of
airfare...which my company paid for anyway. To me, it was no different
than finding a bike in the paper and going across town to look at
it...but in my case I had a seller who was very interested in doing a
good transaction and knew I'd be local for a few days.

BTW, the seller was selling all of his bikes with the exception of his
RC51...which he rode while we rode around the area. He was wanting to
sell the bikes to get a nice 4x4. The other bikes he had were a GSX-R,
and a Buell Thunderbolt. After seeing his RC51, I actually wanted that
one instead and would've paid a few thousand bucks more to get
it...but he wouldn't sell it.


Kinda like I got the trike. A cheap airline ticket, and a big adventure.
Nothing like it. I would go anywhere in the States to get something if it
was what I wanted. The best bike deals are up north this time of the year.

 

Brian wrote this in regards to buying something across country: ''I
don't see a problem with buying a bike that way. That's how I bought the
Blackbird. I found the ad online (since there aren't many Blackbirds
around for sale) and made the deal one Sunday afternoon.
I sent the owner a deposit of $500 and planned my trips to be
in Knoxville within a couple weeks to buy it. I got off the plane and
called the seller up on the phone.
He came by and picked me up in his car and we went back to his
place to sign the papers and let me buy the bike.
Had it not been how he said, he knew I'd be pissed off and tell
him to stuff it. We rode around Knoxville and out to some highways to
get me used to the bike. After a couple hours,
I found the bike to my liking and paid the rest of the money for
it. It was somewhat of a gamble, but the only investment I had in it up
to that point was just a few hundred dollars plus the little bit of
airfare...which my company paid for anyway.
To me, it was no different than finding a bike in the paper and
going across town to look at it...but in my case I had a seller who was
very interested in doing a good transaction and knew I'd be local for a
few days.
BTW, the seller was selling all of his bikes with the
exception of his RC51...which he rode while we rode around the area.
He was wanting to sell the bikes to get a nice 4x4. The other
bikes he had were a GSX-R, and a Buell Thunderbolt. After seeing his
RC51, I actually wanted that one instead and would've paid a few
thousand bucks more to get it...but he wouldn't sell it. Mr. Brian
Walker--



==Brian====the way you put it, makes me, think a little different about
it. But at my age, I probably will not go any further than Little
Rock, Shreveport, maybe Dallas. (but likely, no further).

I had a friend who sold his 600VTX on ebay. The buyer and he
communicated by email and stuff like that, about making the necessary
arrangements, and stuff. About the second email, back and 4th, Horace
found out that the buyer lived right up the road...Mt.Pleasant. What are
the odds of that.
Using eBay, the buyer couldve lived in Delaware....Cause my buddy
commited himself to shipping it. So Horace,my buddy, trailered the
600VTX right to the fellers doorStep....
<g> =Mr.JayT.=

 

Jerry tell the same thing as Brian did:
‘‘Kinda like I got the trike. A cheap airline ticket, and a big
adventure. Nothing like it. I would go anywhere in the States to get
something if it was what I wanted. The best bike deals are up north this
time of the year. (Jerry, from up in Houston.)

===Jerry, I know it. You are an adven'tourus feller, you are. But
what about the ''traveling expenses'' you two guys ''added into the''
buying equasion? Them AirLine tickets aint' cheap, for instance.
Mr>JayT>

 

Jerry tell the same thing as Brian did:
''Kinda like I got the trike. A cheap airline ticket, and a big
adventure. Nothing like it. I would go anywhere in the States to get
something if it was what I wanted. The best bike deals are up north this
time of the year. (Jerry, from up in Houston.)

===Jerry, I know it. You are an adven'tourus feller, you are. But
what about the ''traveling expenses'' you two guys ''added into the''
buying equasion? Them AirLine tickets aint' cheap, for instance.
Mr>JayT>


It all ain't about money.

 

Yup, sometimes it's about the adventure....

I don't recall EVER buying a motorcycle where after I bought it I rode
it just a few miles to my house and let it sit in my garage. I make
sure the oil is freshly changed when I pick it up and then I ride it
for a week to see how well I like it. Once the week is up, I check
everything out, send it to the shop to get checked out some more, then
I decide if it was money well spent. I figure if I don't like it after
that first week, then the bike will go back up for sale. The closest
I've ever been for that was a Kawasaki I owned early in my riding
time. I rode it for a couple weeks and found that the bike wasn't for
me. Back in those days, there was only one Kawasaki dealer around and
I didn't like dealing with them. The bike was fun off-road, but on the
road it was just crappy.

So anyway, an airplane ticket isn't that much when you figure in all
the benefits of buying long distances. You get a better selection when
you go out of your area, and you might even find good roads to ride
that new bike home along your way...

 

===Luck I guess; for me atleast....I found my Mighty Valk Cruiser,
about 6 miles from the farm area. I've always been a lucky lad.
=Mr.JayT