Tips and experiences, please. John Dwyer.
In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:24:28 +1100 First try and sell to people you know or friends of people you know. This is easier if you have a eurobike or some other "enthusiast" bike which has a community around it. Possible gotchas with selling - the prospective buyer nicks it on a test ride - the prosepective buyer trowels it on the test ride. - the prospective buyer comes back and nicks it later - the payment fails. How you handle test rides is up to you. No one buying a bike from a stranger can expect more of a test ride than enough to tell if it will jump out of gear, wobble horribly, or make nasty noises. So get their licence, check the photo, and hold it while they are riding. That solves number one. If you aren't insured and you think the buyer is liable to do something stupid then say "no ride" and maybe lose that sale. Trust your judgement about how likely someone is to throw it away up the end of the street. I would never buy a bike without me or someone I trust riding it, I've never been refused a ride. But then I am not a man under 25 looking to buy a fancy sportbike. A legit buyer is as worried about it being stolen as you are about someone stealing it. So telling them you will show it to them at somewhere that isn't the address in the rego papers is a big red flag. If it is a bike you think someone might steal, then have it out on the front drive when they get there and the rest of the place locked up. Keep the bike elsewhere - mate's garage, or in the house, or really well secured. get them to pay via bank deposit. everyone can do that now. If not, then a bank cheque is mostly OK but they can be forged. Cash is always good, the bod who bought the 850T paid cash. Zebee
In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:21:21 +1000 Don't rub it in! I'm already getting seller's remorse about letting someone else cafe it. I have visiting rights though. Zebee
