Thanks guys, and no I'm definitely not giving up riding. I just bought my first house and need to get some finances straighted out. Plus riding here in Myrtle Beach sucks. Straight roads, and bad traffic. I have to drive about 7 hrs to get some good riding in, which was Deal's Gap, until the TN police cracked down.

 

i wont buy something unless i can ride it first. if a seller told me i couldnt ride it even with giving him cash in hand i would find another seller. coming from the seller side i wouldn't let anyone test ride without full asking price in cash in hand. i dont care about m1 endorsement like some people if they have the cash then they can ride. but i agree with vp above that you have the bill of sale filled out ready to go ahead of time that way you have all their info incase anything happens

 

I'm not sure if I can find a link, it was about a year and a half ago.

If I remember correclty, his girl left a few minutes before to go get them coffee or something, and then he actually was just sitting on the bike and asked if he could start it. After he started it, he dropped it in gear and took off. His ride (gf) was already long gone too.

 

Damn. Hope he kept his insurance paid up.

 

If your bike is as clean as you say it is, there is no reason they need to ride it.

 

I let a guy ride my vtx that wanted to buy it but i had a little insurance while he did... his gsxr750

 

yep.. cash in hand or no test drive.. and make them sign a printed doc saying if at anytime in the test drive it doesnt come back as was, that the stipulations in the contract bind the test driver into buying at that point.

thats the only way i do it..

dealerships dont let you test drive them why should i?

 

Hell I never even test drove my 929. The seller asked if I wanted to take it out for a spin, I said nope I will just ride it home.

If you look the bike over top to bottom and listen to her, She will tell ya all her stories.

Now agian if therewas alot of covering up going on I would of wanted to ride it.

 

Presto. Test rides are only for a) newbie joyriding dreamers, and b) serious buyers who deserve to know if there are issues with the bike. And since your 600RR is basically new, well-cared for, and owned only by you, option B is ruled out entirely.

Don't risk it. If anything, include an option to buy it back if it breaks down--which it won't.

 

Does that include, I changed the oil and forgot to add more and it siezed ooppppps I mean it just stopped running clause..

SOLD AS IS is always in bold print