I dono if this is the right place to post but here goes. So a good friend of mine Had a 2007 cbr 600rr anyways he was looking to sell it so i posted it on Craigslist.. big mistake some guy calls says he has cash wants to meet at home depot we met up a couple hrs later talking threw phone on and off... when we get there he is leaning on what we thought was his car a nice newer bmw talked about the bike and he said his wife and kids where inside shopping, that he wanted to take it up the road for a test ride he would be right back...handed us keys to his car.. or so we thought the guy hauled *** never came back tryed his key ya didnt fit about 45 min later after the cops where there the owner of the car came out a 70 year old woman. This is crazy the frigging cop thought this was funny, not finding the humor here at all. Anyways guys watch out this was some crazy stuff i never imagined would or could happen..Damn thief was smart, hoping i run into him someday. cop says they will put out an app but the likely hood is slim that this sounds like a pro job

 

oo ya the phone that he used was registered in jose cuervo's name wtf really.. Nothing at this point surprises me

 

Man that sucks. Sry to here that. Seems this year has been one of the worst years for stolen bikes.

 

Ya it has man its crazy, I started calling around to all the police stations in the area know one was surpurised.. Just sucks being this close to cristmas and all i dono it wil work out, sooner or later he will get his.

 

****...sorry to hear thieves still pulling this serious buyer test ride & steal stunt. It's been done repeatedly... It gets much tougher to sell a bike now a days

 

Sorry to hear this. Having been a victim of bike theft, I know that feeling.

As a rule of thumb to any seller... *NEVER* ever let someone test-ride your bike unless there's cash-in-hand & a signed bill of sale (including DL# & verifiable address).

 

+1 also I look to make sure they have there motorcycle endorsement.

 

As a rule of thumb to any seller... *NEVER* ever let someone test-ride your bike unless there's cash-in-hand & a signed bill of sale (including DL# & verifiable address

The bad part is usually i do just not this time ya know i had his car keys i thought and his family i thought was inside..never agin crazy never figured on that happening especially after talking with him for an hour sounded like an ok guy and all a true con for sure

 

man, sorry to hear taht. this is a second thread like this im reading here in few months.

as for you as a buyer, wouldnt you want to test ride the bike you about to spend few grand on. there is a lot of bikes out there that are crap.

 

Cardinal Rule # 1

NEVER, EVER, NEVER GIVE YOUR KEYS TO A BUYER !


(i.e. I sold a bike once and the guy was like oh wow nice bike can I just take the bike right up the road and back? I told him NO WAY BRO, I never, ever give out test rides. He said oh ok you got it). Gave me the money and I told him here you go so long.