Selling a motorcycle, couple logistical questions.

[ChadAmberg]

Bill of sale is nice, mostly for you to say "THIS IS AN AS-IS SALE" so no coming back a week later when he ran it into a curb trying for money back and pissing and moaning.

Once you get acceptable form of payment in your hands, you then sign the back of the title, being careful to do it in the right spots for date, signature, and printed. Then they sign it, don't let them jump titles. Take a pic of the front and back. Take off the plates, throw them the keys, have a nice day. If they buy between 9am and 5pm, they're supposed to come with paper temp tags to drive away, but if it's after 5pm, the bill of sale lets them drive it home. Pretty crazy huh...

The key with motorcycles is, the test ride. Buyers want to do it, sellers shouldn't allow it. If someone has a motorcycle endorsement on their license already, then maybe I'd let them sit on it and rev the engine, etc. I'd ride it up and down the street for them, maybe let them ride bitch on the back so they'd feel how smooth it is.

[buffalobo]

Bill of sale is nice, mostly for you to say "THIS IS AN AS-IS SALE" so no coming back a week later when he ran it into a curb trying for money back and pissing and moaning.

Once you get acceptable form of payment in your hands, you then sign the back of the title, being careful to do it in the right spots for date, signature, and printed. Then they sign it, don't let them jump titles. Take a pic of the front and back. Take off the plates, throw them the keys, have a nice day. If they buy between 9am and 5pm, they're supposed to come with paper temp tags to drive away, but if it's after 5pm, the bill of sale lets them drive it home. Pretty crazy huh...

The key with motorcycles is, the test ride. Buyers want to do it, sellers shouldn't allow it. If someone has a motorcycle endorsement on their license already, then maybe I'd let them sit on it and rev the engine, etc. I'd ride it up and down the street for them, maybe let them ride bitch on the back so they'd feel how smooth it is.

+1. You can ride it after I have the cash or maybe title to vehicle you arrived in/on.

[Martinjmpr]

+1. You can ride it after I have the cash or maybe title to vehicle you arrived in/on.

My rule with MC sales is: If you want to test ride, you hand me my full asking price in cash. After that I'll toss you the keys and you can ride it. Bring it back intact and I'll give you back your cash and we can talk price. Drop it, wreck it, or damage it in any way, I sign the title over to you and its yours.

In the many years I've been doing this (over 20) I've only had one potential buyer actually do that (and that was when we were selling my wife's Intruder to another female rider. She was a beginning rider and wanted her dad to ride the bike to make sure it was OK.)

Most of the time they just come, look at the bike, start the engine and then once they've verified that it's in decent shape, we start talking price.

[JohnTRourke]

My rule with MC sales is: If you want to test ride, you hand me my full asking price in cash. After that I'll toss you the keys and you can ride it. Bring it back intact and I'll give you back your cash and we can talk price. Drop it, wreck it, or damage it in any way, I sign the title over to you and its yours.

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yep, this is how you do it on M/C's