
Originally Posted by
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.