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Selling a motorcycle and wondered how folks would go about letting someone test ride it. I already have an idea of how to handle it but one of y'all might have a better idea so throwing it out for discussion.
2017 Suzuki TU250X if anyone in SW Idaho is interested.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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You ride it and let him watch.
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I would only let them test ride it if they had their endorsement, a helmet and put cash in hand. If they don't meet that criteria then they can watch a demonstration.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same... President Ronald Reagan
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You ride it and let him watch. This.
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In other news, I posted this on the local Craigslist and literally within two minutes I got a text from an "English as second language" scammer. I politely declined his offer...
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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I've sold 4, maybe 5, Harleys as a private seller and never once let someone test ride it first.
Sit on it, sure. Fire 'er up, okay. Test ride, nope.
Never had a complaint.
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In other news, I posted this on the local Craigslist and literally within two minutes I got a text from an "English as second language" scammer. I politely declined his offer... I sold mine on CL as well and dumped a lot of emails before I found a buyer. It can be done... Good luck.
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I'm pretty sure that there are scammers who use software to automatically send emails to all CL ads. The wording is usually similar and most often refers to the item as 'the item', not to what it is.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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In other news, I posted this on the local Craigslist and literally within two minutes I got a text from an "English as second language" scammer. I politely declined his offer... I write "calls only" into my ads. That lets me know that if I get a text, I delete it.
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I wouldn't buy without test ride (who dosen't test drive a car)?
If arrangements need to be agreed upon first, no problem !
Roy
What this world needs is a few more Rednecks.
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My brother was selling a Honda Nighthawk 650 back in 1985. Some guy came to look at it and asked about a test ride. He told my brother that he wanted to ride it to the Smokey Mountains from Central Ohio as a test. My brother laughed at him and went inside the house and closed the door in his face. We still laugh about it from time to time.
Ron
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Orwell
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Drain the tank and only put a cup of fuel back in.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
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but where you put it !!
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One bike I sold the guy rode on the back with me another I let him ride while I held the cash in my pocket essentially insurance in case he wrecked.
“No one in hell can ever say I went to Christ and He rejected me.
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I wouldn't buy without test ride (who dosen't test drive a car)?
If arrangements need to be agreed upon first, no problem ! Same here. Let them hold your DL.
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Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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Drain the tank and only put a cup of fuel back in. That wouldn't work on a Honda Trail 90/110, or any bike with a reserve tank.
Make Gitmo Great Again!!
Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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BIL lost a car to a test drive. Guy never came back. LOL (Colo Springs)
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Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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I sold a few. Made sure they were licensed then told them to take it for a ride. Was never worried about them stealing it because they showed up in a car. If two guys showed up I asked for the keys to their vehicle until the rider returned.
I would NEVER buy a used bike without a test ride.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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You ride it and let him watch. This. Yep. Have a grandson learned this lesson the hard way. To the tune of $4500…
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I would only let them test ride it if they had their endorsement, a helmet and put cash in hand. If they don't meet that criteria then they can watch a demonstration. This, cash in my hand is the top requirement.
Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
Stupid always finds a way.
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If you go to a dealer ship, you don't get to ride it, unless they have a demo, but that still isn't the bike your buying. Like said, you can set on it, hear it run but a ride...nope. If it was a close friend that I knew and knows how to ride, maybe. Total stranger, nope.
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