Be more careful with test rides!

[crazybigal]

"show me the bling$$$, put it in my hand and go for a test ride mate!"
you havnt a shit show of getting any money out of someone who drops your bike if they dont want to pay for it.
If you wana ride my vfr, go ride one in the shop!!! then come see me if you like it.

[Ixion]

ok u lot I just checked the log for www.tradertracker.co.nz but no sign ups. Its free, I think its great ... wot i do rong ?

Y didnnae tell folks. Y'all got one signup now, I've got nothing to hide.

[davereid]

good on ya I told both my friends and my mum and my wife have joined up too ! [grin]

[marty]

when can i take the BUSAbusa for a testy. can u take the numberplate off. out the backa CB towards wharepapa sth. up 2 TA and find bevan GIBBS and a quick trip bak 2 ya abode

don't you be dissing my mate gibbsy.

you take the busa - you'll have to follow me on the beemer.

[Dadpole]

Another signup for Tradertracker here.

[igor]

don't you be dissing my mate gibbsy.

you take the busa - you'll have to follow me on the beemer.

Ill neva KEEP UP. FOR SET OF ROAD WORKS AND U WILL BE GONE INTO THE HORIZON

[quickbuck]

Yep, just signed up for trade tracker myself.

As for test pilots, I always go by break it you buy. That even goes for letting my mates have a spin.

[Buster]

If you want a test ride on one of my bikes then thats fine but it should be to check for mechanical faults only. If you been looking at it and are keen as to buy it then bring the agreed ammount and take it for a spin on the condition that Ill hand the coin back if theres an issue. If ya drop it, dont bother coming back.

[Korea]

Ill hand the coin back if theres an issue. If ya drop it, dont bother coming back.

Exactly~!

[inlinefour]

I must admit I have bought bikes without test riding them.

Ive gone and done it a few times now. First time I never saw the bike in person as it was in the South Island. I was lucky and it was a mint bike. A few others I have gone and checked it out the bike and heard it running. Fortunately after just that I've been pretty confident that they have been good and as time would tell they turned out to be. I have reciently parted with a few bikes from my collection and I was farked if I was letting anyone ride the bike before passing over the cash. Couple of other times I have gone for a test pilot on a bike in the understanding that if I break it I have brought it. However in this day and age there are too many fucktards out there to be confident that this would actually occur. Apart from the fact that I do not like parting with my toys, this is why I really dislike selling any of my bikes. Not everyone likes my point of view, but then again I don't care and show them the door...

[jonbuoy]

What about getting them to get temporary insurance cover-note? Can this be done? You can check pretty much everything on a bike without actually riding it anyway- as long as you've got a jack and a couple of helping hands. Execept motor horsepower might be tricky.

If they don't know anything about bikes at all I'd be worried about letting someone take it down the road. I'd rather take it to a bike shop for an independant inspection than let someone loose on it. Personally I would be a bit wary about taking a bike out that I didn't own and wasn't insured on.

[quickbuck]

[QUOTE=jonbuoy;724124] Execept motor horsepower might be tricky.
QUOTE]

LOL, just turn up with your mobile Dyno

[quickbuck]

Dam, why didn't the quote thingy work?

Ah well, I'm off on the turps, catch you all later.

[Ghost Lemur]

I bought my bike sight unseen. As I know nothing it just wasn't worth me walking around it looking like I knew something.

So instead I got Phil @ DAS to do a prepurchase on it. He took it for a test ride during that. And on his all clear, I handed over the cash.

Although she's still just sitting the garage waiting patiently for October. I couldn't be happier.

While it'd be nice to be able to test ride lots of different machines. I think I'm more than a couple of years off feeling comfortable on anyone elses machine.

[cowboyz]

I have only ever test rode one bike that i didn't buy. It was a GPZ900 and they guy insisted that I ride it before talking about what he wanted for it. We were several thousand dollars out in the valuation of the bike. Apart from that I have purchased all the bikes I have ridden. Maybe I am just lazy and don't like looking/riding all the bikes in New Zealand before settling on one. I have never had a lemon though.. Touch wood. All my bikes have been solid and good.

I think you can tell more about the bike from the attitude of the guy selling it sometimes.