SQUID test - dumbass crashes bike on test drive and has a trip in an ambulance.

[The Buddha]

Yea, and knocked his head on the concrete and has a bump and ended up losing consiousness and getting the cops and ambulance to my house ... yea dumbass evidently has owned and ridden an R1 ... and he goes down on a 92 seca 2, the same one I ride to work everyday ... including today ... and I rode it back home after the Idiot crashed ... with a busted foot peg. Yea right dumbass you rode an R1 ... uh - huh ...
Yea, prolly my stupidity for letting dumbasses ride on test rides.
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Srinath.

[beRto]

  That's funny!

I hope he's ok.

[The Buddha]

No, I hope the mofo dies. I wish the truck that came round the corner ran over his head.
Idiot had no license and obiously no insurance ... and Idiot's father and wife acted like it was my fault. Yea dumbass, its my fault that your husband/son is a moron.
I'd have kicked his head if there weren't 20 of my neighbors standing around him. WTF kinda idiot cant ride a simple 600 down the street. BTW he was 6ft 4, so wasn't like he was struggling to get his feet down. I've noticed the shorties actually put in a lot more effort learning to ride right.
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Srinath.

[scottpA_GS]

Wow.... Not good.   

Yea, no test rides  Checking a bike out up close and testing brakes etc w/o riding is enough testing to make a purchase decision  If they wont buy it the way it is... Tough $h1T

[werase643]

dang budda.... i thought you knew test rides come only after the 100% deposit ..... 

[bubba zanetti]

You didn't tell us if he bought the bike

[GeeP]

So how far away from your house did he make it?

How the hell do you bin a Seca that badly?  Was he trying to do a wheelie like he saw on youtube?

[Teek]

Shoulda made him take the SQUID test first!   

I ran my GS out on a 5 minute test over several blocks, cornered it good, did circles on it, zoomed it down some straights, found out the front forks sucked coming back into the driveway, by then knew that it had a carburetion problem, and I'd never ridden a sport bike before. Rode a Sportster though. 
6' 4 and dropped it?        Where the F was his HELMET???   

[Affschnozel]

Another one of them crash test dummies , he was surprised by the sudden surge of seca power after riding wimpy limpy R1 

[The Buddha]

Well, the seca crashed very very well I should say, busted rider footpeg, I swapped the Buddha Loves You pegs over and it was rideable, the front fairing is busted, I bought ebay one. Essentially $100 ... I should get back to being good as new.
I think I should forget my dreams of selling it, its turning out to be a pleasant surprise at every turn. Its ridiculously easy to work on ... even more so than a GS and mine is perfectly carbureted and literally 2K to 8K is buttery smooth.
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Srinath.

[bergj1986]

Srinath,

Whenever I'm selling a bike, I follow a few simple rules regarding test rides:

No helmet, no ride
No cash in hand, no ride
First bike, no ride
21 or younger, no ride.

Sorry your sale didn't go as you'd hoped.  Just go with your gut when feeling out the seller, if you think he's a SQUID, tell him he can sit on the bike but that's it. 

[frankieG]

nO TEST PiLOTs

[The Buddha]

Srinath,

Whenever I'm selling a bike, I follow a few simple rules regarding test rides:

No helmet, no ride
No cash in hand, no ride
First bike, no ride
21 or younger, no ride.

Sorry your sale didn't go as you'd hoped.  Just go with your gut when feeling out the seller, if you think he's a SQUID, tell him he can sit on the bike but that's it. 

No he was the exact opposite. He was quietly confident, and came prepped to buy etc etc. Of course no helmet and I didn't ask for $$. He was 26 I believe.
Cool.
Srinath.

[asobi]

Srinath,

Whenever I'm selling a bike, I follow a few simple rules regarding test rides:

No helmet, no ride
No cash in hand, no ride
First bike, no ride
21 or younger, no ride.

Sorry your sale didn't go as you'd hoped.  Just go with your gut when feeling out the seller, if you think he's a SQUID, tell him he can sit on the bike but that's it. 

No he was the exact opposite. He was quietly confident, and came prepped to buy etc etc. Of course no helmet and I didn't ask for $$. He was 26 I believe.
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Srinath.

Yeah, agree with bergj, except my checklist wouldn't include "first bike", since everyone's gotta get their first bike sometime.  I'd say a helmet is check #1 - no helmet, you're not even touching the bike.  Is riding without a helmet legal in your state?

Oh, and one other thing - I'd always at least ask about the MSF basic rider course - hopefully everyone's taken that, at least in states where it's free (Pennsylvania for example).  People might lie about having been on bikes before but I don't think they'd lie about taking the MSF course.