Buy without test ride?

[Gone in 60]

I always insist on my asking price, cash in hand before I allow a test ride. And, I check their license for a motorcycle endorsement. If they want to buy, I'll hand their cash back when they come back with the bike, and we can negotiate from there.

When I sold my BMW last year, the first guy who showed up (with a woman who was presumably his wife) said "I didn't bring cash, but you can hold on to my wife while I ride the bike. Neither she nor I got a chuckle out of it. I think she was more upset than I was...