How do I sell my motorcycle without getting scammed or robbed?

Selling a bike puts you in a strange position: you're advertising a valuable, easily-moved machine and inviting strangers to come look at it. A little structure removes almost all the risk.

• Meet in public, not at home. Many police departments offer "safe exchange zones" in their station parking lots — cameras, daylight, officers nearby. That's the gold standard. A busy bank parking lot in daytime is the runner-up.
• Never meet alone, and never at night. Bring a friend. A buyer who pushes hard for a late-night, come-to-my-spot meeting is telling you something — decline and offer a daytime public option instead.
• Verify the money before the title moves. Cash counted inside a bank, or a wire/transfer that has actually cleared — not a screenshot, not a "pending" notification, not a cashier's check you can't verify with the issuing bank.
• Protect your information. Don't share your home address, and take listing photos somewhere neutral so your house and garage aren't in the background.

And until the sale closes, keep your recovery layer on the bike. A hidden tracker with motion alerts costs almost nothing to leave in place while strangers know exactly what you own and roughly where it lives — just remember to pull it off after the title transfers.

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