(29-04-14, 03:22 PM)richfzs link Wrote: The log book doesn't show ownership. It shows who the registered keeper is. If he pays the guy on collection, the bike is his, whether he's posted the bloody logbook or not.
You don't half see some dangerous shit posted online sometimes...
Precisely. So there's nothing to stop him from giving the guy a deposit, taking the logbook slip with him and going for a test ride to Wales and then completing the sale when he's back in Wales!
If you're going to get really anal about it, then write a pair of contract notes (one for each person) and get the guy to sign them saying that the sale will be concluded at (for example) - 9pm on the 1/5/2014, assuming nothing goes wrong with the bike on a test ride during which noggy will be the sole rider between 1pm-9pm (that would be to basically cover both guys in the event that some kind of offence was committed - say Noggy speeding on the way home), and then ride it back during that test ride period! The bike is still legally the original chaps until that time and yet Noggy has managed to get the bike to Wales during the course of his test ride!