Riding a purchased bike home?

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zeniceguy said:
I understand you thought you new what your talking about, but you don't.
Did it on my last bike, my state farm agent even cleared me on it a head if time.
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TD....ugh, i dont want to get into it......ill never use them for anything again.

but besides that it says 14 days for a new car, not motorcycle, and you have to have plates registered to the motorcycle that is on the road, to get those plates they do check your insurance policy slip(at least they checked mine at service ontario, this year, and last year)
it also says you will be covered under the old terms for 14 days, not you dont have to tell them you got a new car for 14 days.

i have a friend who is a broker with state farm, and ill contact them next week to check.
 
Offer the guy another $100 to deliver it to your driveway. $100 bills, people can't refuse them :-)
 
here's what i did....

i brought my plate with me
bought the bike, called my insurance company and told'em to email me my insurance slip first
went to MTO with the owner and signed the papers.
registered my bike and got a temp sticker, then rode it home.
 
Ramp, tie downs, pickup truck, and someone who knows how to secure a bike on one. Done!

Learning to ride a new-to-you bike in a strange neighborhood isn't the best of plans.

Take it to a parking lot first, then a familiar area and learn to ride it.

Don't forget to get it safetied first as well. Nothing builds adrenaline like finding out that the front brake doesn't work, halfway through your learning session.
 
MLadin said:
Offer the guy another $100 to deliver it to your driveway. $100 bills, people can't refuse them :-)
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It would take ma a lot more than $100 for me to deliver a bike 1.5 hours away.
 
I don't have the specific answer, but some of the advice here is dubious. Riding with a plate from another bike and no insurance is insane. If you get pulled over this could cost you $10,000 - $15,000 in term of immediate fines and future increased insurance cost on all of your vehicles. What if you have an accident on a new and unfamiliar bike at the beginning of the riding season when your skills are already rusty from a long winter layover. I'd just call Service Ontario and your insurance company and ask a few detailed questions about the mechanics of the process. They do this all the time and I'm sure they have the process nailed down.
 
I'm looking at bikes outside the GTA so it's a good 1.5 to 3 hour drive. I think steak is more like it.

Any hookups for reasonable and reliable truck/trailing services? I would rent a truck, but don't have the available straps/tie downs and race stands to secure the bike.

JFD said:
Odds are the dude is insured still. Have him ride it to your place. Buy him a whopper for his troubles.
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I have a pick up truck .. a ramp .. and lots of tie downs .. I'm sure I can come to some sort of arrangement ... I went to North Bay and picked up my cb500f and drove it home in the back of a pick up truck .... to Scarborough .. and mine was plated, insured and already under my name and legally allowed on the road ... your choice though ...
 
PM me your number. I will contact you when I make the purchase. Thanks.

cb500f said:
I have a pick up truck .. a ramp .. and lots of tie downs .. I'm sure I can come to some sort of arrangement ... I went to North Bay and picked up my cb500f and drove it home in the back of a pick up truck .... to Scarborough .. and mine was plated, insured and already under my name and legally allowed on the road ... your choice though ...
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Was the bike certified? If not, did MTO give you some sort of temporary slip to drive the bike?

absolute said:
here's what i did....

i brought my plate with me
bought the bike, called my insurance company and told'em to email me my insurance slip first
went to MTO with the owner and signed the papers.
registered my bike and got a temp sticker, then rode it home.
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Either just slap a plate on it and ride home nicely or see if the seller will leave his plate on and you can just mail it back to him. I've done both a few times and never had an issue. One seller left his plate on a said "what's the worst you're gonna do, go on the 407?"
 
When I bought mine new it had plates and insurance on it before I came by to pick it up. Signed the last of the paperwork and rode away fully legal.
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