borrow yr bike to frds?

did anyone has borrowed yr bike to yr frds and then they crashed or dropped etc...??
My frds borrowed my bike to work and then he dropped my bike in a round about. when he back home via the freeway, he lost my muffler on the freeway when he back !!!

 

Neither a Borrower nor Lender Be. <!-- s:neutral: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_neutral.gif" alt=":neutral:" title="Neutral" /><!-- s:neutral: -->

I'm very selective as to who I let ride my bike and inversely I'm very selective about who's bike I ride. I feel if I cannot afford to repair or replace anything I break on anothers bike, then I do not ride it.

This doesn't hold true at a Dealership for Test rides. <!-- s:roll: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_roll.gif" alt=":roll:" title="Rolling LoL" /><!-- s:roll: -->

 

I agree with tim - I don't lend or ride other peoples bike as 'normal course'. I need to know and trust the rider. And I don't generally ride other peoples bikes.

 

I have a village motorbike <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> any one can use it as long as

A) Leve a $500 deposit and sign a pice of paper saying they are going to buy it if they damage it...

B) They leve their bike IN my garage... (and IT is worth $1500+) and sign a pice of paper saying I get to keep their bike till they pay for the bike/repairs

With this system I let out the bike almost every week!! If they are renting it out without me doing any work on their bikes.... $5 a day weekday or $20 whole weekend...

 

I have only let two people ride my bike.

One was when I didn’t have a license and they rode it home from the workshop and the other was Casso and his bike spent the night in my garage.

I choose very carefully the people I let near my bike. I don’t let non rider / inexperienced types to even sit on it unless I am standing next to it.

 

well i dont have any problems as everyone i know that would want to ride my bike has a lot more experience on them then i do, being my old man who has been riding for years, and my 2 brothers both ex motorcycle mechanics and ex bike racers,

anyone else, hands off. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s -->