THE SMARTEST, CHEAPEST, BEST WAYS TO FINANCE A NEW BIKE

For most of us, a bike is one of the biggest things we buy. After a house and a car, a proper motorcycle will be the thing that soaks up most cash. Times are hard for lots of people, but we still need our bikes don’t we? If we’re smart, we can get the bike we want without scrimping on school shoes for the kids. Bless them.

Picking the right way to get the cash together is essential though. No matter what you’re buying, or how – superbike or scooter, new or used, dealer or private sale – there are loads of ways of getting the finances right. Now, isn’t any sort of financial advisor, obviously – we can barely run a kitty at the pub on a Friday night (Boothy never puts in his £20). So don’t take any decisions on this stuff without making sure you know what you’re doing and asking a grown-up if required. Especially the parts about robbing banks and selling drugs. The simplest way to buy a bike is, of course, with hard cash. And for private bike sales, that’s the way most folk still like to work. In these days of credit card fraud, fake Paypal payments, banker’s drafts from Nigerian princes and the like, having