My best friend from high school days sold a Honda 450 dirt bike after posting on Ebay...the buyer was totaly in love...and HAD to have the bike, driving up from ~3hours away to check it out - and basically said if the bike looked as good as the pics, he was takin with him!
He showed with his apparent wife at my buddies house, loved the bike and handed him a Cashiers Check for the amount. He was suspicious that the guy would have already gotten a check before seeing the bike, so he ran to the bank with the buyer and his wife to get their approval on it being a legit check...which they did.
He deposited the check, the guy left with the bike, and roughly two weeks later, the bank called my friend to tell him he was overdrafted several thousand and needed to immediately see them to make arrangements "to get this straightened out".
Turns out the check was somehow written using a brand new account that the guy opened (with enough money to obtain the Cashiers Check), and managed to make a withdrawal to pull all the cash out and close the account immediately after getting a check cut.???
Before the questions start coming...I already went through the whole "how did he pull money after it was already spent?", "they told you the check was good so it's their fault"...he basically said he fought them for a few weeks...and in return, they offered to ruin his credit, and freeze his accounts until he repaid the money. So...he lost his azz on the deal and never heard anything else from his bank, the cops, lost it.
I just mention the story to say be careful dude...counterfit bills, counterfit cashiers checks...Ive also went back and forth about how to sell a bike. My local stealership offers a consignment service...I think they get 10% for parking in front of their dealrship, and take responsibilty for all paperwork, viewing, and guarantee payment upon sale.
I also remember a post about an Orgster that bought a helmet new off Craigslist...talked on the phone, awesome dude...during the discussion about how to get a look at it, the seller asked where the buyer lived...he answered..."oh man...I'm headed right by you house later, I can just swing by with the helmet". Deal went awesome, helmet was brand new as advertised, they talked a bit..."so what do you ride" came up, he showed hi his bike, his wife's bike...and that nite, 5 guys tried to break in his garage!
I wouldn't let anyone come to my house...meet them on the bike, have your wife or buddies with all the extras with you at the meet so everything can happen there...in public.
). Then you get the Tag #, AND his Photo 
. Better SAFE than Sorry 
, And anyone that comes to your house it would not hurt to go ahead and write down there tag Number off there vehicle just for future reference it something does come up missing on down the road.
