The 20-minute inspection method that prices any bike by what survives — not what the badge says.
Three field manuals. One goal: never sign for a lemon again.
Price any bike in 20 minutes flat
Buy smart, then fix it yourself
The world's toughest bikes, finally found
Every dollar you've lost to shop repairs was a number you could have caught in the yard. This is the method that catches it before you sign.
All 17 chapters of the complete system
Wade Motorcycles
I've spent twenty-some years turning wrenches in garages from Tulsa to Amarillo, first alongside my dad and later for anyone in the neighborhood who trusted me over the dealership. I started writing this down after watching three friends in one year sign for bikes that spent more time on a lift than a road. I pulled service records, cross-referenced owner forums, and sat with shop mechanics who'll tell you off the clock what they won't tell you on the counter. This isn't theory — it's the same checklist I run myself before I hand over cash for a bike in a stranger's driveway. My own son learned to diagnose a cold start by ear before he learned to drive a car. That's the trade I'm trying to keep alive.
I didn't set out to write three books. I set out to stop watching guys I know sign fifteen-thousand-dollar payment books for machines that couldn't survive their own warranty period. Every chapter in this collection started as a page torn out of my own shop notebook — the questions I ask before I buy, the sounds I listen for before I start a repair, the math I do in my head before I ever say yes to a price. I split it into three parts because the man buying his first bike needs a different tool than the man trying to keep his last one alive. Put together, it's the whole method: how to judge a machine before you own it, how to find the ones the market hid from you, and how to fix what you've got without handing your independence to a service counter. Read the part you need first.
Read it, run the 20-minute check on the next bike you look at, and if it doesn't change how you shop, email us for a full refund. No forms, no hoops.
Twenty minutes with this method costs less than one bad repair bill.
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