Friend sold his "like new" Goldwing for about £14K about 10 years ago bought at a time when his health was failing and had only covered a few thousand miles in 5/6 years.

Easiest way was they both buyer & seller went to the local bank (now closed).

The buyer withdraws £14K, the seller then passes over their card & deposits in their current account.

The cash withdrawal & cash deposit are 2 separate cash transactions although no cash is actually counted out. 1

100% safe - if the cash withdrawal was a stolen card etc that is up to the bank to fix - they "handed over the cash" which was then paid into the sellers account - job done.

He had previously sold another bike and had it sitting in the house until the banks re-opened on the Monday - it was OK no forgeries but this prompted him to get the buyer into the bank & process the money - safer for both.

He died & left another 2 partially re-built BSA's (500cc twin & a 125 Bantam) which were given to a relative to complete & sell for charity - never heard if they did actually fix them up.