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Dublin BYOB to bring cheer
11 July 2024
Dublin BYOB to bring cheer
Paul Browne is raising a glass to news that a BYOB event is coming to Ireland this month.
But at this particular Dublin do, it’ll be the glint of polished metal rather than the clink of glasses you’ll be enjoying.
Hmm, BYOB?
Nope. It isn’t getting ‘tired and emotional’ at a cheap restaurant with booze from the off licence across the road.
Rather it’s a Bring Your Own Bike sales event and it’s being hosted by Danfay Newlands in Dublin.
Safe sell, good buy
The concept of BYOB isn’t entirely new, but it is the first time I’ve heard of an event like this being run here in Ireland.
The idea is a simple one.
Traditionally buyers and sellers of motorcycles meet online through well-established sales sites for a relatively modest amount fee.
Over the last number of years, however, some have found using this sales channel has become a little more fraught, as the number of motorcycle thefts continues to rise.
As well as the traditional frustrations for both buyers and sellers that are associated with these sorts of transactions, I’m now starting to hear about a significant rise in intimidatory practices from people posing as buyers.
At a time when bike crime is on the rise this is very disconcerting.
So the team at Danfay will be running a bring your own bike sale at the new Yamaha store on Saturday 27th July.
What they hope to do is to create a safe space for us to sell our bikes.
Free bay
This facility will be free – Danfay won’t charge any money for it – and run from 10am until 5pm.
It doesn’t matter what bike you’re moving on, be it a dirt, race or vintage bike, a scooter, whatever. You’ll find all powered two wheeled machines are welcome.
You can even bring along your trike if you wanted to move it on!
The event takes place outdoors in the spacious carpark at the new dealership. The store will supply price tags for each bike.
This can be used to list bike details such as price, year, model and so on.
Handily, the road network around the dealership also offers a huge array of places to test ride any street legal machine.
If you’d like to avail yourself of this unique service then you can register by sending an email to [email protected].
I’ll leave the last words to Jamie Laycock of Danfay Yamaha who says: “The space in the car park is outdoors which is something to keep in mind, it will be the end of July so we can only hope that we end up getting a decent day of summer!”
