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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: CliC on March 16, 2013, 09:03:57 AM

Title: Cross-country bike shipping
Post by: CliC on March 16, 2013, 09:03:57 AM

Need some advice from you fine folks.

I need to ship a motorcycle from Texas to California (no, I'm not returning my DS :) ). It's a cruiser, though an entry-level model, 500cc. Has anyone used a motorcycle shipping company? Any advice on who/what to look for, who/what to avoid, and questions to ask? Thanks.

(P.S. as a side note, I spent an hour today cranking said cruiser with one hand and spraying starting fluid in it with the other, having drained old gas and replaced with new, hooked up a portable jump-start battery, and, and, etc. just to see if it would run. As my standing-idly-by-and-smirking-instead-of-helping girlfriend looked on, I thought, "this is why I ride electric"  ::) )

Title: Re: Cross-country bike shipping
Post by: Harlan on March 18, 2013, 12:15:48 AM

If you want to avoid crating it, these guys have always been quick and reliable in my experience:

http://www.motorcycleshippers.com/ (http://www.motorcycleshippers.com/)

Title: Re: Cross-country bike shipping
Post by: frodus on March 18, 2013, 08:44:47 AM

I used this place called keyboard motorcycle shipping from Florida to Oregon and they were great.

Title: Re: Cross-country bike shipping
Post by: CliC on March 23, 2013, 12:39:50 PM

Thanks for the info everyone. This will give me a good start.

C