Motorcycle Shipping

[forexer]

Who do you guys recommend for motorcycle shipping?

I'm looking to buy a bike in VA and transport it to IN

Hopefully someone you've used before and had a good experience with.

Thanks Marc

[paul1478]

I have used McCollisters van line. They moved my gold wing and mc camper from ATL to SFO and back for a trip I took. I dropped it off and picked up from there warehouse to save on costs.
Price was ok. They had the skid for the bike.   

[oxford]

I have no suggestions but I sold a bike in Ebay one time and left shipping up to the buyer.  It was a rolling chassis with an engine, tank and some other parts.  The buyer asked if I could meet his person at a local truck stop one night.

Well his "shipper" happened to be his buddy that worked for a long distance mover that was moving someone from Connecticut to the west somewhere.  This was a 53' truck that was packed completely full.  He found some room for the boxes I had (some may have went in the cab). The rolling chassis ended up getting ratchet strapped and hung off the back doors of the trailer. 

I have no idea if it ever made it or not but it left New Jersey that way and final destination was California.   

[yaman]

i have shipped 3 bikes
1 with a broker, $500, bike showed up in a rented penske box van- it was ok
the other 2 times i went with

https://haulbikes.com/

it was more $$$, like $700
but the bikes showed up in a very respectable semi that was designed for moving bikes and were not "brokered out" to a lowest bidder, the bike stays with haul bikes the entire time it is being shipped
both companies took around 3 weeks to deliver

[Ws76133]

Haulbikes was great when they delivered my RD from South Dakota to Texas, $480 as I recall.

[~JM~]

I have used U-Ship twice.

One time a commercial residential moving semi had some room in the trailer. Bikes were blanketed, loaded & arrived fine.

Second time, an independent with a van brought the bike.

Not necessarily recommending U-Ship, but it worked alright for me.