Shipping a Bike - service recommendation

[JTWright]

I need to ship a bike from California to North Carolina in December. I would appreciate any suggestions on services that do the shipping and any other general thoughts the forum may have.

Thanks for your assistance.

 

Jim

[99Roadster]

http://www.funtransport.com/

 

Good experience when I used them to transport my R1100R from NY to OH. Bikes are strapped to a pallet like in the pic. The cost was reasonable too.

[gthorpe]

Jim,

 

I had a great experience with Eagle One Express, they also had a very reasonable price.

 

www.eagleoneexpress.com

 

One work of caution, it's best to deal with reputable shipping companies that acutally pick up and deliver bikes themselves.

 

Avoid the brokers who arrange for others to deliver the bike. there is no accurate date for when the bike will be picked up or who will do the job. I used a broker once, waited a month until they finally found a driver who ended up being a no-show. I ended up cancelling their service (lost my non-refundable deposit) and drove 1000 miles to get the bike myself !

[Cliff]

I've used JC Motors several times over the years.

http://www.motorcycleshippers.com/

 

The bikes always arrived in good shape, close to the promised delivery date.

[chrisolson]

HaulBikes ...

 

 

That's their nice rig and my F650 being loaded by the driver on its first leg of a round trip to Missoula from Phx and back. Great service and competitive pricing.