I need to find a way to transport a non-running Harley from Everett, WA to Beaverton, OR. I would like NOT to have to spend $500 to do it. Anything out there besides the transport companies? I'm an old woman in Beaverton, without a trailer hitch and don't know how I'd get it onto the trailer, etc., etc.
Thank you.

 

uhaul trailer?

 

Get a HOG membership for $50 (or whatever it is), then push the bike out to the road and call HOG for a tow. Tell them you were on the way back to Beaverton and have to get there.

Will this work? I don't know, it's just an idea that came to mind. Sub-$500 for bike transport will be hard to find.

 

You can rent a hitch and a trailer big enough to haul it. Buy some beer and ask some local gents to give you a hand getting it on the trailer, and strapping it down. Same deal when you get where it needs to be. Then return the hitch and trailer. U-haul is probably your best bet.,,,

 

Depends what you've got to tow with. If its a small car I wouldn't risk blowing up the transmission hauling a trailer. Might ask the local hog shop what they'd recommend.

U-haul, maybe a van or pickup is gonna be your best bet if you can't haul a trailer with what ya got. Get a 1 way. Get quotes from all the rental companies in the area, they can vary quite a bit.

 

A 200 mile one way shot with U-Haul is gonna run you around $250, and that doesn't include you getting back home, renting a van or very small moving truck. Round trip will be more, powered vehicles charge per mile, plus base rental fees and fuel. Round trip is probably around 8 or 10 hours, so by the time you pay some guys, you're right back at $500 or so, unless you know someone with an appropriate rig to transport a bike, who would cut you a deal. Still, you're talking over 400 miles there and back, easily $70 or more just for fuel, plus the miles/wear on the vehicle and the time for the driver, probably still gonna run you close to your $500.

 

Pay the freight to have a transport company move it, or tell whomever it is that is going to be getting the bike, they have to figure it out.

 

any helpers? a nephew or two?


just throwin' the idea out there. if you know someone with a full size pickup, you can just put it in the bed. I realize getting it up there and back down are their own issues, but if you have access to the truck I bet the rest won't be too hard/expensive to work out.


some decent 2" ratchet tie downs from harbor freight work for me (used the 1" ones the first time and they worked too, but I felt better about an upgrade). probably can get them for <$50 easy (I'm really thinking about $25, but I don't remember the price). if a friend with a truck is helping you, give them the tie downs as part of the payment if you can't use them later yourself.


finding a ramp or incline could be more difficult. you'd have to find out what might be available there and at your home. I back into the ditch in front of my house so I just need to have something worked out for where ever I'm going. non running shouldn't be an issue I think (never tried to ride one up into a truck myself anyway) as long as the brakes work.

 

Maybe consider buying a cheap running Honda instead????.....

 

how about using the money you'd spend for transportation charges and have someone in Everett fix it up and then you or someone could ride it to Beaverton.