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May 27, 2008 9:06 a.m. 914Driver HalfDork

Need to move a 450 from upstate New York to Atlanta, Ga. The best price I could find is about $500. Any thoughts on a less expensive way to get it moved? Relay it?

Dan
May 27, 2008 9:09 a.m. 2.0dohc None

back of a truck?
May 27, 2008 9:37 a.m. Jensenman SuperDork

Ride it? :grin:
May 27, 2008 12:34 p.m. stuart in mn Dork

Forward Air has a program specifically for shipping motorcycles. http://www.forwardair.com/prepaid/MCmainpage.jsp
May 27, 2008 12:40 p.m. grtechguy Dork

+1 for riding... then fly back.

wonderful weather right now
May 27, 2008 1:06 p.m. confuZion3 Reader

2.0dohc wrote: back of a truck?
Man, you'd spend that much driving the truck down and back.

I'd ride it or just ship it fo $500.
May 27, 2008 1:44 p.m. 914Driver HalfDork

Riding a 450 any distance at all is fun when you're 20 giddy.

I'm neither....
May 27, 2008 2:12 p.m. 914Driver HalfDork

New information.

Ian's girlfriend is going to Atlanta for a month or so this summer. He is going to fly up and drive back down with her (she hates driving alone). I don't think she has a hitch on her car, but could one of these trailers take a 500lb. bike for 16 hours of driving? She has a Hyundai Elantra, can it pull this?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42708

Thanx, Dan
May 27, 2008 2:16 p.m. Mental SuperDork

914Driver wrote: New information.

Ian's girlfriend is going to Atlanta for a month or so this summer. He is going to fly up and drive back down with her (she hates driving alone). I don't think she has a hitch on her car, but could one of these trailers take a 500lb. bike for 16 hours of driving? She has a Hyundai Elantra, can it pull this?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42708

Thanx, Dan
God I hope so, I just put a htich on my Mazda 3 to do just that. A lot of folks here use them to haul bike to the track for track days, but those are short hauls. Almost all those guys have small cars You can't get one from Harbor Frieght, mine is backordered for two months now, but add one of these; wheel chock
May 27, 2008 2:19 p.m. mistanfo Dork

I'd go with one of these for the 12" wheels and then add a wheel chock. Add a steel channel and a few tie downs and you're golden. Also, this will give you a small utility trailer that you will suddenly find many uses for.
May 27, 2008 2:26 p.m. mistanfo Dork

Check out Northern Tool. They have <a href=" this one, as well as rails.

I don't know what their inventory situation is.
May 28, 2008 10:14 a.m. Jack SuperDork

Non-issue. I used the 8 foot long HF trailer to pull two bikes (74 Norton Commando & 78 Honda 750) from NJ to FL and back.

I agree with upgrading to the 12 inch wheel sized trailer. The larger wheels will provide a better ride.

Jack
May 28, 2008 10:48 a.m. oldopelguy HalfDork

If you can get it and those racing wheels down to either Richmond, VA, or over to Cleveland, OH, I can get them the rest of the way to Atlanta. No actual $ for my portion of the delivery, we could adjust off the wheels a bit.