moving bikes...help please

[ZorsT]

hi,

does anyone know of the best company to freight a bike from wellington to nelson? i had a look in the yellow pages, but didn't find any that sounded like they did bikes, only national parcels, and international crates.

[Blakamin]

hi,

does anyone know of the best company to freight a bike from wellington to nelson? i had a look in the yellow pages, but didn't find any that sounded like they did bikes, only national parcels, and international crates.
PBT??? (Peter Baker Transport) if you crate it up

[Drunken Monkey]

I think most land freight companies, ie mainfreight, freightways, etc... will be able to transport it for you as long as you can tie it down securely to a palette.
If not, you will probably have to arrange a more specialist (read: expensive) form of custom bike transport. The other thing to do is talk to your local bike shop and ask them for advice = they may even transport it for you.

[ZorsT]

would it be cheaper to get someone to ride it over and fly them back? thats if they would.....

[crashe]

Get someone to bring it on the ferry and then ride it down to you at Nelson.... then give them a lift back to the ferry and they go back to wellington...

so you will need to know someone in Wellington....

Or better still you make a day trip back up to collect it yourself...
Nelson to the picton ferry cant be that far away....

But put your own strops on the bike.... dont rely upon the ferries strops..... and tie it up yourself on the ferry....

So contact the ferries and check out the costs all round....

Good luck :niceone:

[Dr Bob]

Wellington to Nelson isn't far as the crow flies ... I'm thinking large catapault

[ZorsT]

Wellington to Nelson isn't far as the crow flies ... I'm thinking large catapault

:lol: :lol: :killingme :killingme i'd be up for that ride :yeah:

[Sniper]

:lol: :lol: :killingme :killingme i'd be up for that ride :yeah:

I just PM'd you with a slight solution, get back to me if you think it might work. But yep, good luck, would be keen to see the bikes sometime :2thumbsup

[Sniper]

Wellington to Nelson isn't far as the crow flies ... I'm thinking large catapault

Ummmm, Im getting more and more dubious of your title Doctor :killingme :msn-wink: :niceone: :spudwave: :doctor:

[ZorsT]

when I made that thred, i didn't expect this level of help... thanks guyes :)

[Sniper]

when I made that thred, i didn't expect this level of help... thanks guyes :)

Ive noticed that bikers are generally a very friendly and helpful group. And yea, I dont mind helping out a fellow bikie if I can :scooter:

Cant help you with your spelling though, Im bad enough as is. :laugh: :Pokey:

[カワサキキド]

Give Brett from BikeTranz a call (027)-2204436 or you can email him at biketranz@hotmail.com

[ZorsT]

I really should fix that spelling thing, im pretty sure i failed an english exam because of it... :crybaby:

[bevsta]

Try transporters, like the ones that move cars around car yards. When I got mine brought down from Napier to Wellington I got it chucked on one run by A1 cos I knew the guy from Napier. Got dropped in Nauranga gorge. I think they might be runnign in conjunction with tow services so if you can't find them in the Yellow pages try ringing the tows.
good luck

[Wenier]

id go with ridin it. Get the plane to welly then the ferry back and its only a 2hr trip from picton to nelson. Pass by blenheim of course on the way

[Sniper]

id go with ridin it. Get the plane to welly then the ferry back and its only a 2hr trip from picton to nelson. Pass by blenheim of course on the way

Hey I offered first Weiner. Besides Im in Picton, Im closer to the ferry than you are. Is it windy in Blenheim today, Ive been in Picton all day and its blowing bloody gusts :whocares:

Want to ride!!! :whistle:

[Nutter34]

Try the Straights Ferry service. I bought a bike in Welly and had it shipped with them. They were cheaper too.

[jaxda]

Give Brett from BikeTranz a call (027)-2204436 or you can email him at biketranz@hotmail.com

Hi, I have used Brett to bring my bike from Masterton to Auckland and was a great service. Well secured in the truck and pretty cheap for that distance - about $150 I think.

[Sparky Bills]

We use Brett at BikeTranz, They are bloody good!
But he's booked out till after Xmas!
Other Than that, You could try Mana Transport.
We use Pbt when we get really desperate, But bikes often turn up late and damaged! So use as last resort!
Good Luck

[Blakamin]

We use Brett at BikeTranz, They are bloody good!
But he's booked out till after Xmas!
Other Than that, You could try Mana Transport.
We use Pbt when we get really desperate, But bikes often turn up late and damaged! So use as last resort!
Good Luck
yeah... i probably shouldnt have mentioned Partly Broken Transport... looks quite good when you get a forklift thru a jukebox tho!

[dangerous]

Just another idea, I usd to drive linehaul for Furniture express, so when madduck was looking at shipping her bike from auckers to Chch she was quoted $600 odd, but I put her on to FE and there price was $180. Now to be honest a furniture truck is about the safest way of transporting a bike possible. FE are based in Nelson too so it might be worth a try.


You could try Mana Transport.
Good Luck
Mana..... shit man, they are the roughest looking bunch out there, I used to do the upper south Is run and I've followed them buggers around corners sideways, I wasent though, 8 wheelers hold a good line at 120k.... i mean 90k
Mind you they were a good bunch of blocks.

[marty]

jeffs transport - he bought my boat up from chch for $600. he specialises in transporting boats, bikes and race cars etc all the time. call john on 027 2280376 to make a booking

[Wenier]

Hey I offered first Weiner. Besides Im in Picton, Im closer to the ferry than you are. Is it windy in Blenheim today, Ive been in Picton all day and its blowing bloody gusts :whocares:

Want to ride!!! :whistle:

Im not offerin to ride it. Jus sayin thats probably the cheapest and best if not the most fun way of doing it. Anyway im to busy during the week to make that trip and my weekends are usually pretty busy too.

[Sniper]

Im not offerin to ride it. Jus sayin thats probably the cheapest and best if not the most fun way of doing it. Anyway im to busy during the week to make that trip and my weekends are usually pretty busy too.

Hehe, yea I know. Im getting busier here too. :thud: I want sleep :Pokey:

[muzz]

hi,

does anyone know of the best company to freight a bike from wellington to nelson? i had a look in the yellow pages, but didn't find any that sounded like they did bikes, only national parcels, and international crates.
i would try jeff's transport they shift alot of bike's but cheaper to ride it your self more fun too

[muzz]

Hey I offered first Weiner. Besides Im in Picton, Im closer to the ferry than you are. Is it windy in Blenheim today, Ive been in Picton all day and its blowing bloody gusts :whocares:

Want to ride!!! :whistle:
i work there driving underbody tugs[tugging with the ferries]and the winds not that bad

[Sniper]

i work there driving underbody tugs[tugging with the ferries]and the winds not that bad

It was yesterday. Its nort bad at the moment. :sweatdrop

[ZorsT]

Thanks all you people for the replys, and offors for help, but my father said i cant have that bike, so maybe this will be a help for other people who are actually allowed a bike!!! :angry2: :angry2: :mad: dad said that sports bikes are bad for learning on, and so i showed him a gn250, he said the style is right, but im not having a 250!!! :mad: Is there any under 250cc cruiser bikes that are in my (very small) budget??? maybe this needs a new thread....

:disapint:

[crashe]

or the Honda "Rebel" 250cc..... ummmm the kwaka have a 250cc cruiser... but I cant remember the model name..... :rolleyes:

These three bikes are all cruisers..... :niceone:

I dont know what Suzuki have in the cruiser..... is it the "Intruder" 250cc ??

good luck in your search :spudwave: :niceone:

[Blakamin]

Thanks all you people for the replys, and offors for help, but my father said i cant have that bike, so maybe this will be a help for other people who are actually allowed a bike!!! :angry2: :angry2: :mad: dad said that sports bikes are bad for learning on, and so i showed him a gn250, he said the style is right, but im not having a 250!!! :mad: Is there any under 250cc cruiser bikes that are in my (very small) budget??? maybe this needs a new thread....

:disapint:
There's the gn125!
http://www.suzukicycles.org/GN-series/GN125.shtml

[ZorsT]

thanks, but all those bikes are 250cc, and the father, wont let me have a 250 as a 1st bike, and wont let me have a sports bike, so i dont think i can get a bike because i dont think there are any under 250cc cruisers... only sports bikes

[ZorsT]

There's the gn125!


yeah, but how long 'till i need to upgrade? would it be worth it? :thud:

[Blakamin]

yeah, but how long 'till i need to upgrade? would it be worth it? :thud:
if ya cant have a sportsbike and ya cant have a 250... the only other choices are 2 strokes (fxr150) or dirt bikes :(

[Paul in NZ]

PM me later on next week.

The OLD SR250 living in my shed needs a new owner....

It would be fine to learn on! Trust me (well ok maybe not) your old man cannot object to this bike. You are NOT going to get into much trouble....

Paul N

[crashe]

which I am sure that is not what you really want to ride.... :scooter:

If you are on a learner license..... then a 250cc cruiser is fine...

Go into your local bike shops and have a look at the 250cc cruiser....

I ride a virago 250cc and its really easy to handle....

[ZorsT]

if ya cant have a sportsbike and ya cant have a 250... the only other choices are 2 strokes (fxr150) or dirt bikes :(

For the sports bikes are conserned, RGV's, RG's, FXR's, etc are all considered sport bikes, because of how they look. Im not going to be seen on a dirt bike.... :moon:

[Blakamin]

PM me later on next week.

The OLD SR250 living in my shed needs a new owner....

It would be fine to learn on! Trust me (well ok maybe not) your old man cannot object to this bike. You are NOT going to get into much trouble....

Paul N
How come you got the SR????? thats a coool bike!