My family and I are considering relocating to CA from the mid-atlantic, as such I want to get a plan together for how to move my 3 vintage airheads (GSPD, R100S, R75/5) cross country. I think shipping them individually will be cost prohibative, and as much as I'd love to have 3 epic fly and rides, the newest of the bikes is 30 years old, and I have small kids so I can't see myself making the time.
I am considering renting or (buying) a trailer to take them all out there. We have two drivers, a Honda Pilot (3500 towing capacity) and a Honda Odyssey (3000 towing capacity) - we will likely use a packing cube of a national moving company for the rest of our stuff.
My priorities are:
1) Safely getting my precious bikes across country
2) Reasonable Total Cost
3) Minimizing additional trips
Does anyone have recommendations on an approach to bringing my fleet with me out West?
I would buy a NEW 6x10 utility trailer, single axle , 2 bikes will go in forward the center one in backward. it will have a 3500 lb axle. so it will carry 3 bikes which only weigh about 1800 lbs. when you get to the destination you can sell the trailer for pretty close to what it cost , utility trailers depreciate very little .
I'm curious if you went the new trailer route or shipping route or fly n ride... seems to me you should fly n ride at least one!!
I have used both of these....
• There is a company called Forward Air that uses a container to ship by truck. Their container is large, but you would proabably max out at 2 bikes.
• Another company called Keyboard Motorcycle Shipping will ship your bike by truck on a small pallet. All they ship is pianos and motorcycles.
Owning an old Airhead is easy.
Keeping an old Airhead running great is the true test.
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