Door to Door vs. Forward Air Motorcycle Shipping

Surprisingly, you have several options when it comes to the type, method and delivery when shipping a motorcycle. Their are options for air freight, ground freight, and door to door uncrated motorcycle shipping.

Most companies in the ShipVehicles network utilize door to door uncrated shipping. Some companies will offer delivery to commercial addresses at a discount and use what is called a pop-up crate. These are the two primary methods we endorse and encourage our customers to utilize.

A relatively popular option is to use a company like Forward Air to air freight their motorcycle. While this has numerous advantages, the main one being speed, there are also a lot of unseen disadvantages.

The primary issue is the air freight process itself. You will have to get the bike to the Forward Air terminal and drop it off without fuel or battery. When the motorcycle gets to the destination, the receiving party will have to pick it up sans fuel and battery. The other major issue is the lack of Forward Air locations, especially in the Western US. If you live in Montana for example, you would have to deliver or pick up your bike in Salt Lake City, Portland or Seattle.

For this reason, we prefer door to door shipping. It is massively more convenient and can save both the person shipping and receiving the bike a massive amount of time and effort. Your bike shows up where you want it to, ready to run.