Pricing Guide Through Different Vehicles
- Scooter / Moped$90 – $150
- Applicable to light commuter types, vespas and urban scooters. Specialized step-through straps to avoid cracking of plastic panels.
- Sports Bike$120 – $220
- Specially formulated for high performance track and street sportbikes. Avoids fairing friction with the use of handlebar harness systems such as Canyon Dancers.
- Cruiser$150 – $250
- Heavy low slung cruisers, custom choppers and custom builds, all in the cruiser price range. Locks huge front tires with extra wide wheel chocks.
- Touring$180 – $280
- For touring models with large frames and full dress baggers. Takes into account additional structural weight, wide panniers and top boxes.
- Dirt Bike$120 – $220
- Suitable for motocross, enduro and off-road trail bikes. Includes specially designed high clearance wheel anchoring blocks for knobby tires.
- ATV / Quad Bike$200 – $350
- Designed for use on wide wheel, 4 wheeled all-terrain utility vehicles. Needs more points of wheel-basket straps on a wider flat bed.
Quick Answer: Towing and transport in Melbourne is business as usual, with the price for a towing and transport of a motorcycle ranging in cost between $130 and $220, depending on the type of motorcycle being towed, and the price of long-distance corridor transport of a motorcycle ranging from $140 to $230 per single trip. Localised scooter/commuter callouts are $120 - $210 per callout. Car Towing Melbourne provides complimentary over-the-phone quote and a precise fixed quote for each and every single motorcycle transport project.
There's nothing that can stop your ride faster than a sudden mechanical failure, flat tire, or minor accident, and the price of taking a ride will vary greatly depending on the environment you find yourself in and the distance you have to travel. The following is a summary of the current Melbourne charges for metropolitan bike callouts, regional corridor transport and motorcycle recovery for typical residential jobs: These are just some of the reasons why the final cost of motorcycle towing services in Melbourne might differ from these ranges, which is why Car Towing Melbourne always checks the site details by phone before stating a fixed price.
The recovery process for motorcycles is frequently a time-sensitive operation, with the clearing schedule, traffic controller and arterial road all set around the transit schedule. Usually, the fastest job is roadside clearance, which takes less than an hour for a normal street bike, whereas full multi-story basement recovery takes longer, especially if it's a bike with missing keys or one with locked steering columns. For most inner-city Melbourne rides, some select a flatbed carrier and a quick response guarantee, while others choose a low-clearance truck or enclosed trailer, depending on the type of premium sports bike they want or cruiser that can be customized.
Total transparency is the state's No. 1 priority for stranded riders when it comes to tracking transport budgets. Many roadside operation companies provide an unrealistically low callout charge, then add premium loading fees, special bike cradle fees, weekend surcharges, administration fees etc. upon safe strapping of your motorcycle. These predatory practices are not part of our model for service. Once you make contact with our central dispatch, the number you receive from our team is your total final cost, including all transit factors, toll management and site dangers up front.
Geographic zones help to explain our tiered system because the recovery varies from one zone to the next. The concept of geographic zones can explain our tiered system, as the logistics of recovery differ depending on the geographic zone. The growing size of Melbourne's public transport network creates wholly new challenges in each zone. Removing a stationary bicycle from a street with an inner city population of bikes demands special equipment and exactitude to prevent tipping.
In contrast, an emergency breakdown in the large highway systems of the outer west or south-east growth corridors can be managed in a more efficient manner with vehicle positioning and speed of transit reduced.
Factors that Impact on Motorcycle Towing Melbourne
- Distance and Mileage
- The distance traveled and the mileage from the point of breakdown hook-up, to the delivery shop or home address is our base price for a tow. Longer routes away from the metropolitan core area, naturally, call for greater operational resources.
- Minimal Handling: The Immediate Recovery Environment
- Bikes parked on open flat asphalt surfaces require minimal handling. In these areas, motorcycles that become stuck in low areas of parking in the basement or multi-level garages, or in off-road clearings, will need specialized low-profile trucks and a slower process.
- Time of Day and Dispatch Urgency
- Fleet availability is impacted by high traffic commuter hours, late evening or night calls, weekend callouts and statutory public holidays. During extreme weather conditions or unsafe driving conditions on the road, emergency calls also change the demand for resources.
- Bike Weight, Overall Weight and Steering
- The total weight, length and steering condition of the bike are important. Unlike big touring motorcycles, custom heavy cruisers or severe collision assets with broken forks and seized wheels, lightweight scooters or dirt bikes are less difficult to manage. Advanced wheel chocks, handlebar straps and soft tie-downs are other specialized tie down equipment that are required by operators, as motorcycles cannot stand on their own.
- Toll Road Management
- Congestion and delay can be avoided and minimised by using express transit infrastructure such as CityLink or Eastlink. There is no additional billing for these tolls, it is just part of the initial quotation.
- On-Site Accessibility Blocks
- Bikes blocked by other properties, disabled in tight mechanical service bays or resting down steep embankments will require extensive time to set up for a totally safe, damage free load.
Our Process
- Free Phone Measure and Quote
- We will give you an accurate estimate of your motorcycle's distance from the break point, your motorcycle type and where you are going, and arrange the clearest possible transportation options by phone.
- Preparation
- On arrival our Operator secures the immediate road side area, assesses traffic volume and prepares the motorcycle for a level upright hook up.
- Precision Loading and Securement
- Bikes are meticulously loaded onto our state-of-the-art flatbed decks and fastened to each wheel using soft loading straps that will not damage the bike or any surfaces.
- Transport & Safe Unloading
- Your asset is safely driven through the optimal route to the target workshop/driveway and is monitored from hook-up to drop-off by dispatch.
Why Choose Us?
Whether you're dealing with a standard motorcycle towing breakdown, a luxury cruiser recovery or a commercial fleet recovery, Car Towing Melbourne can handle it. When handling busy arterials, clearways and high-risk freeways, we take extra care to protect your valued two-wheeled property; and when we're dealing with multiple story buildings, low clearance areas and congested alleyways we can remove bikes with precision to give you a clean, professional finish. We provide you with specific logistical dimensions and personalized written quotes following a phone call from you, so that you know exactly what you're paying for before we pull your truck in the direction you need. We have also extensive experience co-ordinating with other motorcycle mechanics, insurance assessors and their local motorcycle repair shops on full vehicle recovery projects that fit our towing schedule with their extended repair schedule.
Our professional operators are fully trained, licensed and covered by comprehensive insurance for the unique challenges of the traffic control in metropolitan Melbourne. We have a modern fleet of tilt tray carriers fitted with dedicated bike towing systems that provide daily safety checks which ensure the highest level of reliability in an emergency situation. Our Drivers focus on your safety, real time tracking of their arrival, and clear communication, knowing how stressful a motorcycle failure can be. When our dispatch team answers your call, you're getting top-notch, dependable service, with no hidden costs.
Melbourne Suburbs We Serve
We move all container configurations, site offices and heavy storage modules from inner city commercial centres in Southbank, Docklands, through to family manufacturing estates in the eastern suburbs, such as Box Hill, Camberwell and Glen Waverley across greater Melbourne. With a distributed dispatch system, we keep our heavy recovery vehicles closer to the major road arteries in the region, and are able to reach you within a quick time frame, no matter where your industrial equipment breaks down unexpectedly.
Our coverage is active in the inner northern manufacturing suburbs of Brunswick, Fitzroy and Northcote and provides towing services in a timely fashion on main high density arterials such as Sydney Road. Our teams also undertake regular patrols throughout the southeast's heavy blocks and commercial areas, offering rapid response in the commercial and residential areas of Cheltenham, St Kilda, Dandenong and Frankston on the Monash Freeway network. At the same time, our committed western infrastructure provides quick and reliable support at roadsides and factories in growth logistics areas such as Point Cook, Tarneit, Werribee and Pakenham.
Call us for a free over-the-phone consultation wherever you get stranded or relocating equipment within the metropolitan network, or compare rates on our car towing prices and caravan towing pages, or our emergency towing service page, or read our safe motorcycle towing Melbourne guide for what happens before, during and after the tow.