Guides · 28 June 2026
Moving house with a motorbike
Removals firms rarely want a bike on the lorry. How to move a motorbike when you move home, and why a separate door-to-door run is usually simpler.
When you move home, the motorbike is the awkward item. Removals firms are set up for furniture and boxes, not for strapping a heavy bike down safely among them, and many will not take one at all. This guide covers the realistic options and why handling the bike as its own door-to-door run usually causes the least grief.
Why the removals lorry is rarely the answer
A bike on a removals lorry has to be loaded, chocked and strapped properly or it moves, and a bike that shifts in transit can damage itself and everything around it. Most removals crews are not equipped or insured for it, so even when they agree it is a compromise. It is the one item where a specialist makes obvious sense.
Ride it, or have it moved
If the bike is road legal and the new home is a manageable distance, riding it over on the day is fine, though moving day is usually busy enough already. For a longer move, a non-runner, or simply one less thing to juggle, having the bike collected and delivered separately is the calmer choice.
A separate door-to-door run
Bladespeed runs weekly scheduled motorbike transport across mainland Britain, collecting from your old address and delivering to the new one, loaded and secured properly. Because it is scheduled, you can line the collection up with your move date rather than hope the removals firm has room. Enter both postcodes in the booking tool for your collection day and a firm price before you pay.
If the timing does not line up
Sometimes the bike needs to go before you do, or arrive after you have the keys. Bladespeed also offers indoor storage at £60 per 4 weeks, so the bike can be collected, kept safe in the gap, and delivered to the new place when you are ready for it. That removes the worst of the moving-day juggling.
Across to Northern Ireland
If your move is to or from Northern Ireland, the bike can still be handled, but as an arranged job rather than a standard scheduled route. Enter your postcode in the booking tool and Bladespeed will confirm the arrangement.
Common questions
Will a removals company move my motorbike?
Many will not, because a bike has to be loaded and strapped properly or it shifts and causes damage, and most removals crews are not equipped or insured for it. Handling the bike as its own door-to-door run is usually simpler and safer.
How do I move a motorbike when I move house?
Bladespeed collects the bike from your old address and delivers it to the new one on a weekly scheduled route across mainland Britain. Enter both postcodes in the booking tool to line collection up with your move date and see a firm price.
What if the bike needs to move at a different time to the rest of my things?
Bladespeed also offers indoor storage at £60 per 4 weeks, so the bike can be collected, kept safe in the gap between homes and delivered when you are ready. That takes the bike out of the moving-day juggle.
Can a motorbike be moved to Northern Ireland in a house move?
Yes, but to or from Northern Ireland it is handled as an arranged job rather than a standard scheduled route. Enter your postcode in the booking tool and Bladespeed will confirm the arrangement.
Fig. 1. Bladespeed coverage
When can Bladespeed collect your motorbike?
Bladespeed runs weekly scheduled routes across England, Scotland and Wales. Enter your postcode in the booking tool and it shows your collection day and a firm price before you pay.
Northern Ireland collections and deliveries are arranged on request. Storage from £60 per 4 weeks.