Bike Shifting in Belathur

Why the parking bay matters more than the keys

A new tower often hands over the flat before it hands over the parking. The keys arrive, the electricity comes on, and the basement is still being cleaned out or the association hasn't worked out which bay belongs to which flat. Bring a bike in at that stage and it ends up parked wherever there's room, and then moved by a security guard, and then moved again.

So we ask one question before we schedule a delivery into Belathur. Has the society told you where the bike goes? If yes, we deliver. If not, it waits. A bike in storage for an extra week costs a lot less trouble than a bike shuffled around a building site of a basement.

Ask the facility desk for the bay number in writing, a message is fine. The crew will take the bike straight there.

It's also worth asking whether two-wheelers get a bay at all, or share a common strip. Some newer Belathur towers allot one car bay per flat and leave bikes to a shared area near the ramp, which is fine, but you'll want to know before you pick a spot for a bike you care about.

How storage works for a bike

The bike is collected and photographed in the condition it's in, wrapped, and kept wrapped while it's stored. It isn't ridden or started. When you're ready we bring it out and deliver it, with another set of photos at the handover so you can compare the two.

Keep the stored bike's tank low before collection. The fuel comes out before it goes on a vehicle in any case, and a bike sitting for a few weeks is better without it.

Storage also takes the worry off the old address. A landlord who wants the parking back on the last day of the lease, or a relative who's happy to help but would rather not have a motorcycle in the porch for a month, isn't left holding it.

If it's going to be a long wait, a month or more, it's worth disconnecting the battery yourself or asking a mechanic to, so it isn't flat when it comes back. Tell us if you've done it so the crew doesn't try to start it at delivery.

Scooty shifting into a new Belathur tower

Plenty of first move-ins here bring a scooty along with the motorcycle, or instead of one. A scooter is stored and delivered exactly like a bigger bike, wrapped and padded with the same care, and because it's lighter and smaller it usually comes in at a slightly lower price.

New basements are sometimes still rough at the edges, loose gravel near the ramp, a bit of construction debris in the corners. The crew walks the scooter in rather than riding it, and checks the bay is clear before standing it there.

Bike and two wheeler transport into Belathur from another city

A good share of Belathur's new owners are coming from somewhere else entirely, Chennai, Hyderabad, a hometown in Kerala. The bike can come straight from there to a Belathur tower if the flat and parking are ready, or into storage in Bangalore first if they aren't. We'd rather have that conversation at the quote than discover the parking problem at the gate.

Belathur is at the far end of Whitefield, so a delivery from across the city takes longer on the road than one from the inner belt. The date we give you is the one we've committed to before loading, and the price is a single figure in writing on GST after a free survey.

Photocopies of the RC and the owner's ID ride along with it. If you're registering the bike in Karnataka later, that's a step you take with the RTO once you're settled in.

Coming from out of state, think about where it should land first. Straight to Belathur is quickest if the bay is ready. If the keys are still a fortnight away, storage in Bangalore means the bike has already made the long trip and only needs the short last leg when you call.

The household side

If the furniture is going into storage at the same time, the bike can sit on the same plan and the same quote. The Belathur packers page covers first move-ins and household storage.