Bike Shifting in Hennur

Two bikes, one house, two addresses

The first thing we ask is simple. Where is each bike actually going, and who will be there to take it? It's surprising how often the family is sure about the motorcycle and still undecided about the scooter, and it's much easier to sort that over a phone call than with the crew standing in the driveway.

Once both destinations are clear we quote them as one job with two lines. The local one, say across to HBR Layout or Kammanahalli, is a short run that finishes on the same day. The out-of-town one goes on a carrier heading that way, with its own committed date. You see both on a single written quote and pay against one GST invoice.

Keys get mixed up more than anything else in a two bike move. We tag each key to its bike when we collect, and it helps a lot if the spare keys are put in two separate envelopes with the number written on the front. Nobody wants to be posting a scooter key to Hyderabad a week later.

Collecting from a Hennur villa or a tower

The villa communities here are the easy end for bikes. In Ramky Serene Woods, Ferns Meadows or Prestige Augusta Golf Village the vehicle can usually come close to the door, so two bikes are walked a few metres and loaded. The only thing to check is whether the community wants a gate pass for a vehicle leaving with a resident's bikes on it, most do, and the facility office can raise it in a few minutes.

The towers are a bit more involved. At Purva Palm Beach, Salarpuria Sattva Luxuria or Purva The Waves both bikes sit in a basement, and the carrier waits outside or in a visitor bay because the ramp isn't made for it. Some of the newer towers have very few visitor bays, so we agree a standing spot with security before the day rather than looking for one with two bikes waiting.

And if one bike lives at the villa while the other is still parked at an office or a relative's place, that's fine. Tell us both pickup points and we'll plan the order.

Scooter shifting for the second bike

In most of the two bike households we see, the second one is a scooter. It gets exactly the same treatment as the motorcycle, the layers of wrap, the padding at the handlebar and mirrors and the strapping on the vehicle, and it doesn't share space with the bigger bike, each one stands in its own place.

Scooty shifting on its own also tends to cost a bit less than moving a motorcycle the same distance, it's lighter and fits more easily, so on a two line quote the scooter is usually the smaller number. Empty the boot before the day. In a family scooter that's often school stuff, a raincoat and a shopping bag nobody remembers putting there.

Bike and two wheeler transport from Hennur, one local and one out of town

Hennur Road and the ORR junctions are slow at office peaks in both directions, so we load early, before the commute builds, and the bike headed out of the city gets onto the ORR and away from the north-east without crossing the centre. The airport side is close too, which helps for anything going north.

For the one leaving Bangalore, carry a copy of the RC and the owner's ID in a folder that goes with that bike, not with the other one. If the bike is in a parent's or spouse's name, add a sale receipt or a short signed letter from them. Two bikes means two folders, and it's worth checking each folder against the number plate before the crew leaves.

The fuel in both is drained before loading, so don't fill either tank in the last week. A smaller town at the far end may mean a longer wait for a carrier heading there, and we'll be upfront about that when we quote.

If the household is moving with them

When the family is moving house too, one or both bikes can ride on the household vehicle and sit inside that quote. Our Hennur packers page covers the house move itself, the lifts, the villa loads and the timing on Hennur Road.