Bike Shifting in Hongasandra
Most bikes leaving Hongasandra are ridden right up to the end. The owner is commuting to HSR or Electronic City until the last week, and the bike has to keep working until the morning it goes on the carrier.
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The fuel is drained before loading, which means any petrol in the tank on pickup day is wasted. So people try to run it low. Done carelessly, that ends with someone pushing a dry bike along the Hosur Road service lane at nine in the evening. Done properly, it costs a little planning in the last week and nothing more.
Why the tank is drained
A bike on a carrier travels with others, wrapped and strapped in a closed vehicle. Petrol in the tank is a fire risk and can leak if anything shifts, so it comes out before loading. That's the same for a short local hop as for a long run out of the city.
Whatever's left goes. Filling up a full tank the night before, which people do out of habit, just means paying for fuel you'll never ride on.
So the aim is to have very little in there on the day, without cutting it so fine that you're stuck.
Running it low without running out
Start thinking about it a week ahead. The last evening is too late. Work out roughly how far you'll ride before pickup, your commute each day plus the odd errand, and from then on fill only what you need, a small amount at a time.
Don't let the reserve light be your guide on the last day. If you're on reserve the evening before pickup and still need to get home through Silk Board traffic, that's too fine. Aim to arrive home on the last evening with a little fuel left, enough for the crew to ride the bike to the carrier if they need to.
On a scooter the gauge is usually more reliable than on an older motorcycle. If yours has always been vague, go by distance rather than the needle, and reset the trip meter at your last proper fill so you know how far you've actually gone.
And if you misjudge it and run dry? Don't panic. The bike doesn't need to run for us to move it, it only needs to roll and steer. Push it home, tell us, and the crew will come ready to push it to the carrier.
Collection in Hongasandra
Hongasandra is a dense pocket off Hosur Road, tucked between Bommanahalli and Begur, with PGs, builder floors and small workshops sharing the same lanes. No vehicle can stand on the main road to load, so the carrier waits on a service road or an inner lane we've agreed beforehand. Where an inner lane is too tight, the bike is ridden or pushed to the spot.
Builder floors and older houses on the inner lanes usually keep bikes squeezed into the ground floor or a narrow passage, three or four of them nose to tail with the house owner's car somewhere in the middle. Clear a path the night before so the crew can bring yours out without moving three others.
Silk Board is close up the road, and it sets the timing more than anything else. If the bike is going towards the city it wants an early pickup. If it's heading south towards Electronic City, the timing matters less.
Scooty shifting from Hongasandra
Scooters are the commuting bike for a lot of people in Hongasandra, and their small tanks make the fuel easier to judge. A few small top-ups in the last week, each just enough for the next couple of days, is usually all it takes. If you top up at the pump near the Hosur Road junction on the way home, you'll pass it again tomorrow anyway.
Don't leave a spare bottle of petrol in the seat box as a reserve, which people sometimes do on scooters. It has to come out, and a forgotten one is a real hazard on a carrier.
Once it's been photographed, the scooter gets the same protection as a motorbike, foam where the bars and mirror stems stick out, wrap in several layers, straps to hold it standing. It's lighter, and that usually shows in a slightly smaller bill.
Bike and two wheeler transport out of Hongasandra
Locally, across to HSR, up to BTM or down to Begur, the bike arrives the same day, often within a couple of hours if Silk Board is kind. For other cities, Chennai and Hyderabad see vehicles going all the time and Kerala gets regular runs. If home is a smaller town, the bike may have to wait until something's headed that way, and we'll tell you at the quote rather than after.
Hosur Road gives southern trips a clean start, the carrier heads away from Silk Board instead of into it. Northbound runs cross the city first and want the earliest slot you can manage.
The crew takes a photocopied RC and a photocopy of your ID card for the journey, and the originals stay in your bag. You'll have one figure in writing after a free look at the bike, GST shown on the bill. If a household is moving along with the bike, the Hongasandra packers page has that side.
One last fuel point. If the bike is going a long way and you plan to ride it the day it arrives, tell whoever's receiving it to have a little petrol ready. It'll arrive as dry as it left.
Get a price for the bike
Tell us the bike, the pickup address in Hongasandra and where it's going. One firm written figure on GST, after a free survey on video or in person.
+91 90444 22212Moving the whole house too?
The bike can ride on the same vehicle as your household and go on the same quote. The Hongasandra moving page covers the rest of the move.
Packers and Movers in HongasandraHow the bike is packed and carried
The wrapping, the strapping and the condition photos are the same wherever the bike starts. They're explained in full on the service page.
Getting the bike ready in Hongasandra
Bike and Scooty Shifting in Hongasandra, answered
Distance to the destination is most of it. Fuel in the tank makes no difference to the price, so there's no saving in leaving it full. A free survey, then a written figure with GST.
Petrol in a bike on a carrier is a fire and leak risk, so it comes out before loading.
Low, but with a little left so the crew can ride it to the carrier if needed.
No. The bike only needs to roll and steer. Let us know so the crew comes ready to push.
All the time. With a small tank a scooter is easy to run low, and it usually comes in a little cheaper than a motorcycle.
No. The under-seat storage has to be empty, fuel especially.
Yes, Hyderabad has frequent carriers. An early pickup helps the carrier cross the city.
On a service road or inner lane we agree beforehand. Never on Hosur Road itself.
A word with the neighbours the evening before, so theirs are out of the way when the crew arrives.
No, it travels dry. Whoever receives it should have a little petrol ready.
Not if the pickup is the morning after. Ride home the last evening with a little fuel left and hand it over first thing.
No. It's drained either way, so a full tank just wastes your money.