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Motorcycle delivery cost from dealership to home

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Hi everyone. I'm (hopefully) getting my M1 next week, and I've already signed up for a training course in April, and I hope to get a motorcycle shortly thereafter. I'm hoping to buy used from a dealership near Toronto. I'm obviously new to motorcycling and don't really know enough to ***** a bike being sold by a private seller. Enough background though. It's my understanding that most dealerships will deliver your new purchase to your home. I live no more than an hour from any of the dealerships I'm likely to purchase from.

Is that normally a free service or is there an associated cost. If so, what's the ballpark price?
 
You can request it as part of your negotiating tactics.
 
If you have a friend with a trailer hitch on their vehicle you can rent a UHaul motorcycle trailer pretty cheap.
 
I bet someone from this site would help you view a private sale. I've purchased lots of bikes (20??) all private. Never had an issue.
 
Dealerships should have no issue delivering the bike and offering the service as part of the sale e.g. at no extra cost to you . The larger dealers will schedule a few deliveries together around the same time.
 
I had asked about delivery for my bike and it was $125 from Oakville to Keele and Wilson Toronto. Said eff that and rode it home myself with a buddy in his car behind me. Took a few minutes to remember how to ride after being off for a couple years. Couple stalls but it was fiiiiine
 
I've had 2 used bikes delivered, about 80km each way for the dealer, 160km round trip. $100 each time.
 
When I bought my bike in Lakefield (2021) they offered to deliver it gratis (early April), so I slid the driver $100 cash.
That wouldn't have covered the cost of fuel or his time but at least it was a gesture.
 
If going with a dealer and new, they will likely let you store the bike until you are ready to ride it home. They plate it, you insure it and in April, ride it home.
 
Had a Victory bagger purchased new in 2014 and they delivered it for free an hours drive to my house after an early Fall snowstorm meant riding it home wasn't practical.
My KTM was delivered from the Ottawa dealership for $100 (3.5hrs each way).
 
Here is how I do it: I'd negotiate the final final price but as my last words I'd say "I take it for this price IF you deliver it for free", they might say NO - you just walk away and they would catch you a min later and say OK, worked every single time for me.
 
nakkers said:
If going with a dealer and new, they will likely let you store the bike until you are ready to ride it home. They plate it, you insure it and in April, ride it home.
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I did this as a new rider... and crashed before I ever made it home, because I was a new rider... I won't tell you how close to home, or how many feet from the dealer I made it before crashing, but let's just say I wish I had the bike delivered and could have had the comfort of getting used to my first bike on my own tiny little residential street, instead of a busy area with what felt like a million eyes watching me.

Sochi said:
Here is how I do it: I'd negotiate the final final price but as my last words I'd say "I take it for this price IF you deliver it for free", they might say NO - you just walk away and they would catch you a min later and say OK, worked every single time for me.
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This is the way to do it, if they're willing to play ball. Usually on new bikes they will, sometimes on used bikes they're a little less interested...

OP: If you can't get them to throw it, give me a shout and I'll try to help you out with getting it home.
 
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