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Motorcycle towing in Madison, NJ: chock, soft straps and a flatbed, 38 minutes from our Linden dispatch
A bike down on Route 124 (Main Street), a bike that will not start in a Downtown Main Street garage, a bike that needs to reach a shop across Madison. Each rides the same way: front wheel locked in a chock, soft loops on the frame, upright on a flatbed that is about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour from Linden.
Why Madison drivers call us for motorcycle towing before anyone else
When we tow a motorcycle in Madison, it goes up a flatbed into a locking chock, gets soft loops at the triple tree and frame, has its forks compressed evenly and rides upright; no sling, no side-loading, a truck about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour from Linden, and one flat price quoted first.
Riders in Madison break down on Route 124 (Main Street), drop a bike on a wet corner, or find the battery flat after a winter in the garage. Each is a flatbed job with the chock, the soft loops and even fork compression, and each is quoted flat before the truck leaves Linden about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour away. The bike goes up upright and comes off upright.
The Rose City: Drew University and Fairleigh Dickinson on one side, a busy Main Street downtown and a Morristown Line station on the other. Commuter cars, student cars that sit for weeks, and a lot of well-kept older vehicles that need a flatbed. That is what the driver plans for; a bike in a garage, a lot or on a shoulder each gets a slightly different approach and the same careful strap-down.
The right way to strap a motorcycle in Madison
The front wheel goes into a locking chock bolted to the deck. Soft loops go around the triple tree and the frame or subframe so the ratchet straps never touch paint or plastic. The forks are compressed evenly on both sides so the bike is pinned and cannot rock. A rear strap keeps it from walking. That is the whole setup, and it is why a bike from Madison arrives at the shop with nothing marked.
The Madison roads and lots that send us motorcycle calls
Most of the motorcycle calls from Madison come from three places: the shoulders of Route 124 (Main Street) and Route 24, where a flat or a chain problem strands a rider in traffic; garages in Downtown Main Street and Kings Road / Drew, where a bike that sat all winter will not crank; and the lots around Drew University, where a bike got dropped or would not start. The driver stops with the amber bar on and walks the bike to the deck.
Crash recovery for motorcycles in Madison
A crashed bike in Madison is handled in a set order: right it, drain the fluids that are escaping, secure it in the chock without loading the damaged parts, and photograph everything before it leaves for insurance. If officers are on scene on Route 124 (Main Street), tell the dispatcher so the driver can work the lane with them.
Dead, locked or half-built: bikes that cannot roll
Driveways and street parking; a municipal lot and the station lots downtown. University lots need the tech to reach a car that has not moved in a month. A locked steering head or a seized wheel means a dolly goes under the front tire and the bike is winched up. A missing key is no problem with proof of ownership. A project bike short a wheel is strapped by the frame instead of the chock. Tell the dispatcher where in Madison it is and what is missing.
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Call (908) 444-0129All towing in MadisonWhat happens when you call for a motorcycle tow in Madison
You tell the dispatcher where the bike is in Madison, what bike it is and whether it rolls; the flatbed with the chock is quoted and dispatched from Linden; the bike is walked or dollied up the deck, chocked, soft-strapped and delivered upright.
Step one: the spot, from Route 124 (Main Street) to a Downtown Main Street garage
Shoulder of Route 124 (Main Street) with the direction and the nearest exit or cross street, a garage with its level, a lot at Drew University with the row, or a driveway. A bike can be walked to where the truck can stop, so a tight spot is less of a problem than it is for a car.
Step two: sport, cruiser, dirt or scooter, and does it roll
Make and model, sport or cruiser or touring or dirt or scooter, whether it rolls and steers, whether there is a key, whether it was dropped and what is leaking. That sets up the chock width, the strap points and whether a dolly is needed.
Step three: one number before the truck leaves Linden
You hear the hook fee and the mileage to the destination as a single figure, whether the bike is going to a shop on Route 124 (Main Street) or home to Downtown Main Street. The quote is free and you can hang up.
Step four: chock, soft loops, forks compressed evenly
The bike is walked or winched up the lowered deck into the locking chock. Soft loops around the triple tree and frame, ratchets tightened evenly so the forks compress the same on both sides, a rear strap to stop it walking. The driver checks it before the truck moves and again at the first stop.
Step five: unloaded upright, paid at the bike
The unload is the load in reverse: chock released, bike walked down upright. You pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or cash and get a receipt listing where in Madison the bike was collected, where it went and the mileage. If it was a crash, the pickup photos go with the claim.
The road, the nearest cross street and the make and model: with those three things the dispatcher quotes motorcycle towing in Madison on the spot.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyWhat happens after you call for motorcycle towing in Madison: minute by minute from Linden dispatch to the drop
Count on about three minutes on the phone with the dispatcher, about 38 minutes for the truck to reach Madison from Linden, and fifteen to twenty minutes of loading before the car is strapped down and headed to the address you gave.
Nobody who calls us from Madison has done this before, or does it often. Here is the whole thing in order, so the hour is predictable.
Step one, from Madison: the call and the four questions
A dispatcher answers (908) 444-0129 at any hour; there is no menu and no callback queue. The questions are the same every time: where exactly is the car (the road, the direction, the nearest cross street or exit, such as Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park, or the name of the lot), what is it, what happened, and where it should go. If the car is in the lot at Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots, say which level or section; the driver goes straight to it instead of circling.
Minutes one to three: the price and the dispatch
With the location, the vehicle and the destination known, the dispatcher quotes one number. For a tow it is the hook fee plus mileage to the address you gave; the number does not change on scene. Say yes and the nearest available truck is assigned while you are still on the line. You are given an arrival window built from where that truck actually is, not from a slogan. Nothing is charged until the job is done.
About 38 minutes on the road: Linden to Madison
From Linden the truck runs Route 124 (Main Street) and Route 24 and takes Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park into Madison, about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour off-peak; when the weather or the traffic is bad you are told the honest window on the call. Expect a call from the driver when he is minutes away so you know which truck to look for. Stay belted in the car if you are on a shoulder, hazards on, unless the car itself is in danger.
At the car in Madison: photos, straps and the load
On arrival the driver checks your name and where the car is going, takes photos of it as it sits, and sets the truck up for the spot: a borough driveway, a curb, a lot at Drew University or a parking deck each need a different angle, which is why the dispatcher asked where the car was. Then it is winched or driven up, strapped at all four wheels and photographed again. For an after-hours drop at a shop, the key goes wherever the shop asked. Riding along in the cab is usually fine; mention it on the call.
After: the receipt and what to do next
An itemized receipt arrives by text or email showing the hook fee, the mileage and both addresses: exactly what an insurer, a warranty company or a roadside plan wants to see. If the car needs a second move later, from the shop to home, say, the same dispatch line quotes it as a local tow in Madison. For the full picture of towing in Madison, see all towing in Madison.
The clock starts when you call (908) 444-0129: three minutes to a quote, about 38 minutes to a truck in Madison.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyThe roads into Madison: motorcycle towing response on Route 124 (Main Street), Route 24, Kings Road and Park Avenue
Our route from Linden to Madison runs Route 124 (Main Street), Route 24 and Kings Road, coming off at Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park, and motorcycle towing on any of those roads is a direct dispatch.
Every road below is one our drivers run to and through Madison. The notes are what they actually know about each one. When you call for motorcycle towing, say the road, the direction and the nearest cross street or exit.
Motorcycle towing on Route 124 (Main Street) in Madison
The downtown spine from Chatham to Morristown; slow, signalized, with curbside parking and delivery trucks in the way. On Route 124 (Main Street) say the direction and the nearest exit or cross street so the truck reaches you on the correct side.
Route 24 through Madison: motorcycle towing on the road and off it
The Madison / Kings Road area is a short run to the Route 24 ramps at Chatham and Florham Park. Riders on Route 24 call for flats, dead batteries and chain problems; each is a flatbed with the chock, quoted flat before the truck leaves Linden.
Kings Road through Madison: motorcycle towing on the road and off it
Station and Drew University side; lockouts and dead batteries in the station lot and campus lots. After a fall on Kings Road, get off the road first, then call; we right the bike, drain what leaks and strap it for the shop.
Park Avenue: motorcycle towing response in Madison
The north-south connector toward Florham Park and Route 24; a common overheating spot on summer afternoons. After a fall on Park Avenue, get off the road first, then call; we right the bike, drain what leaks and strap it for the shop.
The exits our trucks take for Madison
For Madison the ramp to know is Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park. A driver on the highway who can give an exit number and a direction gets the motorcycle towing truck on the right side of the road the first time. Where the Turnpike or Parkway express lanes offer no exit, the Authority's garage clears the shoulder and our truck picks the car up at the ramp.
Stopped on a shoulder near Madison? Stay belted, hazards on, and call with the road, your direction and the nearest exit.
Call from the shoulderTowing in MadisonMotorcycle towing at the places Madison drivers stop: Madison station lots, Museum of Early Trades and Crafts area and Drew University and the Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots lot
The common Madison pickup points for motorcycle towing are Madison station lots, Museum of Early Trades and Crafts area, Drew University, Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham campus and Madison Main Street downtown and Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots; a truck or technician reaches any of them in about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour.
Motorcycle towing when the car stops at Madison station lots
Breakdowns at Madison station lots in Madison are quoted flat, hook plus mileage to the shop you choose, and the bike rides upright in the chock with soft loops.
Motorcycle towing when the car stops at Museum of Early Trades and Crafts area
Bikes that will not start at Museum of Early Trades and Crafts area are usually a battery; a jump is tried first and the flatbed with the chock comes if the bike needs a shop. Say the lot or the entrance and the driver meets you at the bike, about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour from Linden.
Drew University: motorcycle towing response
A motorcycle in a garage or lot at Drew University can be walked to the entrance and loaded outside if the deck clearance is low. Tell the dispatcher the level.
Motorcycle towing at Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham campus
A motorcycle in a garage or lot at Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham campus can be walked to the entrance and loaded outside if the deck clearance is low. Tell the dispatcher the level.
Madison Main Street downtown: motorcycle towing response
Breakdowns at Madison Main Street downtown in Madison are quoted flat, hook plus mileage to the shop you choose, and the bike rides upright in the chock with soft loops.
Motorcycle towing at Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots
A motorcycle parked all day at Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots has a small battery and a lot of time to drain it. We try a jump start first, and if the bike still needs a shop, the chock-equipped flatbed comes from the same call, about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour from Linden.
At one of these spots right now? Say the name and the lot, and the truck or the tech is on the way.
Call (908) 444-0129Every service in MadisonMotorcycles and situations we tow in Madison
The bikes we move in Madison range from superbikes to scooters, cruisers to adventure bikes, and the calls come from the shoulder of Route 124 (Main Street), the lots at Drew University, and garages in Downtown Main Street holding a project that has not run in years.
Superbikes stranded on Route 124 (Main Street) and Route 24
Fairings, clip-ons and low pegs mean nothing can touch the bodywork. Soft loops to the triple tree and subframe, chock locked, forks compressed evenly. The bike rides upright and comes off without a scuff.
Baggers and tourers: the wide chock and a frame strap
A loaded touring bike weighs as much as a small car's engine and has bags exactly where a careless strap would go. The wide chock takes it, the winch helps it up the deck if needed, and every strap goes to the frame, not the luggage, for the ride out of Madison.
Adventure and dual-sport bikes coming off the trail
Dirt bikes and adventure bikes need patience on the straps: long-travel forks have to be compressed a little at a time on each side or the bike leans. Whether it broke on a trail outside Madison or in a Downtown Main Street driveway, it rides upright and square.
Scooters and mopeds around Drew University
Small bikes are easy to walk to the truck and easy to strap wrong. We use the chock and soft loops on a scooter the same as on a superbike.
Damaged bikes after a fall in Madison
Bent bars, snapped levers, leaking fluid. We right the bike, drain what needs draining, strap it so nothing else is damaged, and photograph it for insurance.
Bikes that cannot roll from a Downtown Main Street garage
No key, no problem with the title in hand. No steering, the dolly handles it. No front wheel, the frame takes the straps instead of the chock. Project bikes in Madison move to the shop and back at the same flat rate.
However the car ended up stopped in Madison, the same number sends the truck or the technician the job needs.
Call (908) 444-0129Motorcycle towing explainedMotorcycle towing prices in Madison, NJ: what the number is made of and why you hear it before dispatch
A motorcycle tow in Madison costs a flat hook fee plus a per-mile rate to the shop or your garage, quoted on the call, with the chock and straps included and no night, weekend, holiday or fuel surcharges.
What a motorcycle tow in Madison costs
The hook fee covers dispatch, loading with the chock and straps, and the driver's time. Mileage is the distance from the pickup in Madison to the shop or your garage. Short runs to a Madison shop usually stay inside the base mileage. One total, quoted before the truck moves.
No surcharges for a midnight bike tow
The Madison price does not move for the clock, the calendar or the weather, and the equipment a motorcycle needs is never billed separately. Midnight on Route 24 and Tuesday afternoon in Downtown Main Street are the same number.
Paying and insurance after a crash
Pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or cash at the bike. The receipt itemizes the Madison pickup, the drop-off and the miles, and together with the pickup photos it satisfies a motorcycle insurer's claim form after a crash.
Why there is no price list for Madison on the website
A number on a page cannot know whether your car is on Route 124 (Main Street) or in a driveway in Kings Road / Drew, whether it is a Civic or a Range Rover, or where it is going. A quote on the phone takes thirty seconds and is exact. Call, ask, and hang up if you do not like it.
Thirty seconds on the phone gets you the exact price of motorcycle towing in Madison. There is no charge for asking.
Call for a quoteSchedule insteadMotorcycle towing in every Madison neighborhood: Kings Road / Drew, Park Avenue, Rosedale Avenue area and Hillside and more
Motorcycle towing is dispatched to every part of Madison, including Kings Road / Drew, Park Avenue, Rosedale Avenue area, Hillside, Woodland Road and Downtown Main Street, at the same flat quoted price.
Driveways and street parking; a municipal lot and the station lots downtown. University lots need the tech to reach a car that has not moved in a month. The driver's first question is where the car is sitting, because the approach differs by street.
Motorcycle towing in Kings Road / Drew
Calls from Kings Road / Drew are quoted the same flat way as anywhere in Madison. Tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street in Kings Road / Drew and where the car is sitting, and the truck arrives set up for it.
Motorcycle towing in Park Avenue
Calls from Park Avenue are quoted the same flat way as anywhere in Madison. Tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street in Park Avenue and where the car is sitting, and the truck arrives set up for it.
Motorcycle towing in Rosedale Avenue area
Rosedale Avenue area gets the same response as the rest of Madison: a dispatcher who quotes motorcycle towing on the call, a truck from Linden in about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour, and a driver who calls when he is minutes out. Give the cross streets in Rosedale Avenue area and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
Hillside: what motorcycle towing looks like here
Calls from Hillside are quoted the same flat way as anywhere in Madison. Tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street in Hillside and where the car is sitting, and the truck arrives set up for it.
Woodland Road: what motorcycle towing looks like here
Calls from Woodland Road are quoted the same flat way as anywhere in Madison. Tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street in Woodland Road and where the car is sitting, and the truck arrives set up for it.
Downtown Main Street: what motorcycle towing looks like here
Calls from Downtown Main Street are quoted the same flat way as anywhere in Madison. Tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street in Downtown Main Street and where the car is sitting, and the truck arrives set up for it.
Anywhere in Madison, same number, same flat price, same 24/7 dispatch.
Call (908) 444-0129Contact dispatchMotorcycle towing for every kind of Madison driver: the commuter, the family, the fleet and the stranger on Route 124 (Main Street)
The motorcycle towing calls from Madison come from a borough of about 16,000 residents and from everyone who drives through it: the commuter lot at Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots, the family driveways, the shops and fleets near Drew University, and the drivers who know the town only as an exit on Route 124 (Main Street).
The Rose City: Drew University and Fairleigh Dickinson on one side, a busy Main Street downtown and a Morristown Line station on the other. Commuter cars, student cars that sit for weeks, and a lot of well-kept older vehicles that need a flatbed. Those are the drivers of Madison, and each group below calls for motorcycle towing for its own reasons.
The commuter's car in Madison: Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots and the roads to it
Commuters make up most of the motorcycle towing calls we get from Madison, and Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots is where many of them start: the car sat all day and will not turn over at 6 p.m. The dispatcher quotes the tow to your shop or your driveway on the call, and says so if a jump or a tire would be the cheaper fix. What a commuter needs is an honest arrival window, and that is what the dispatcher gives.
Madison households: the minivan, the second car and the teenager's first flat
Family calls come from driveways and school lots: the minivan that will not start before pickup, the second car that sat too long, the teenager's first flat. Driveways and street parking; a municipal lot and the station lots downtown. University lots need the tech to reach a car that has not moved in a month. The truck is set up for the driveway before it leaves Linden. Kids and pets ride with you in the cab, not in the towed car.
Businesses and fleets near Drew University and Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham campus
Contractors, landscapers and shop owners in Madison call for work vehicles that make money by moving. We quote the job, give the real arrival window and get the vehicle to the shop or the yard. Repeat callers are welcome to ask for an account so the paperwork is one email a month. Details on towing for Madison businesses.
Passing through Madison on Route 124 (Main Street) when the car quit
Plenty of the drivers who break down in Madison have never heard of it; they were on Route 124 (Main Street) heading somewhere else. Tell the dispatcher the road, your direction and the last exit you passed, such as Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park, and the truck finds you. The car can go to a shop here, to your home town or anywhere in the 45-minute area, quoted as one number.
It does not matter which of these drivers you are; (908) 444-0129 reaches the same Madison dispatch 24 hours a day, and the price is quoted before the truck moves.
Call (908) 444-0129Motorcycle towing explainedMotorcycle towing in Madison through the year: winter ice, pothole spring, summer heat and fall storms on Route 124 (Main Street)
Winter, spring, summer and fall each send a different kind of motorcycle towing call from Madison: ice and weak batteries, then potholes, then heat and tires, then wet leaves and deer at dusk; the 24-hour dispatch is the same all year. Hills toward Morristown and the Route 124 curves get slick first in an ice storm.
Dispatch keeps the same hours all year, but a driver who has run to Madison for a few winters knows what the calendar does to the calls. The notes below are the pattern, so you know what to expect from motorcycle towing in each season and what to do before you call.
Winter in Madison: what freezes, what slides and what will not start
Winter motorcycle calls are storage moves and the occasional bike that would not start on the first warm day. The lot at Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots empties late on winter evenings, and the cars left behind are ours to jump or tow. Say whether the car is behind a plow ridge, on a sloped driveway or on the shoulder of Route 124 (Main Street); each is rigged differently, and the dispatcher plans it before the truck leaves Linden.
Spring motorcycle towing in Madison after the thaw
The first warm weekend brings dead batteries, flat tires from sitting and bikes dropped in the driveway; each one rides chocked and strapped. The spring calls cluster around Drew University and along Route 124 (Main Street), where the traffic is heaviest and the pavement breaks first; if the steering wheel sits off-center after a hit, the car rides the flatbed to an alignment shop rather than chewing up a new tire on the way.
Summer motorcycle towing in Madison: heat, traffic and holiday weekends
Summer is ride season; breakdowns on the way to the shore or the hills are picked up wherever the bike stopped. Summer in Madison also fills the lots at Drew University, and a car that sat in the sun all afternoon on a weak battery does not start at closing time; the technician carries a jump pack and checks the coolant, and the flatbed is sent from the same call if the fix will not hold.
Deer, wet leaves and the first freeze: fall in Madison
Fall means wet leaves, cold tires and the last rides of the year; a dropped bike is loaded with the fairings protected. The first cold night of the fall exposes every weak battery in Madison; a jump start gets you moving and the tech tells you if the battery will hold. See jump starts in Madison.
January or July, the number does not change and neither does the way the job is priced in Madison. Call (908) 444-0129, say what happened, and the season is our problem.
Call (908) 444-0129Roadside assistance in MadisonMotorcycle towing around Madison: Chatham, Florham Park, Morristown and Morris Township and more, same trucks
The same trucks that provide motorcycle towing in Madison serve Chatham, Florham Park, Morristown, Morris Township, Summit and New Providence; each has its own motorcycle towing page.
- Motorcycle towing in Chatham
- Motorcycle towing in Florham Park
- Motorcycle towing in Morristown
- Motorcycle towing in Morris Township
- Motorcycle towing in Summit
- Motorcycle towing in New Providence
- Motorcycle towing in Morris County
- Motorcycle towing everywhere we go
Chatham: 20–35 minutes from the Linden yard
A job that starts in Madison and ends in Chatham, or the reverse, usually stays inside the base mileage. Details for that town: motorcycle towing in Chatham.
Florham Park: 35–45 minutes from the Linden yard
Florham Park is next to Madison and in the outer ring of our 45-minute area. If the car is on the Florham Park side of the line, say so; the dispatcher may route a truck from a different direction. See motorcycle towing in Florham Park.
Morristown, 35–45 minutes from Linden
We send the same trucks and quote the same way for motorcycle towing in Morristown as in Madison; drivers who move between the two call us from both. That town's page: motorcycle towing in Morristown.
Morris Township, 35–45 minutes from Linden
A job that starts in Madison and ends in Morris Township, or the reverse, usually stays inside the base mileage. Details for that town: motorcycle towing in Morris Township.
Do not know whether you are still in Madison or already in Chatham? It changes nothing: one number and one price structure for every town within 45 minutes.
Call (908) 444-0129Service area mapMotorcycle towing in Madison at a glance: drive time, roads, exits, lots and price
Zone 3, 38 minutes from Linden, Morris County: motorcycle towing reaches Madison around the clock by way of Route 124 (Main Street), Route 24 and Kings Road and Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park, at a price quoted before dispatch.
| Service | Motorcycle Towing in Madison, Morris County, NJ |
|---|---|
| Drive from Linden | 38 minutes off-peak · Zone 3 (35–45 minutes) |
| Roads we come in on | Route 124 (Main Street), Route 24, Kings Road and Park Avenue |
| Exits | Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park |
| Station lots | Madison station (NJ Transit Morristown Line) and the Kings Road / Prospect Street lots |
| Common pickup spots | Drew University, Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham campus, Madison Main Street downtown, Madison station lots and Museum of Early Trades and Crafts area |
| Neighborhoods | Downtown Main Street, Kings Road / Drew, Park Avenue, Rosedale Avenue area, Hillside and Woodland Road |
| Pricing | One quoted number: hook fee + miles; no night, holiday or fuel surcharge |
| Hours | 24/7/365, holidays and overnight at the same price |
| Phone | Tap to call |
That is motorcycle towing in Madison at a glance. The only thing left to do is call.
Call nowMorris County towingWhat Madison drivers want to know about motorcycle towing, price and where the car goes
How long motorcycle towing takes to reach Madison, what it costs, which truck comes, where the car can go, garages, insurance and what to do while you wait; anything not covered, a dispatcher answers live.
Will the truck have a chock and soft straps?
Yes. The chock is bolted to the deck and the soft loops are on the truck for every bike call in Madison. Tell the dispatcher the make and model so the driver sets the chock width before he arrives.
How fast can you reach a bike in Madison?
The flatbed is about 38 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour from Linden, coming in by Route 24 via Chatham or Florham Park. Give the road, your direction and the nearest cross street or exit.
Can the tie-downs scratch the tank or fairings?
No. Soft loops go around the triple tree and frame; ratchet straps only touch the loops. Forks are compressed evenly so the bike does not rock.
My bike is in a parking garage in Madison. Can you get it?
Of course. The bike rolls to wherever the deck can come down, which at Drew University usually means the entrance or the open lot. Say which level it is on.
Can you move a motorcycle with a locked steering head?
Yes, as long as you can show ownership. The locked front end goes on a dolly and the bike is winched up the deck in Madison.
I went down on Route 24. What should I do first?
Get off the road first. Then call; we right the bike, drain what leaks, strap it for the shop and photograph it for insurance.
Can you move a moped from Downtown Main Street?
Yes, with the same chock and soft loops as a full-size bike. Small bikes are easy to strap wrong; we do not.
Is the bike tow priced like a car tow?
Hook fee plus the miles to the shop or your Madison garage, as one total quoted before the truck moves. The chock, straps and dolly are part of it; there is no night or holiday surcharge.
Do you tow bikes to a specialist in another town?
Anywhere. Nearby shops are the per-mile rate; a run of an hour or more out of Madison becomes long distance towing: /long-distance-towing-madison-nj.
My bike will not start after the winter. Tow or jump?
Usually a jump. If it does not hold or the bike has other problems, the flatbed with the chock comes to Downtown Main Street on the same call, no second dispatch. Details at /jump-start-madison-nj.
If your question about motorcycle towing in Madison is missing, call it in. A dispatcher answers it directly and prices the job in the same breath.
Call (908) 444-0129ContactNeed motorcycle towing in madison in Madison right now? One call, truck on the way.
Real dispatcher, 24 hours a day. Quoted price before we roll.