Motorcycle accident recovery.

A motorcycle has no parking brake, no natural resting position and nothing structural to attach a strap to that will not bend. Loaded badly, it can go over. Strapped badly, it can have its forks compressed for the whole journey, or its bodywork crushed by a ratchet.

Done properly, it goes into a wheel chock, is held upright, and is strapped at points that will take the load — with the suspension not fully compressed for the duration. None of this is complicated. It just has to be done by someone who has done it before.

An enclosed trailer keeps the bike out of the weather and away from road debris. For a damaged machine with cracked bodywork or exposed internals, that is the difference between arriving as it left and arriving worse.

For most bikes it is the right answer. A van also works well, particularly in tight urban locations or where an enclosed trailer simply cannot get near.

Get yourself checked. Motorcycle accidents produce injuries that do not announce themselves at the scene, and adrenaline is very good at hiding them for a couple of hours. A medical record from the time also matters if there is an injury claim later.

Photograph the bike where it landed, the road surface, and anything that contributed — a diesel spill, a pothole, a vehicle position. Once the bike is upright and moved, that evidence is gone.

Then call us. We will arrange recovery, somewhere secure for the bike, and the assessment of what it actually needs.

Bike damage assessment is its own discipline. Frame and fork alignment, damage hidden behind fairings, and the difference between cosmetic and structural are not things a car-only bodyshop is well placed to judge.

Our team's background spans motorsport, mechanical repair and diagnostics as well as bodywork, and covers both cars and motorcycles. If a machine needs a marque specialist for part of the work, we will say so.