Is it possible to scrap a motorbike without wheels?

It's time to say goodbye to your old motorbike and take it to the scrapyard, but before you take it to the scrapyard, you realize that the alloy wheels can still be sold for a good price on the second-hand marketvan. Then you ask yourself the big question: Is it possible to scrap a motorbike in the UK without wheels?

We will try to answer this question and all related ones you may have.

Technically, yes, it would be possible to scrap a motorbike without wheels. But there are a number of things to keep in mind that will probably make you rethink before you try.

Transportation

Obviously you won't be able to drive a motorbike to the scrapyard if this does not have the wheels, so you will need the scrapyards help to do it. While most of the scrapyards they have powerful recovery trucks with a winch, most of them will refuse to pick up a motorbike with no wheels. Many things can go wrong trying to lift the motorbike up to the platform. You will need to contact a scrapyard that owns a truck with a crane to load the vehicle. Unfortunately, not many scrapyards have one, and there may not be any near the collection point of the vehicle.

Cost of collection van

While scrapyards normally collect the motorbike free of charge and pay you a compensation for the motorbike, in the case that your motorbike does not have wheels, it is very likely that the scrapyard will want to charge you for collecting it, as we have already seen, they need to send a crane to do itvan.

The Price

Most of the scrapyards pay the motorbikes according to their weight. As far as the wheels and the tyres are large elements, they are heavy ones. So, the price the scrapyard is willing to pay for your motorbike will drop drastically if this one lacks them.

But… My alloy wheels are expensive ones, and I'd like to sell them separately. What can I do?

If you have invested in alloy wheels for your motorbike, that might be sold for a good price on the second hand market, you can do it of course, but the best idea if you want to avoid any trouble, is to replace these wheels with the original ones fitted to the motorbike when you bought itvan. If you don't have them, you might consider buying cheap wheels just for this purpose, and you may be able to get a good deal on them if you get a good price for your alloy wheels.

Another reason why you may need to send the motorbike to the scrapyard without wheels is because they have been stolenvan. vanIn this case, you will also need to consider whether it is more worthwhile to buy some cheap wheels to load the motorbike onto the recovery truck or to pay for the cost of collecting the motorbike from a scrapyard that has the necessary vehicle (with a cranvane).

What about the tyres?

There is nothing to worry about when it comes to tyres. If your motorbike has flat tyres, or the tyres are not the right ones, or even if they are not road legal, there is no problem. As long as the motorbike rolls, it's more than enough.