Riders, Bike Shipping

[Makulita]

I'm cheap on price but not on quality. I've been looking everywhere for a Honda Cub/Passport C70 a.k.a. Tank and Energizer's flipperbaby of a motorcyclish scooter.

And I swear to god, I've gotten primary color omens in the forms of these bikes. I've already tried to obtain a red 1981 model that was 800, a 1968 red that was 500 and now this one:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/611879791.html

The problem is that the owners were willing to ship, but I have no confirmation on who has a good reputation in shipping bikes to places. I know there're some riders on the forum... help pls?

[minbo]

I've used Federal Company http://www.federalcos.com/ to ship motorcycles before and they did a good job. I don't know the price of shipping a scooter, but the cost of the shipping a full motorcycle can come close to the asking price for that passport. Also most motorcycle transport companies will need all fluids drained and the battery disconnected. There are others which will strap the bike to a pallet and partition it in a compartment within the truck, which is safer for the bike, but of course more expensive. I am going to use a company which does that to ship another bike in a few months.

[Makulita]

Oh, the draining of liquids I knew beforehand I don't want a Cub that's melted from spontaneous combustion. It was just hard to determine who were good, reliable companies. Hopefully dude in the ad got my answering machine message. Thank you minbo~!