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If you are sending standard parcels, paints, perfumes or liquid, please press the tile below that best suits your requirements.
By far, we have the lowest rates for shipping motorcycle wheels and tyres, from only £9.65 + VAT to send a wheel and tyre. When sending motorbike wheels, take a look at our current prices and other conditions below for motorbike wheel shipping and tyre shipping options within the UK and Worldwide. Don't forget that our motorcycle wheel shipping and tyre courier service will also collect bike wheels and tyres directly from you. Our service is fully tracked, door to door.
Please continue reading to learn more about the process of sending motorbike wheels along with information regarding the maximum parcel dimensions and other helpful packaging instructions when wheel shipping.
How to Send Motorbike Wheels
Overland Express are the experts when you need a motorcycle wheel shipping service within the UK, or Worldwide. We offer some of the best rates available for bike wheel delivery. Please continue reading to find out how to send motorbike wheels.
To send motorcycle wheels, simply locate the option that matches what you are sending from the quote tool above, then press the order button.
When sending motorbike wheels and tyres, they must be packed appropriately. Bare motorcycle wheels or motorbike tyres are not acceptable and will be refused by the courier, or returned to you, and a £10.00 collection fee deducted. All wheels, and wheel and tyres, must be boxed. If the motorbike wheels are for refurbishment, or are already scuffed, the minimum requirements for packaging include using either bubble wrap for the bike tyres or motorcycle wheels, and then either boxed, or wrapped in cardboard. This is to avoid any risk of damage when shipping wheels. Do not wrap them in cling film, pallet wrap, or bubble wrap once boxed, as this sticks to the conveyors.
If sending tyres only, these will also need to be boxed.
If you are taking out additional insurance cover (exclusions apply), or the motorcycle wheels are new or refurbished, please follow our packing advice below, as the insurers will reject any claim where the motorbike wheels are insufficiently packed.
General Restrictions
It is prohibited to send the following motorbike rims, tyres or rims and tyre combinations through this service:
Chopper (examples: wide or large rear wheels, tyres and rims etc.).
Fatboy (examples: Harley Davidson Fatboy large or wide read wheels, tyres and rims, etc.).
Quad Bike Wheels.
Service Areas for Alloy Wheel Collection and Delivery
We offer delivery of motorcycle wheels and tyres throughout the UK, Europe and Worldwide, as well as imports from most Countries.
Need More Help?
Please contact us if you need to send motorcycle wheels or tyres to any areas that are not covered, or you need help with anything else regarding motorbike wheel shipping. Remember, this is the best way to send motorbike tyres and wheels.
How to Send Motorbike Wheels by Courier
Prerequisites:
Bubble wrap
Parcel tape
Double walled cardboard box
A cardboard box must be used for the outer packaging due to COVID-19 handling restrictions.
The most important thing to consider when you send motorbike wheels is that they must be well protected for shipping. When sending wheels and wheels and tyres, they must be either boxed, or wrapped in cardboard.
Pay particular attention to the motorcycle wheel rims, as these can be easily damaged in transit. When packing, cover the motorbike wheels with a thick layer of cardboard, carpet, or bubble wrap, secured with parcel tape to hold it in place. Attaching cardboard to each bike wheel rim will help prevent any damage to them during transport.
The next step is to wrap the entire motorbike wheel in bubble wrap, we would recommend using 2 to 3 layers of the larger bubble type, as it offers more protection when sending motorcycle wheels, again using parcel tape to secure the bubble wrap in place. As a guide, if the motorbike wheel was dropped from waist height, the bubble wrap must provide sufficient protection to avoid damage.
Once wrapped in bubble wrap, they need to be boxed. Please use new double walled boxes, used boxes offer less protection. Once boxed, please DO NOT wrap them in cellophane, bubble wrap, or shrink wrap, as this snags on the conveyors.
When choosing a box, double walled boxes are always better. If you cannot obtain the correct sized box, you can wrap them in cardboard, securely fixed with parcel tape. If there is any space left inside the box, this can be filled with additional bubble wrap, polystyrene loose fill, or screwed up newspaper. The idea is that the wheel cannot move around inside the box during transport.
Once the box has been filled, you can then seal it with parcel tape. Again, make sure that there is sufficient tape used, ensuring that the box does not come open during transit.
Rims must be boxed, or wrapped in cardboard and cannot be sent just using shrink wrap or bubble wrap. Once boxed, the outer box must not be shrink wrapped, as this snags the conveyors, plain cardboard only.
Tyres must also be boxed and cannot be sent using just shrink wrap or bubble wrap.
Now that the packing is complete, you just have to attach an address label to each box. Our included insurance cover is up to £50.00, with additional cover available up to £20,000.00.
If you need a reliable and cheap courier when you send motorbike wheels, why not take a look at our competitive rates, visit our send motorbike wheels by courier page to get an immediate quote.
Please read some of our frequently asked questions when sending car wheels, which can be found below.
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It should take no longer than five minutes to complete an entire parcel delivery booking through our online system, with just three pages to visit until the checkout is reached. Simple and efficient with no upselling.
Our UPS and Parcel Force courier services both allow parcels to be collected from an address of your choice, up to 7 days in advance. Not going to be in? No problem, just leave your parcel at your local Post Office branch or UPS shop.
All parcel delivery services offered by Overland Express are provided with free tracking services, you can use our website or our courier partner's site to obtain up to date information as to the whereabouts of your parcel.
Parcels that contain Paint and liquid based products can be notoriously difficult to ship due to the nature of them, we have several specialist services that can be used to ship these items in limited quantities by road.
Our United Kingdom based customer support team can be contacted (during working hours) by either telephone, email or live chat which can be found on this web-site. We are one of the only courier companies to offer telephone support.
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To place a booking for a Rim, Tyre or Tyre and Rim delivery with Overland Express, you will need to know the following information.
Full collection and delivery addresses, including postcodes.
Sender's name, phone number and email address.
Recipient's name, phone number and email address - If you don't have the email address and phone number of the recipient, you can use your own details for these fields, however, especially with international deliveries, the driver will not call a non-local number should they have difficulty in locating the address. In this circumstance, it is likely that the package will be returned to sender at additional cost.
The size and weight of the packaged rims, tyres or complete wheels in metric units.
Tyres only MUST BE shrink wrapped and NOT boxed, these must be packaged individually. This is by arrangement with our carriers and no surcharge will be applied for using shrink wrap for Tyres only.
Rims only and Tyre and Rim combinations MUST BE boxed, one unit per box. Rims only and Tyre and Rim combinations MUST NOT be shrink wrapped over the outer box as shrnk wrap causes jams on the converyor belts - Anything that is found to be shrink wrapped will attract a retrospective surcharge or returned to sender at additional costs.
The value contents of the package, which is for customs (if applicable) and our carriers purposes.
You will most likely need access to a printer in order to produce the address labels that we will send to you via email.
We do not (along with our courier partners) allow the shipping of oversized or overweight motorbike wheel products. If the product that you wish to send is not intended for what would be classed as a standard motorcycle, do not send it through this service. For the avoidance of doubt, a non-standard motorcycle would be classed as a Harley Davidson Fatboy and Chopper type motorcycles. If in doubt contact us before shipping motorbike wheels.
Rims Only
Rims - The central hub of the motorbike wheel, usually manufactured from steel or alloy. We can ship rims up to 21 inches providing they are for a standard motorbike and not anything described above as a non-standard motorbike. Rims must be individually boxed. Our calculator tool has allowed 5 cm all around the rim to take the box and packaging into consideration. The outer box must not be shrink-wrapped (only bare cardboard exposed).
Tyres Only
Tyres - The rubber outer of the wheel (not including the central rim/hub). We can ship motorcycle tyres up to 21 inches in size providing that they are for standard bikes. Tyres of 21 inches, depending on the aspect ratio, may be too large to send through our services. Tyres only must be shrink-wrapped (not boxed) with no exposed bare rubber, if sending multiple tyres, they should be shrink wrapped individually. We have allowed 2 cm all around the motorbike tyre for the shrink-wrapping.
Tyres Fitted to Rims
Rims and Tyres - Complete motorcycle wheels can be shipped up to 21 inches in size, which again must only be for standard motorbikes. As complete bike wheels are heavy items, not all aspect ratios will be permissible. To qualify as a bike rim and tyre shipment, the tyre must be fitted to the rim. The complete bike wheel must be boxed (one complete wheel per box) and the outer box must not be shrink-wrapped (no exposed metal or rubber). We have allowed 3 cm all around the wheel to compensate for the box.
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