road trip-bringing your bikes into hotel room

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Edited Date/Time 12/15/2016 10:45am
Anyone have tips on how to do it? Do you mention to the hotel staff that you will be bringing your bikes in? last thing I want is for my bikes to be stolen out of the back of my truck overnight.
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kaptkaos 12/15/2016 10:48am
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Better off at a Motel, vs hotel unless its near a track and they cater to this, ground floor, with balcony or outside entry. If you can confirm with the front desk before booking it, great if not, better not to even ask, just try to do it on the down low. Clean the bikes, showroom clean, nothing will get you kicked faster than a dirty bike.
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mxb2 12/15/2016 10:53am
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Bottom floor, put them in your room at dark, take a old tarp ,lay on floor. Make sure bikes insured
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_smashmouth 12/15/2016 10:55am
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Get a room on the first floor close to the side door. Ask if any of the handicap rooms are reserved and if not try and get one of those, but mention you will gladly switch if needed. I have even seen some people ask the hotel if they can keep it in a conference room that is not being used that night and they've been able too, just make sure there isn't a spec of dirt that can fall off. I would still put a lock on the rotor or a bike lock around the frame through the rear wheel.
lastlapracer302 12/15/2016 11:04am
12/15/2016 11:04am
I used to do this with my streetbike. Just like everyone else said, ground floor preferrably in the back of the building.

I parked my R1 in my hotel room and woke up to people screaming and police outside; Everyones trucks had gotten broken into. I opened my hotel room door, started the bike, backed the bike out, shook my head, and peaced the fuck out.

ALWAYS bring your bikes into the room.

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mxracer32 12/15/2016 11:06am
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Bikes in a hotel room? Who does that?Whistling



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57F1VE 12/15/2016 11:15am
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Ya, lower level motel. Take your gas cans into the bathroom n leave the fan on. Don't clean your air filter in the sink tho!



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bayodome 12/15/2016 11:19am
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First floor, with a side entrance or sliding door and an extra kitchenette type of set up. No problem!



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UpTiTe 12/15/2016 11:31am
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Ask for a first floor handicap room and bring them in from the side.
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peelout 12/15/2016 11:35am
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only way to do it in Baja



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Falcon 12/15/2016 12:03pm
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That's what the 2nd bed is for, right??
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DYE 12/15/2016 12:18pm
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This was a few years ago but I've done it a lot. Like others have said make sure they have a side door. The best way is research hotels before you leave and look at pics of the hotel to see what kind of entrance they have and make reservations that way. If road tripping and you don't know where you're gonna stop I usually drive around until I see a hotel that looks easy to sneak it into. I have flat out asked before and they said no lol.


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_smashmouth 12/15/2016 1:25pm
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A lot of it depends where you are I think as well. I've done it in areas and towns that are more remote and nobody said anything but the closer you get to a big city, or the nicer the hotel is the more they seem to care.

A couple years ago in Daytona my buddy walked it through the pool area at night and right through the slider. Nobody knew till morning, at that point it didn't matter.
Racer_Twentynine 12/15/2016 3:22pm
12/15/2016 3:22pm
Motel 6 is almost always a safe bet. I've only seen one that had a hallway all others you entered the room from the parking lot. Plus they almost all have wood (fake) floors now so if you drop some oil or gas it wipes up easy.
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Mike 29 12/16/2016 7:13am
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Old guys sleep with old bikes, told my wife I'm sleeping with SUZY tonight.


F150Motocrosser 12/16/2016 7:31am
12/16/2016 7:31am
One bonus that comes with being a traveling sales rep and driving a truck is you're able to look for deals on Craigslists wherever you go!! Scored this 1972 CT70H for stupid cheap outside of Columbia, SC. I walked right through the lobby with it, and the person at the front desk wasn't paying much attention since they were on the phone... but the bike was shorter than the check-in counter anyways, so from the attendants view; I was just a regular dude walking to my room. Nothing to see here! Snuck it out a side door the next morning



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jndmx 12/16/2016 7:35am
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When we took my sons bike on the road with us I'd call for reservations and tell them I had a very severe fear of heights and enclosed places so I had to have a first floor room that opened outside.
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Canadad 12/16/2016 7:55am
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F150Motocrosser wrote:
One bonus that comes with being a traveling sales rep and driving a truck is you're able to look for deals on Craigslists wherever you go...
One bonus that comes with being a traveling sales rep and driving a truck is you're able to look for deals on Craigslists wherever you go!! Scored this 1972 CT70H for stupid cheap outside of Columbia, SC. I walked right through the lobby with it, and the person at the front desk wasn't paying much attention since they were on the phone... but the bike was shorter than the check-in counter anyways, so from the attendants view; I was just a regular dude walking to my room. Nothing to see here! Snuck it out a side door the next morning



...not to mention the added bonus of riding down to breakfast in the morning!! Great thread...love seeing the pics of bikes in hotel rooms!
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burnside 12/16/2016 8:01am
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This thread made me chuckle.
And want to roadtrip. haha
Crisp BRAAAP! 12/16/2016 10:52am
12/16/2016 10:52am
I drove from San Diego to Princeton for graduate school. I smuggled my RM125 into every hotel room all the way across the country until Eastern PA. That last hotel had entry from the interior only and had cameras set up, so they caught me red handed wheeling the bike in (Oops!).

Ground floor, door to outside, do not ask! There's no way they'll tell you it's OK. Just make sure to leave no trace behind, and don't forget the "do not disturb" sign since you don't want them coming in and seeing it. Drapes closed...

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Kenny Lingus 12/16/2016 10:53am
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Do yourself a favor and drain your tanks and leave the gas in truck/van/trailer. If gas fumes are smelled by anyone you are busted. Not to mention huffing gas fumes all night. I had a friend that passed out drunk in the trailer with 5 gallons of U2(?) in it when it first came out. He was sick for a long time. I would say it killed some brain cells but he was pretty low already.
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sandman768 12/16/2016 12:43pm
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What Is the country coming to ......I think a lot of thefts are generated from the front desk personnel tipping off their scumbum friends.....
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gt80rider 12/16/2016 12:55pm
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Like mentioned... Do Not bring your freakn gas cans inside and do NOT ask for permission... Do Not get a room that requires walking through a lobby.. and don't be a dick and use up a handicapped room... Otherwise, all good...
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Rcampbell99 12/16/2016 1:31pm
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gt80rider wrote:
Like mentioned... Do Not bring your freakn gas cans inside and do NOT ask for permission... Do Not get a room that requires walking through a...
Like mentioned... Do Not bring your freakn gas cans inside and do NOT ask for permission... Do Not get a room that requires walking through a lobby.. and don't be a dick and use up a handicapped room... Otherwise, all good...
This. I was paralyzed racing and every time we go to races I get screwed out of handicapped rooms because of idiots renting them that don't need them.
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MX Guy 12/16/2016 1:37pm
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Rad thread, go hard dudes. Love it.

Edit: F&@$ getting your bike stolen!
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RM Mike 12/16/2016 1:54pm
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F150Motocrosser wrote:
One bonus that comes with being a traveling sales rep and driving a truck is you're able to look for deals on Craigslists wherever you go...
One bonus that comes with being a traveling sales rep and driving a truck is you're able to look for deals on Craigslists wherever you go!! Scored this 1972 CT70H for stupid cheap outside of Columbia, SC. I walked right through the lobby with it, and the person at the front desk wasn't paying much attention since they were on the phone... but the bike was shorter than the check-in counter anyways, so from the attendants view; I was just a regular dude walking to my room. Nothing to see here! Snuck it out a side door the next morning



I grinned.

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