(414) 279-5510 Call Motorcycle & Bike Towing · Fox Point, Milwaukee County
Down on I-43 (western border / North-South Freeway)? Won’t start near Lake Drive / lakefront, Longacre, and Beach Drive bluffs? We send a flatbed with a wheel chock and soft straps so your bike rides upright and arrives exactly as it left — about 45 minutes on a typical Fox Point run, with the flat price quoted before we load.
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One call covers it: say what the bike is and where in Fox Point it sits, and the nearest flatbed rolls the 14 road miles from our South Side yard with the right chock and straps already loaded.
A Fox Point motorcycle tow from MKE Towing & Recovery means a flatbed with a wheel chock and soft straps — never a hook-and-chain, never a wheel-lift — so the bike arrives exactly as it left. Typical arrival in Fox Point runs about 45 minutes — we stage about 14 road miles out at our South Side Milwaukee yard, covering Milwaukee County 7 days a week, quick to I-43 (western border / North-South Freeway) and WIS-32 (N Lake Drive). Most local bike tows run $135–$200, quoted before we load. Call (414) 279-5510.
The question every rider asks
A motorcycle has nothing to lean on but the tie-down. We load yours on a flatbed, lock the front wheel in a wheel chock, and run soft straps around the bars or frame — never over plastics, levers, or with a hook-and-chain. The bike rides upright and arrives exactly as it left.
Local to Fox Point
Instead of a boilerplate coverage claim, here's the working knowledge: where Fox Point bikes actually go down, how the season shapes the calls, and what the clock looks like from dispatch to arrival.
Apart from the freeway on its western border, Fox Point has no commercial through-traffic to speak of — it's a quiet, low-speed residential village. That western border is I-43 (the North-South Freeway), the main route in and out; the interchanges just outside the village stack up weekday mornings between 7 and 9 and again from 4 to 6. North Shore commuters keep Port Washington Road, North Santa Monica Boulevard and Lake Drive (WIS-32) moving locally, with signalized crossings where Port Washington meets Bradley and Dean Roads and along Lake Drive at the Bradley, Calumet, Dean and Green Tree cross-streets. The interior streets around Schlitz Audubon and Doctors Park stay calm.
On two wheels the hazards we plan around on I-43 (western border / North-South Freeway) and WIS-32 (N Lake Drive) are the usual ones — expansion joints and bridge decks, ramp gravel and sand, and left-turning traffic. When a bike goes down, we load it flat so nothing gets worse on the way in.
~14 road miles from our South Side yard, with coverage across Milwaukee & Waukesha counties. Live ETA confirmed on the call.
Bought a bike from a Milwaukee County dealer or a private seller, or pulling one out of winter storage? We pick up anywhere in the area and load it on the flatbed with a chock and soft straps — schedule ahead or call when you're standing next to it.
Because Lake Michigan runs along the village's eastern edge, Fox Point's humid-continental weather gets heavy moderation from the water. Where the wooded Lake Drive and Beach Drive bluffs rise near the Schlitz Audubon preserve, ice and cold hang on well after inland streets clear. Winter means lake-effect snow and dense shoreline fog; in spring and fall, lakeshore mornings often start fogged in and several degrees colder than anywhere just west of I-43.
Riding season around Fox Point effectively runs May through October — most bikes go into storage around mid-November and come back out in early April. Off-season, a big share of our motorcycle calls are winter-storage pickups and spring delivery runs to and from area dealers and shops.
This is Harley-Davidson country — the company was founded in Milwaukee, is still headquartered on Juneau Avenue, and the Harley-Davidson Museum sits on Canal Street downtown. Those weekend rides — the 115-mile Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive (Elkhart Lake to Whitewater Lake); Holy Hill and the Washington County back roads; Lake Drive and the Lake Michigan shoreline — stay covered too. One call from the shoulder and the dispatcher confirms the pickup point and a live ETA to you.
The riding calendar runs hard here: Thursday Bike Nights at the Harley-Davidson Museum all summer, and Mama Tried — the country’s biggest winter motorcycle show — every February at the Eagles Ballroom.
Covering Fox Point ZIP codes: 53217
What we tow in Fox Point
A sportbike and a trike have different worries. Pick yours and we’ll show how we load and secure it — the same call the dispatcher makes so the right chock and straps roll to Fox Point ready.
Fairings and rear-sets leave little to grab, so we chock the front wheel and run soft straps to the triple-tree and frame — never over bodywork, levers, or controls. It rides upright and arrives unmarked.
Send the right gear — call nowIs this you right now?
Stalled on the I-43 (western border / North-South Freeway) shoulder or coasting to a stop in Fox Point? Stay clear of traffic, call, and the nearest flatbed comes to you.
Whether it went down mid-corner or off the kickstand in Fox Point, we load what’s left gently — no drag, no lean, no fresh marks.
Project bike, seized engine, dead battery, or a lost key. We winch or ramp it on — it doesn’t need to run.
New-to-you bike anywhere around Fox Point? We handle the first trip on a flatbed so your first ride starts from your own garage.
Storage season keeps us moving: pickups from Lake Drive / lakefront, Longacre, and Beach Drive bluffs garages in the fall, deliveries to the dealer or back home in spring.
Wider and heavier with two wheels on one end — we load and secure three-wheelers differently, but they ride flat safe.
What it costs
A local bike tow in Fox Point is a flat hook-up fee plus a per-loaded-mile rate — most run $135–$200. Distance, the type of bike, and how tricky the recovery is move it. Build an estimate below; you always hear the exact number on the call, before we load.
Getting a bike towed in Fox Point
A real Milwaukee dispatcher picks up — no menus. Tell us where you are in Fox Point, the bike, and what’s wrong so we match the chock and straps.
We quote a flat price before we load and give you a real arrival window for your exact Fox Point spot. No surprises at drop-off.
About 45 minutes later, on a typical Fox Point run, the flatbed pulls up — with a heads-up call from the driver first.
Chock in, soft straps on, secured upright — then dropped where you choose: shop, dealer, or home. Pay on the spot; receipt for your records.
Why Fox Point riders call MKE
A real ETA from the closest flatbed — answered live, any day, no call-center.
Flatbed, wheel chock, soft straps — every bike, every time. No hook-and-chain, no exceptions.
A flat hook-up plus per-loaded-mile, quoted before we touch the bike. The number you hear is what you pay.
Hundreds of bikes hauled across 2 SE Wisconsin counties. Licensed & Insured in Wisconsin.
Fox Point motorcycle towing questions
Usually about 45 minutes from our South Side base ~14 miles south. We run dedicated bike-towing gear across the village — the Lake Drive (WIS-32) bluff run past Doctors Park, and North Santa Monica Boulevard. A live dispatcher gives you a real ETA 24/7. Call (414) 279-5510.
Motorcycle towing starts at $125 ($125–$150 by bike type) plus $4 per loaded mile — most hauls land between $135 and $200, quoted flat before we roll. We move it damage-free to your shop, the dealer, or home. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — that's the whole point. We use soft straps and a wheel chock or a flatbed with a front-wheel cradle, never a kickstand drag or a hook on the frame. Sport bikes, cruisers, baggers — they ride secured and upright to your shop, the dealer, or home. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes. Trikes, scooters, choppers, baggers and customs all have their own tie-down points, and we bring the right straps and a flatbed when a bike can't roll. Custom bikes over 1,000 lbs go straight to a flatbed. Tell dispatch what you ride so the right gear shows up. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — a breakdown along North Lake Drive (WIS-32) by the bluff and Doctors Park is familiar territory. We load the bike upright and run it home or to your shop, threading the village's quiet tree-lined streets. Get to a safe spot off the road, and call (414) 279-5510 with your cross-streets.
The next flatbed out of our yard can be yours — wheel chock and soft straps aboard, about 45 minutes to Fox Point on a typical call, flat price quoted before we load, and a live dispatcher on the line 7 days a week.