(414) 279-5510 Call Motorcycle & Bike Towing · River Hills, Milwaukee County
One call, one careful load: flatbed, wheel chock, soft straps on the bars or frame — that’s every River Hills bike tow, from I-43, WIS-100, and WIS-32 out to Milwaukee River corridor, Range Line Road estates, and Good Hope Road corridor. Arrives exactly as it left. ~48-min typical arrival; you approve the price before we load.
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Our South Side Milwaukee yard is about 15 road miles from River Hills — tell us the bike and a live dispatcher rolls the nearest flatbed with the right chock and straps.
MKE Towing & Recovery — open 24/7. Bike down in River Hills? MKE Towing & Recovery tows motorcycles on a flatbed with a wheel chock and soft straps — never a hook-and-chain or wheel-lift — so your bike arrives exactly as it left. We answer 24/7 and typically land in River Hills in about 48 minutes — we stage about 15 road miles out at our South Side Milwaukee yard — with fast reach to I-43, WIS-100, and WIS-32. Your exact price — set by bike type and the measured route — is online in about 60 seconds, quoted before we load. Call (414) 279-5510.
Instant quote — free, no phone call needed
Enter pickup and drop-off, pick your bike — make, model, and type first, because tie-down geometry and equipment differ by type — answer the short condition questions, and your exact River Hills price is on screen in about 60 seconds. Every quote carries a reference (Q-XXXXXXXX): give it to the dispatcher and we pick up right where you left off. Online pricing covers our standard ~30-mile service area; beyond that, a dispatcher prices it personally.
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 River Hills
Every line below comes from running real calls in River Hills — the I-43, WIS-100, and WIS-32 corridors, the dealer and storage runs, the riding season, and the arrival window you can actually hold us to.
No business district. Almost entirely residential, and extremely quiet — the interior estate roads see very little traffic at all. What flow exists comes and goes on I-43 (the North-South Freeway), which clips the village's eastern edge with two mapped interchanges (Exit 80 and Exit 82A); commuter backups run 7–9 in the morning and 4–6 in the evening. The through-arterials: West Brown Deer Road (WIS-100/WIS-32), North Green Bay Avenue (WIS-57), West Good Hope Road (CTH-PP) and Range Line Road. The one signalized crossing is North Range Line Road & West Brown Deer Road; the rest — North River Road & West Good Hope Road, North Green Bay Avenue & West Bradley Road — are uncontrolled multi-way crossings. On school days, traffic concentrates around University School of Milwaukee.
Expansion joints, bridge decks, gravel drifting onto the ramps, drivers turning left across your line — the same hazards every rider watches on I-43, WIS-100, and WIS-32. Our end of it: when one puts a bike down, the flatbed loads it flat and nothing gets worse on the ride in.
~15 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.
Cold and snowy straight through winter, even with Lake Michigan a few miles east taking some edge off the humid-continental extremes. River Hills is heavily wooded, all large lots along the Milwaukee River. Shade matters here: long private driveways keep their ice and lingering snow well after the main roads are clear. Spring brings two things — river-valley fog and freeze-thaw cycles.
Figure early April to mid-November for River Hills saddle time, with May through October the heart of it; the rest of the year the bikes sit in storage. Once the bikes are parked, our winter motorcycle work shifts to storage pickups and spring deliveries between homes, dealers, and shops.
River Hills sits in Harley-Davidson's backyard — the company was founded in Milwaukee, still runs its headquarters on Juneau Avenue, and keeps its museum on Canal Street downtown. Go down on a weekend ride — 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 — and one call gets a flatbed rolling: tell the dispatcher where you went down and we'll confirm coverage and a live ETA.
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 River Hills ZIP codes: 53217
What we tow in River Hills
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 River Hills 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?
River Hills breakdowns don’t pick good spots — the I-43 shoulder, a turn lane, a dark side street. We clear you and the bike quickly.
Down in a corner or a River Hills parking lot. We load it on the flatbed without adding a single scratch to what’s already done.
Project bike, seized engine, dead battery, or a lost key. We winch or ramp it on — it doesn’t need to run.
Private seller, auction, or dealer floor: the River Hills pickup rides home upright in a chock with soft straps, exactly as you bought it.
When the bike hibernates, we do the hauling — into a River Hills-area storage bay in the fall, back to your driveway when it warms up.
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 River Hills bike tow is a hook-up fee plus measured loaded miles, led by your bike's type — cruiser, sport, touring, trike, or dirt — because tie-down geometry and equipment differ by type. Condition add-ons (won't roll, locked steering) and time of day round it out. Hook-up is a flat $125 for standard bikes ($140 heavy customs), any hour, plus $4 per loaded mile — the calculator up this page turns that into your exact number in about 60 seconds.
Straight from the same pricing engine our dispatchers use — priced by your actual bike and route, never a different number at drop-off.
See my price nowGetting a bike towed in River Hills
No phone tree — a Milwaukee dispatcher answers, asks where in River Hills you are and what you ride, and matches the chock and straps before the truck moves.
We quote a flat price before we load and give you a real arrival window for your exact River Hills spot. No surprises at drop-off.
The nearest flatbed heads your way — typically about 48 minutes in River Hills. The driver calls as they get close.
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 River Hills 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.
River Hills motorcycle towing questions
Usually about 48 minutes from our South Side base ~15 miles south. We run dedicated bike-towing gear across the village — the North Green Bay Avenue (WIS-57) run, the North River Road ride along the Milwaukee River, and the Brown Deer Road corridor. A live dispatcher gives you a real ETA 24/7. Call (414) 279-5510.
Motorcycle towing is priced by bike type plus a per-loaded-mile rate — a cruiser, sport bike, and trike each load differently — and the 60-second calculator on this page shows your exact haul price 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 Green Bay Avenue (WIS-57) or the wooded River Road run 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.
Answers reviewed July 2026 — pricing model, hours and ETAs are checked quarterly.
Scroll back up, answer a few taps, and the exact price for the River Hills tow is on screen — chock, straps, and all, before the flatbed rolls.
Make the call and the rest is handled: live Milwaukee dispatch every day of the week, a flatbed with chock and soft straps, roughly 48 minutes to River Hills, and a flat price set before the bike is loaded. It arrives exactly as it left.