High Value Motorcycle Courier

Some things should not go in a parcel network. A watch going to a dealer, a stone going to a setter, a signed contract that has to be somewhere by four, a prototype that exists once, a piece going to a gallery. Van Thats Quick runs a high-value motorcycle courier service across London for exactly those jobs — one named rider collects the item, carries it, and hands it to the person receiving it. Nothing else is on the bike.

What you are actually paying for is custody. A parcel network is cheap because your item joins a shared route: it moves through depots, gets sorted onto shelves, changes hands several times, and sits overnight somewhere you cannot name. Every one of those steps is a place it can go missing, and none of them has a person attached to it. We do the opposite. One rider, start to finish. No depot. No sorting hub. No overnight shelf. If you want to know where your item is, you ring the person holding it.

Be straight with us about what it is worth — before you book. This matters more than anything else on this page. Standard courier goods-in-transit cover across this industry commonly excludes jewellery, watches, cash and other valuables outright, or limits them to a few tens of pounds per item unless they have been declared in advance. The Road Haulage Association's standard conditions cap a carrier's liability at £1,300 per tonne, which on something small and precious is close to nothing. That is the industry norm, not a quirk of ours, and most carriers simply do not mention it.

So we would rather have the awkward conversation first. Tell us what the item is and what it is worth, and we will tell you plainly what our cover does and does not extend to for that job — and if it does not reach far enough, we will say so and you can arrange your own transit cover or use a specialist. Ask us for the current insurance certificate, the cover limits and the exclusions that apply before you book. We would much rather lose a job than carry something on a misunderstanding.

Why a motorcycle. Across central London a bike is simply the faster vehicle — it filters through queues a van sits in, it parks where a Luton cannot, and motorcycles are exempt from the Congestion Charge. For anything that fits in a topbox and needs to be somewhere quickly, it beats the van across town, which is why the legal, jewellery and production trades in this city have used motorcycle couriers for decades.

London only, and we mean it literally. Our bikes are based in London and they work London. We have no riders in Manchester, Birmingham or anywhere else, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Outside the capital the same work goes by van — see our courier service for regional runs and large item courier for anything big.

What fits. Topbox or rider's rucksack: document wallets and contracts, keys, a watch or a small piece of jewellery in its box, phones, tablets and laptops, small boxed parts, sample bags, drawings, a memory card off a shoot. If it needs two hands to carry, it is a van job and we will tell you that when you ask rather than turning up on a bike. Larger items start from £55 within the M25 on our van courier rate.

Looking to move an actual motorbike? Different service, different page — a bike being transported rides in one of our vans, strapped and secured. That is motorcycle transport. This page is a motorcycle carrying your item, not a van carrying your motorcycle.

Booking. Tell us what it is, what it is worth, both postcodes and when it needs to be there. We confirm a fixed price and the cover position before the rider moves. Call 07547 467335, send the details on WhatsApp, or request a quote.