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Hi all

Thinking about getting a van. Any recommendations? Thought about Peugeot expert or similar, would this be big enough to transport a bike in ? Or if not I guess a Transit Swb maybe ?

Yeah, not big enough.
You'll need a swb of some kind

I have a Berlingo not had a bike in it but if my measurments are correct it should go in ok you can get a lwb version that would deffo be long enough, that steel plate comes out and attaches behind trhe drivers seat

Depends what bike you want to move. If it's the 790Adv in your pic you'll need a SWB Transit sized one. I had an older 06 plate Peugeot Expert and managed to get 2 CRF trail bikes in that, but a road bike is so much bigger.

I have a Citroen relay swb, can fit one road bike in easily and if i remove racking from both sides two will fit!.

I've got a 2019 standard wheel base Expert, racking down one side, bikes fit in no problem. Sportsbikes and Enduro. Anything a bit tall will need the mirrors and maybe the screen removing though

podrick wrote: ↑Feb 26th, '21, 16:25 I've got a 2019 standard wheel base Expert, racking down one side, bikes fit in no problem. Sportsbikes and Enduro. Anything a bit tall will need the mirrors and maybe the screen removing though

Sounds good. That’s what I figured looking at the dimensions. Only thing I thought was that the length might be a bit touch and go. I would probably only be using it for my TTR250. Got any pics of yours with the bike n ?

Is this van going to be your everyday drive or just used occasionally? Also what's your budget as vans have got very expensive lately. I use a Nissan NV400 which is a re-badged Renault Master. Will happily swallow three bikes plus gear and you can stand upright in it.

None with the enduro bike in there, but here's the R1

Tvrv37 wrote: ↑Feb 27th, '21, 16:09 Is this van going to be your everyday drive or just used occasionally? Also what's your budget as vans have got very expensive lately. I use a Nissan NV400 which is a re-badged Renault Master. Will happily swallow three bikes plus gear and you can stand upright in it.

Hi

I do very few miles/year anyway. So it wouldn’t get huge amount of use, so yeah occasional use. Budget max of £5000. As long as the engines sound and it has an MOT all good.

You'll get a lot of van for that budget.

But anything without a million miles or from a garage will be plus VAT.

I got a 2015 berlingo no vat recently, at a local garage saw it the day he advertised it , called in friday afternoon had a quick look and said 95% i will have it but as the artic i was driving was half blocking the road and i had to get to a load said I will come back in the morning and have a test drive etc , I got back Saturday morning he said lucky you came in when you did I had 10 calls about that van after you left , he said as son as you mention no vat the phone goes mental

I may have just the thing. Been thinking about selling my Vito for a while now. MOT is due on Monday so just waiting for a response from the garage as it needs a service too. Not sure about price yet.

goatpants wrote: ↑Mar 2nd, '21, 17:56 I may have just the thing. Been thinking about selling my Vito for a while now. MOT is due on Monday so just waiting for a response from the garage as it needs a service too. Not sure about price yet.

Thanks, but I’ve now bought a Renault Trafic.