Abstract: A shipping container for preassembled motorcycles comprises a stepped grid-shaped support structure in the form of a frame-shaped base which resists the flexural forces acting on it when the motorcycle is lashed to the base. The motorcycle can be suitably attached lengthwise in a guide for the rear wheel, by a continuously adjustable wedge element mounted lengthwise on a rolling base on the center of the frame base. When the surface of the wedge is arranged opposite to the direction in which the motorcycle in to be introduced into the shipping container, the rear wedge element can be fitted into a recess on the frame-shaped base to form an entry and exit ramp for the motorcycle, which can be unloaded smoothly from the rolling base of the shipping container to the roadway, which is at a different height. The container is re-usable and can be readily assembled and dismantled. In a preferred embodiment, the frame-shaped base has a box-like casing formed by four detachable walls detachably secured to the base.