motor bike and the Island

[eloise_herisson]

Steve:

> So, I say once again that Sirius's motorbike was left in Hagrid's
> possession and is now at or near Hogwarts (school, village, 
forest, ...).

I have always held onto a fantasy that it lives in the Forbidden 
Forest with the Flying Ford Anglia, where they are bringing up a 
little family of motorbikes with sidecars.

> 
> As to how Hagrid got to the island, the greatest weight goes to
> Apparate, Portkey, or Thestral drawn Carriage; take your pick.
> 
> I personally, find any other explanation for either of these 
mysteries
>  a little too far fetched.

I don't believe Hagrid can apparate. He's not fully qualified and 
it's quite advanced, tricky magic. But as he was able to operate the 
boat by means of the fragments of wand hidden in his umbrella, it's 
quite possible he was able to have some object fly there similarly. 
Or else he did it like Mary Poppins.

If he got to the island on the motorbike, thestral or Portkey, then 
why take the boat back?

And why did we never hear about the Dursleys being stranded?

~Eloise