Just where *IS* Sirius' motorbike then?

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 115678


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Sue wrote:
> > 
> > Ah, but there's an inconsistency within the text. In POA, Hagrid
> says that Sirius told him he could keep it and that he thought this
> strange, etc., but if you go back to Chapter 1 of PS, Hagrid tells 
DD
> and MM that he'd better get going *because he has to return the 
bike!*
> 
Angie here:

Funny, but I didn't see that as an inconsistency.  In SS, when Hagrid 
said he had to return the bike, I just thought that maybe Sirius 
hadn't yet gone to find Wormtail, that Hagrid saw him before he left 
to find Wormtail (for some reason I want to say it was daylight when 
Sirius found him?), and then Sirius told Hagrid to keep the bike.  
I'm sure those who have diligently dissected the timeline can set me 
straight on this.

I was actually thinking of this the other day -- in SS, could Hagrid 
have flown the motorcycle to the island to get Harry?  They took the 
boat back, but Hagrid told Harry he flew there.  I read the scene 
where Harry heard the crunching of the rocks; it was so noisy, Harry 
wondered if the rocks were crumbling into the sea.  I'd always 
assumed that was Hagrid walking up to the door.  But then I thought, 
it could have been the motorcycle crunching on the rocks and Hagrid 
could have charmed it to fly back to Hogwarts.  After all, it was 
dark when he arrived.  

I believe the bike is at Hogwarts somewhere -- if Sirius had it, 
surely he would have used it for transportation in GOF and to escape 
being cooped up in OOP?