Hire/weekend test ride

[Squashed_Fly]

Does anybody know if there's anywhere local that either does motorcycle hire, or 2 day test rides? Want to take a few days off in August and go somewhere with the missus on 2 wheels...

Seems to be loads in London but I can't see any local ones. I've had cars before on weekend test drives, don't know if you can do it with bikes at all.

[cerruti]

Riders of Bristol do bike hire.

[Uber Dave]

From what I remember with my uncle doing it when he visited from Oz it was not at all cheap though.

[Dabz]

Yeh I was gonna say, sounds expensive :/ good idea tho!

[Squashed_Fly]

Hmmmmm, dragons den....?

[Marmalade]

Hmmmmm, dragons den....?

Most people can't stay on their own bikes for more than a few hours without lobbing it down the road, can you imagine the carnage that happens when people hire a bike for the day?
Got to be horrendous to insure and need a constant supply of uncrashed bikes to meet the bookings.


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[Squashed_Fly]

I guess that's why most of the places I've looked at charge £1000 deposit!

[Mikkie1986]

£1000 thats cheap.... Excess For bike hire is normally £4000 +.
Its Public Liability which is the killer. My Demo excess sky rocketed this year!!!

[mdukx1t]

yes agree with demo excess - as birthday treat thought I would try ducati 1199 and 848 - mmmm £5000 excess on 1199 £1000 on 848 - so contented myself with 848 evo corse