Bike Hire help needed
 

One of my old army colleagues has asked me to go to Germany with him to one of our old army barracks for a reunion. There will hopefully be four of us going over there.
I am looking to hire/borrow/steal etc :lol: a bike for 4 days on the 20th May. Does anyone have any ideas???
I had to sell my K4 sv650s in January for family reasons and have regretted it ever since :cry:
Any help will be much appreciated. Cheers :D

You could try this place: -

Green Light Performance Bike Hire Ltd
Unit 1
Manor Industrial Estate
Hawkins Lane
Burton-On-Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 1QX

Tel 01283 537584

http://www.greenlightbikes.co.uk/

Don't know anything about them just that they have recently opened.

Wonder what the deposit and excess is like on the R1

Says on the ad no depo if you pay over the phone by credit card. I think £75 a day including insurance for an R6 ain't too bad, they must expect peeps to cane the bike. :idea: I have a week off in May, Burton isn't too far from me...

looks good - i wouldn't mind giving the Cruiser a go myself!

Hire company's are usually pretty funny about taking cars/bikes out of the country.... I suppose you may just not tell them tho :D

fyi I contacted the company about hiring the VN800 for a weekend.

The charges are very excessive - here's the email...


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Thanks for the Interest in Hiring from us.

The VL800 Cruiser Has the following rates:
7 Day Week £350.00
4 Day Weekend £275.00
Day Rate £95.00

All these costs include fully comprehensive insurance

Their is a minimum age of 25

This bike carries a deposit of £700 that can be secured on a credit or debit card manually. (we don't take the money from your account ,just a manual copy of your card and ask you to sign a form allowing us to claim up to the max of £700 if the bike is stolen or the damage is more than the deposit.)
If you had a slide of and lets say knocked a mirror off etc. we would just charge you for that bit plus a fitting charge.

We don't cover punctures or tyre damage or undue wear (burnt out ) but normal wear and tear is fine.

If you wanted to secure the bike for a date you have the option of paying a £30 non refundable deposit and that will keep that period for you so as to avoid disappointment.

However you turn up and take a chance that your chosen bike will be available.

The bikes go out on hire with unlimited mileage

You would need to bring with you
Your licence (both parts if new type)
2 further forms of ID like a passport and utility bill
We take a digital picture of you in our office

Providing you have none of the above on your license your free to hire from us:

Careless driving
Dangerous driving
Drink or Drugs driving
Unauthorized Taking
Motor racing on the highway
3 or more driving offences
equivalent offences in Northern Ireland

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Seems a lot. £700 deposit to cover theft/damage? No thanks, that's what insurance is for. Plus the charges are higher than what they quote on the website.

Martin

If you look through the clothing for hire, there is the Lorem Ipsum jacket with a daily rate of £500 :lol: , read the "more info" and they tell you that they don't have the jacket but will take your money :shock: :shock: (their words).
Not what I'd put on my website if I wanted people to trust me :? [/img]

:lol:
:shock: I had to see it to believe it :lol: