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Any motorbike rentals in Dublin yet?

  • 28-06-2006 2:59pm
    #1
    coyote6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭


    I asked several months ago if there were any rentals in the Republic or Dublin. I found one in Belfast but I'm not sure they'd let me go south on the bike. I realize the system may just not allow such a thing at this time. I did get a PM from a guy which stated that he was considering starting one. Any new news?


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  • #2
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    most un-frickin' likely, now that we're -1 on the insurance front.

    I wanted to set up a business doing this for learners and tourists and could not get ANYONE to quote.

    Bikes, and paying for them is the easy bit, it's the arseholes in insurance that's the problem.........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #3
    coyote6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭coyote6


    That's too bad! I dream of riding the whole country some day! Could I get across from Belfast if I rented one up there?


  • #4
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Yes, I believe that's not a problem..........

    hey, I just see you're not local.......I spend a good bit of time in GA, myself..........and you're a LEO . OK, do you ride for work, and is it an RT-P?, just wondering...........??

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #5
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    coyote6 wrote:
    That's too bad! I dream of riding the whole country some day! Could I get across from Belfast if I rented one up there?
    Rental companies are only insured for renting cars in the country where they are based and I assume the same is true for motorcycles in Northern Ireland. Each time I rented a vehicle (Ireland or France) I had to sign a form saying I would not be taking the rented vehicle outside the country.

    As a result, my answer to your question would be no.


  • #6
    coyote6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭coyote6


    I don't ride for work. I've not been able to convince the higher ups. I was up in Milwaukee and learned of a great deal Harley Davidson has. They sell (at a discount) fully loaded Road Kings. Every few years you trade them in and get a new one for $1! I currently ride a 2001 Shadow Sabre (VT1100 C2) w/ V&H Longshots to please my ears. I used to ride a 1973 BMW R75/5 and my first bike, in lieu of a car, (when I was 16!) was a 1976 Honda CB 550 four. I was short sighted as I neglected to think about Indiana winters. Had to ride it to school in everything but icy conditions. I've had my knees in the breeze since '83!:D


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  • #7
    Stigster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭Stigster


    Steffano2002 wrote:
    Rental companies are only insured for renting cars in the country where they are based and I assume the same is true for motorcycles in Northern Ireland. Each time I rented a vehicle (Ireland or France) I had to sign a form saying I would not be taking the rented vehicle outside the country.

    As a result, my answer to your question would be no.

    Hm! That is strange. I've never had to sign that kind of form, but in all the cars I've rented the registration (or copy that is) states some contries to which I can't bring the car. (Most of them being part of the old Warzaw Pack...)

    (On a funny sidenote I can tell you that a Norwegian citizen is not allowed to drive a foreign rental car in Norway - for tax reasons. Insurance has nothing to do with the case. Everyone else is welcome to bring their cheap rental car, but me - no way!)


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Steffano2002 wrote:
    Rental companies are only insured for renting cars in the country where they are based

    Steffano, this is incorrect. That is a policy decision made by the business you are dealing with, there is no legal impediment.

    If you ever look at the trail of rented Transit Mini-Buses that come over in the holiday period you will see what I mean. And, if you're logic were true, then if you rented a car in Aachen, you'd only get to see one end of town !!

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Oh well, that's what I was told anyway...


  • #10
    Zynks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭Zynks


    In my experience going abroad is not a problem. I've been allowed to drive out of the country of rental provided I informed them of my plan. I've done Spain->Portugal, Sweden->Norway and France ->Monaco/Italy, and as far as I remember I always enquired before doing it.


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