Motorcycle hire in Japan

Anyone ever done it?
What were the prices like?
Where from?
Any other relevant information you can share?
Thanks

 

No, it would not be fun. Slow, crawling traffic, and an endless series
of astronomically expensive tollbooths on the highways. For example,
riding from tokyo to kyoto would cost *hundreds* of dollars in tolls

Dunno, but they'd be bloody huge

Don't bother. It will suck

 

Wow! Even worse than Snydley?
Linda.

 

By orders of magnitude............

 

Yes, much worse. There's no Godzilla here...

Tex is being a whinging former arts student in complaining about the
dense urban Japanese traffic, though... once you've fought your way
out of the city (which could well take hours), the population thins
out sharpish and the roads get interesting... haven't people seen
"Tokyo Drift"?

That said, hiring a bike worth riding in Japan *would*, in all
likelihood, cost an absolute fortune.

 

actually I would think it would cost a lot less then here

 

...hired a bike in Australia lately?

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

Sadly, Ive got to echo the sentiments of most in the group here....

Ive been to japan 7 times, though ive never rented a bike there. Depends on
which part of the country you are going to. If in a major city - dont
bother. If in a rural area, it wouldnt be available. On top of that, the
bikes there are entirely different from ours... Almost all are speed
restricted and they have very few large capacity bikes. Some of their
*cars* are only 500cc ;-) Japanese people in general dont like mass
produced things, so there are many limited production bikes there. I saw a
lot of cars and bikes that i had never seen before. Licensing is another
issue.

If you really wanted to get around the country and are there for more than a
few days, buy a bike and later sell it. tolls, food and accomodation are
more expensive than australia.

Korea is nice to ride in, though not as scenic as japan in many ways, and
not as clean. It is however, a lot cheaper. Seoul is absolutely shocking
for traffic, but a bike is a good way to get through it. plan on getting
lost though, and no left turns anywhere (they drive on the right) so you
have to do 3 right turns to go left. Cheaper costs of living though, and
incredible roads if you get out of the city. you can ride top to bottom in
4-5 hours, but plan on about a week to circumnavigate. You cant ride on the
motorways, but who wants to? In a country that is something like 85%
mountains, you'll never have to worry about wearing a flat on your tyres,
and the roads are very good - two lane highways most of the country, very
little traffic and lots of 150km/h+ sweepers.

Best Regards,
Shaun

 

Nope but I've seen the prices

 

Yeah great movie. Mt Akina would be fun on a nice light track bike. CBR600
would be just the ticket.

Fraser

 

Its not Baghdad but....


Thanks all who have replied. Plenty to think about though now leaning
towards a purchase of something cheap and seconhand.

 

Now, _that'd_ be a blast !

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

No.
Yen.
Japan.
No.

 

That's not bad riding - who says you need a shitload of fancy crap to have
some fun?

don't mess with the homesahibs!