Bike hire in Italy

Any body tried it? Any outfits particularly recommended or to be
avoided?
I'm not interested in organised tours, just the hiring bit.
Ta.

 

I was in Naples/Sorrento last week. I saw loads of scooter hire shops but
no motorcycle hire shops. Some were larger capacity maxi-scoots, 500cc Tmax
and the like, complete with hard luggage.

I hired a Fiat Panda as it was likely to be quite chilly. That was
expensive compared to say Spain. £150 rather than £75 for a week.

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****. I can see why they only have scooter hire shops: a 125cc scoot is 300
euros for a week, anything bigger at least 700 and a Ducati ST4 is 1070
http://www.mototouring.com/noleggio/euro07.htm (Milan based)

 

Interesting. Could be down to driving standards or insurance regs I
suppose. Maybe I should consider France/Spain instead.

Yeah, that's one of the ones I found. In fact they advertise in Bike.
I was particularly disturbed by the deposit/excess (up to 5000 Euros!)
Ouch.

 

@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

As you've got Bike, look up the ad for HC Tours - they are supposedly
pretty clued up about such things.

If you want to go to N Italy then hiring a bike in one of the adjoining
countries might be cheaper - check out Slovenia which might be cheaper than
other EU neighbours. It's a fantastic place to ride a motorcycle in itself.

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there you go - a TDM900 for 630 Euros for a week
http://www.smtours.com/bikerental.html
**** knows if they are any good but if they take *credit* cards then at
least your money will be secure. Slazijet fly to Ljubliana too.

 

Good tip, thanks. I'll do some research.