Affordable bike hire?

repiV · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 May 2007 Karma :

I'm finally well enough to ride again after my accident last year, but sadly my bike is still being fixed. Probably will be a week before I can have it back. Neutral

I really need to go back to work - I tried going in on the tube but it left me in absolute agony because my leg just isn't up to all the walking and standing. The extra money from a week's work in my pocket would be extremely useful as my finances are really starting to run very dry right now.
Any of the major hire places appear to charge what I earn in a week for a 500 (pointless) and even the 125s aren't exactly a great deal. Wondering if there's any way I could get hold of something for less than 100 quid for a week?

Cheers.

iooi · Super Spammer Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Karma :

Ever tried google ???

1 st hit

£155 a week for a cg 125
£195 for a cbf 500

Just make sure you have good cover and take a waiver out or it could be even more expensive.......
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repiV · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 May 2007 Karma :

Yeah, I've looked there - obscene prices though is what I'm saying.

Surely couriers don't pay silly money like that when they hire bikes. I was wondering if there are cheaper ways to go about it away from the mainstream.

iooi · Super Spammer Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Karma :

Compare that to a price of a car and its not bad.

take a look at their courier prices.

johanek · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 10 May 2008 Karma :

A lot of London couriers have stickers on their bike saying the bike was rented from Hexagon motorcycles. Seems they do rental for insurance etc: https://www.hexagonmotorcycles.co.uk/

repiV · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 May 2007 Karma :

Ouch.

I had a Bandit and then an FZ6 through Hexagon on an insurance basis (reversed into when parked, and considerate bloke left details, not another crash Shocked

). I seem to recall they were charging something ridiculous like £700 a week for the privilege.

I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they can offer on the private front though, there isn't really much information about that on their website. Thanks.

What would be really useful is a dealer that lets me take a different bike out for a 24hr test ride every day of the week and opens at 7am. Mr. Green

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Sickpup has some VERY bad things to say about Hexagon and the advice was don't touch with a 10 ft barge pole.
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TheDonUK · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Karma :

I have had a couple of bikes from hexagon for work, i never found any problems with them, drop in once a week for a full service,

I wasent footing the bill personally but from what i remeber both 125's and 500's are less than 100/w.

repiV · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 May 2007 Karma :

I had no problems with Hexagon before, but then I wasn't using them for business purposes...

They told me 85 quid a week for a CB500, but that's excluding insurance. They require a minimum of TPFT cover, so "ride any bike" cover won't do it, and they charge 20 quid a day for their own insurance. Can't find anyone that provides insurance for hire bikes, anywhere.

What a ridiculous situation. Mad