Buy Or Rent A Motorbike?

[jkzero]

hi, i am in phuket for 3 months and we need a bike (my partner and i), however we not sure if we should buy a bike (second hand) and risk not being able to sell it / losing money or whether just to rent a bike (best deal we can find so far, 2,500/month).

does anyone have advice?

also, i need a bicycle for fitness as i have a back injury and cant do any excercis involving impact or twisting, does anyone have suggestions on best place to buy one?

thanks!

[crazyawm]

short time... very big hemorrhoids when will be sell

1-3 months better rent

imho

[goldfinger]

at 2500 per month-no question, rent it.

when you buy 2 hand, are you sure its not stolen??

[BillR]

better to rent unless you can find someone desperate to sell, see thaivisa classifieds, theres a few. Place in rawai has newer automatics for 2000B a month.

[jkzero]

thanks everyone.. i was leaning towards renting but it is hard to throw the money away.. can you tell me where in rawai i can rent for 2000/month?

best we have found is 2,500, auto or manual, no problems as we can both ride (my partner sometimes rides like a local - scary!)

[lovelomsak]

Rent for sure. You might be able to buy and wholesale back to the shop you bought it from but hassles so rent. I would also check at dealers such as the honda to see what used bikes they have for sale, sometimes they will rent you one and great selection. Where I am the honda dealer was having a hard time selling a honda steed so he just rented it out to foreigners whenever they wanted.He eventually sold it.

[falkan]

Should you be on holiday in Phuket three months and is already beginning to worry you for charges imposed on a motorcycle, maybe would work an extra month and enjoy the holiday instead of twisting and turning in the coins

[jkzero]

maybe i have a back injury and cant work at present, which could also be why i'm on holiday =)

thanks for your constructive input.

Edited July 10, 2010 by jkzero

[sukhumvitlegend]

rent everytime.

[jkzero]

sorted.. rented a decent bike off some good people, now exploring phuket is much more fun! thanks everyone for advice. can any tell me best place to buy a bicycle??

[phuketrichard]

sorted.. rented a decent bike off some good people, now exploring phuket is much more fun! thanks everyone for advice. can any tell me best place to buy a bicycle??

There are a couple of good bike shops in Phuket, use the yellow pages,

also if ur looking for an inexpenive one check out Tesco/lotus