Possibility of renting moped, scooter, motobike in Colombia for traveler?

omargue says on Sep 13, 2008, 15:29:

your best bet is to borrow one from someone and pay for the useage....have them give you their tarjeta propietaria y el seguro (registration and insurance card) and your set....ask around....
when i lived in cali and if a traveller wanted to rent my motorcycle i would have done it with no problem, obviously taking specific measures and insuring that any and all damages would be taken care of, no problem....
im sure someone else would do the same, i would say just throwing a price range per day would be 50mil/day or maybe for the week like 200.000 - 300.000 max.....obviously insuring that it would be brought back and all damages would be taken care of by you.....
but a service to rent motorcycles at least in Cali....i dont think so...

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Gringo Spy says on Sep 13, 2008, 15:32:

Not gonna to happen in Medellin. I tried and couldn't find a place that rented bikes, only cars.

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Gringo Spy says on Sep 13, 2008, 16:16:

Don't think the liability insurance is going to be cheap! With only 10k at most you'll be able to buy three motos/scooters and then hope like hell you can advertise it for next to nothing just to get you off the ground. And then you'll still have to deal with the issue of a store front, storage, maintenance etc. IMHO $10k will have you way under capitalized. Better to have a hot dog cart. Best of luck!

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bigtexas1974 says on Sep 13, 2008, 16:21:

You'll never get the bikes back...insurance will go through the roof...you be shut down in 6 months.

Good luck!

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Gringo Spy says on Sep 13, 2008, 16:23:

After you pay the upfront insurance and the other start up cost I sincerely doubt you will have sufficient funds for "5 motos/scooters, even if you buy Chinese or Korean junk. Again best of luck!

Good point bigtexas. I forgot for a moment we are talking about a moto rental biz in Colombia. Six months? You're way too optimistic!

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lanegrapaisa says on Sep 13, 2008, 16:35:

I'm pretty sure this is a stupid question but what is the difference between a moped and a scooter?

oh that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear

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Gringo Spy says on Sep 13, 2008, 16:44:

Well my little pretty a moped has a small motor and pedals (No nboy it's not spelled petals) thus the name "MoPed" and a scooter has no pedals. And before you ask the difference between a motorcycle and a scooter is a motorcycle has foot pegs and a scooter does not.

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vicshere says on Sep 13, 2008, 17:24:

GS you mean i actually have a motorcycle ....125CC ..i do have bigass footpegs

listo

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Gringo Spy says on Sep 13, 2008, 17:30:

vic: If you got pegs on that sucker you are the proud owner of a motorcycle. Zoom zoom!

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vicshere says on Sep 13, 2008, 17:34:

woohoo i can contuine to put put around town....on my hog....really hog...actually i think a hog is faster

listo

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omargue says on Sep 13, 2008, 18:35:

you wouldnt get the motorcycle back is the biggest concern, but you have to rent it to foreingers only, and have them leave somekind of important document like a passport or something as a security cost.....

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Gringo Spy says on Sep 13, 2008, 18:40:

Narrowing your customers to foreigners with passports would severely limit any possibility of making it a successful business. The customer base would be too small even if tourism is growing 25% plus per year. Maybe a slim opportunity for success in a beach/coastal area like Cartagena but certainly not Medellin or Bogota.

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omargue says on Sep 13, 2008, 18:59:

yea tru gringo spy....but when i lived there i would def had rented my bike to foreigners but with obviously them leaving htere passport of something, not like a business but more like a way to make money.....money is real tight there and anyway to make an additional 50mil or more is worth taking the bus anyday....

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antiguru says on Sep 13, 2008, 19:06:

just south of parque del poblado on avenida del poblado is a small car rental place that also rents scooters and motorcycles

http://www.masterrentacar.com/v_motos.html

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Buongone says on Sep 13, 2008, 20:04:

Checked out the website. Looks like they have them in Cali too. Not a bad price for the economico autos. Might just have to look them up next time in Cali.

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