buy back/ renting/ peer to peer renting brisbane
 

Hi all,

i m planning a trip to oz in may for three weeks, brisbane to darwin and back, does anyone have a bike to rent, or know where i can get a dealership buy back. i have tried ringing around but cant find anyone who will give me a contract. any help gratefully received.

Hey mate,
There are heaps of rental places and they will only cost you a major organ per day...

As for buy back, there is no dealer that i know of in AUS that will contract to do this. Gentleman's agreement at best, even when the market was good here the risk was too high, but now that most shops dont want used bikes at all cus the market is so depressed. However there are plenty of people that do the buy and sell thing, plus this also mean that you dont have to do a round trip. That is the other problem.. sell a bike reg'd in one state is a PITA to sell in an other (impossible for a dealer). So if you are willing to take a hit it is pretty easy to do.

Check out Gumtree, facebook marketplace, and biketrader for used bike options.

Gum tree
 

Gum tree’s defo’ the best bet, Failing that try bikesales.com.au ...

You should be okay to buy and sell if you’re starting and finishing in the same place. But as suggested, be prepared to take a hit.

Me n’ wife are doing this with a car, as we don’t know how long we’ll be here in the country for. But whatever we lose, it’s still cheaper than a couple of months ‘ cheap’ car-rental costs.

Expect to pay at least 30% more than you’d expect in say the UK. But the same applies when you come to sell, again.

Good luck ...

Route?
 

BTW have you researched your route? And are you intending to stick to sealed roads?

Bris’ to Darwin’s around 3500 Kim’s. It can be done in a few days, without too much hard riding. But better to take at least a week. So 3 weeks ther n’ back is quite do’able.

Would recommend a detour thro’ Kakadu National park, during the OW or return. If you’re camping expect to pay anything from 15 bucks/night (cheap) to 50 or 60, depending. In my experience a few places only charge the ‘extra person’ fee, as motorcycle and (small) tent take up hardly any space. But be prepared to pay what everybody else is paying. Irrespective of them having a bloody great big 4wd and double-axle van and who expect a full length concrete slab, so they can dive-on, drive-off ...

There is scope for wild/free camping, but be prepared to ride some way from the road.