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Old 16 May 2020
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Albania,Montenegro,Bosnia-Rent and ride 2020???
I want to ride these countries, and more. I was thinking next year. But if things improve, I could go this year. I haven't research where to rent from or what countries companies may allow. I may look at buying a bike and shipping back to the USA. That's doubtful. But I have been looking for a new bike anyway. I rented 2 years ago from MotoPlasir? in France. But I'd rather start closer to my destination.



This time opportunity just opened up a few days ago. I haven't even looked at visa and insurance requirements. Does anyone have any recent information they could share with me?
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Maybe you can ask Franjo from Bosnia.

He does Enduro tours, but maybe he rents bikes or knows someone who rents bikes.

The best enduro tours in Bosnia | Enduro Grip Bosnia

If you are in the area, let me know, if I have time, I might just ride on from Austria and we could get a together in the evening once....

If I find something in Montenegro or Albania, I let you know.
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MotoCamp Bulgaria | motosapiens.org

Contact Polly, they rent out off road bikes - she may be able to help you.
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There's a guy ADVRider that runs a bike rental company in Croatia (IIRC Scooby or something).

I highly recommend this kind of trip, Bosnia especially was probably my most pleasant surprise during all of my travels. Absolutely beautiful, and Sarajevo is really cool. Montenegro also seems nice, although Kotor was much more touristy than I expected. Had to kind of rush through Albania, so I missed a lot and hope to go back some day.
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There's a guy ADVRider that runs a bike rental company in Croatia (IIRC Scooby or something).

I looked at them. 650 Strom is $92/day. A month is 30 or 31 times that rate. And only 218 miles per day. I never communicated with them for a better rate.



Did I meet you at the Oasis in UB?
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hey mate , there is a company in montenegro that rent bikes as well, buddy of mine is owner , and my partner as well since i operate help on the road, tourist info, accommodations and stuff , check rentamoto.me , he is on instagram as i am , and if you contact him directly make sure you say sparco gave you contact , so he can lower the price , plenty of bikes and huge range from mint condition tenere 660 do latest gs and africa
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p.s. accommo at my place always free for travelers from hubb
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I looked at them. 650 Strom is $92/day. A month is 30 or 31 times that rate. And only 218 miles per day. I never communicated with them for a better rate.


Did I meet you at the Oasis in UB?
Ouch, that's expensive.

We might have met there, I was there in August 2013 on an XChallenge...I met several people there, what were you riding, or what's your real name?
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I looked at them. 650 Strom is $92/day. A month is 30 or 31 times that rate. And only 218 miles per day. I never communicated with them for a better rate.



Did I meet you at the Oasis in UB?
Uhm would you be so kind and show me on our website where do we say limited mileage and also where did you saw that price per day is the same as the price for longer time windows?

I have linked HUBB and ADVrider threads on our services and you can get a lot of info if you get in touch with us directly.

We're the only one stop shop service of such kind in Europe, providing bike purchase on EU plates, registration, insurance (we're insurance broker and only one that provides insurance for EU plated bikes owned by non EU residents), service, logistics, transport, mapping etc etc.

Direct email to get in touch:

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We can source any motorcycle you would like to have and store it in our warehouse with many other bikes owned by our clients from US, CAN, NZ, Aus etc. We have our own rental and expedition touring fleet in that same warehouse, so trickle charging, bike running, tyre pressure is checked 2 times per month.

There is much more to say about us and our services, but you can check what our clients have said on our google my business page as well.

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There's a guy ADVRider that runs a bike rental company in Croatia (IIRC Scooby or something).

I highly recommend this kind of trip, Bosnia especially was probably my most pleasant surprise during all of my travels. Absolutely beautiful, and Sarajevo is really cool. Montenegro also seems nice, although Kotor was much more touristy than I expected. Had to kind of rush through Albania, so I missed a lot and hope to go back some day.
We are also here on HUBB as well:

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...een-card-93020

and on ADVrider:

https://advrider.com/f/threads/new-e...chase.1075077/

Lobagola MotoTours | expedition off road tours, insurance, storage, freight

Serving as one of the co founders of www.transeurotrail.org as well as linesman for Croatia.

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We are also here on HUBB as well:
oops, sorry, I should have remembered dooby, not scooby! Next time!
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Contact Polly, they rent out off road bikes - she may be able to help you.
Bulgaria is far away from Bosnia, dont think this helps.
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OP says these countries and more. The tone of the post suggests to me that he wants to travel for a decent amount of time - he has thought about shipping a bike out there which would be costly for a couple of weeks.
Bulgaria is a country that many people visit whilst on a tour of the Balkans. We rode from Bulgaria to Albania in a day - if he can get sorted in Bulgaria it is as good a place To start as any - imho.
Hopefully this has made my suggestion a bit more helpful
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Bulgaria is far away from Bosnia, dont think this helps.

Yes it is a long way. But Flipflop is right about the "and more". I rode (too fast) through Bulgaria, Macedonid, Serbia, and some of Croatia in 2013. After a month delay in Russia, I was behind schedule. I read, up the Adriatic coast was the route I should have taken. I've been going other places. Now it's time to go back and see what I missed. I won't have any real time limit. A month is an approximate length of time. I'll look at rental rates and air fares from Ohio to decide where I start. Last year I flew to Prague to do a Nordcapp loop.

What I've read, it sounds like Europe may not be open to American travelers anytime soon. So I may just be researching for 2021. It will give me something to do while "social distancing."
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