hi there,

thx for the reply. i've enquired in the mean time, and the rate i have been offered sounds rather high to me. 25$ per bike, even though i'd be hiring two for 14 days. any idea how much you paid? and is there an alternative in/near negombo?

thx in advance
gaea

Hi Felix

way back in 2006 (or so) we had already paid around 15€/bike/day for a two week journey of three bikes, so nowadays 25US seems quite a reasonable price to me. We got our bikes from "Yellow Fleet" at Negombo, but their HP doesn't seem to be updated since 2007, looks like their out of business now... :confused1:

Hope this will help
Cheers
Jörn

Hi, i does seem a bit high, why not offer $20 a day,he may accept that. He can also collect you from the airport, for a fee. Cheers Andy

I would not recommend Suranga! I just left Sri Lanka after a three week tour around the beautiful Island. Two of my friends hired from him, they cost $20USD per day and they were a hunk of shit! Every day we had to deal with a new problem, and I mean EVERY day! on both bikes.

When they picked the bikes up - they were not ready and needed new tires, chain adjusted and a new battery. This was only the start of many many problems!! like carburetor issue to radiator seals blowing.

Suranga, promised to pay back the mechanical fees but when we returned the motorcycle, he refused as the tail light cover was missing - this fell off on the day somewhere!! He wouldnt give them a discount for the number of days waiting to get the bike fixed. either. My poor friends had to walk off as the talking would have continued into the night.

I rented from Yellow Fleet (just down the road) and got an almost new bike and had no trouble what so ever! I was glad to pay the extra $3 per day. I picked my bike up within a few minutes, and dropped it of within a few seconds. He even gave me a ride back to my guest house.

Another tip - Yellow fleet will tell you via email they cost $30 per day, do not book - just wait until your there (unless your a huge group) and negotiate the price. Hence why i paided $23.

Have fun in Sri Lanka - its amazing country - I would go back in a heart beat. Just remember its a bit more expensive than other Asian countries.

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Hi there

I am the owner of Sha Lanka Tours (negombo-motorcycle-tours.com).
About the report of MAximondo is not 100%truth. When she inquiries the bikes from me, All my bikes were booked by Australian group (8 riders) for 18 days. Their report on web :http://www.aridesomewhere.blogspot.com/[/URL]
December is High season in Sri lanka. So i told her that i am borrowing the bikes from my friends. I had no choice. So when i pick the bikes from my friends there were visible problems on the spot, After i requested from my friends they were fixed. After Maxmodo returned, She wants money back of lost days. But i paid my friends in advance all cash. So they refuse to pay back. Also Maxmondo lost Tail light & she didn't agreed to pay back. It cost about 30$ to replace new. She want to pay only 2$ for it.
After the decent discussions, she lost her temper & threat us that she will write a bad post about us on internet, Suddenly she jumped forward & snap the security money from my wife, then she went out & kicked the bike to get the revenge!!. In this case this bike broke front break leaver & broke the plastic parts. I have attached the picture this bikes incident.


And her boy friend was so upset about her bad behavior & he apologize for the situation from us. In front of him we called the bike spare shop & check the prices, And he realize that the price of tail light is 30$.

Cheers
Suranga.

Suranga - I (Maximondo) am the person who hired from 'Yellow Fleet' not from you. I did not do these things, i was the person who helped fixed the problems on the bike!

- I wasn't even present at the time of returning the bikes as I was trying to get my Indian Visa!

Please do not confuse my postings - im sure your normal bikes are fine but its your business, and if you do not have the capacity then say so or if you DO borrow off friends then you need to make sure they are sound bikes.

When people only have a few days off a year, they want to make sure their trip goes smoothly as possible.

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Well, after the mixed reviews of Suranga in this thread (his site: ....:::: Contact Us ::::....), I thought I would give him a try anyway.

I e-mailed him to reserve a bike a few weeks ago, he confirmed the reservation. Today he's come back and said that he's had an "unexpected booking" for all of his bikes, and that the bike he had reserved for me is now, well, being given to someone else.

In the meantime I had planned my vacation around picking up a bike with him, so it is rather inconvenient, to say the least, that he has cancelled my reservation. I have cancelled all of my arrangements with him (moto, room, airport pickup) and let him know that I will do business with people that know how to keep their word. I urge everyone to do the same.

I rented in Negombo, just walked into a shop, was $15US a day. When i got out and spoke to other place i found out it should have been about $10, Negombo is a tourist trap so everything is more expensive.
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