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Paul Hurcomb, London to CapeTown, 2007, in Mali

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Paul Hurcomb, London to CapeTown,
in Mali. Trail from Douentza north
leading to the ferry to cross
the Niger, then onto Tombouctou



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What I really wonder about is when people yell: Warning! Don´t ....

A bad experience is one thing, and we´ve all been there. But as well as you don´t hang a bed sheet with a similar warning about your local butcher´s or baker´s products outside of your roadside window at home, since you´re not willing to get into a nasty discussion with that business owner or his lawyer, don´t yell for boycotts on the web either. From my point of view, it´s just unfair and we´ve seen the variety of responses in the Marocco issue recently.
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What I really wonder about is when people yell: Warning! Don´t ....
...don´t yell for boycotts on the web either. From my point of view, it´s just unfair
I dunno, it can be difficult to find someone good to rent from when travelling and personally appreciate all the data I can get. Renting a bad bike, or even a good bike from the wrong person, can ruin a trip, or at least create bad impressions.

Obviously all such reports should be taken in context, and it would be good to get more reports about good customer experiences, not just bad ones...
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I am in Nepal renting an Enfield, & it has been brilliant and Bikemandu could not have been better (so far) I will be in India (Delhi) & will go to this place & give them what for on your behalf & let them know if you shit on one biker you shit on all of us & what goes around comes around, I know you want get your money back, but I will make them feel very, very uneasy about so they think twice before pulling that stunt again.
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I think we have all had business dealings, not necessarily in motorcycling, that did not go well. Some businesses will let things 'slide' if they are not given constructive criticism.

I think it's fine for folks to post negative comments, as long as they give a clear explanation of what went wrong, and what steps they and the business took (or didn't take) to resolve the problem. I thought WorldlyMaret did this.
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Hey all - I am very interested in this topic as a friend and I are planning to be in Delhi in September to rent bikes and head to Leh / /Ladakh for 3 weeks. Following that my wife and I will be in Nepal for a few weeks and I would love to rent a bike in Kathmandu and head as close to Everest as I can.

SO!!

Feedback, feedback, feedback guys - don't say 'I had a terrible experience when I rented in Delhi' - Tell us who with!! - Don't say 'i had an awesome experience in Nepal' - Tell us who with!!

PaulD, I am particularly interested to hear from you re: your Nepal rental

WorldlyMaret - It seems you are particularly pissed about your experience with SHB as you have posted in more than one thread here and I cant' say I blame you - up until about 5 minutes ago they were my #1 choice but now I'm not so sure... Curious though, what did you rent? Did you pay a booking/reservation fee in advance? Why didn't you walk away and rent something else from someone else? - Not criticizing just trying to understand..

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Nepal rental was brillant I would highly recommend Bikemandu, very
professional & helpful, gave us a suggested itinerary on where to go and suggested good places to stay. Paid for taxi to collect bike & paid for our taxi back to our hotel after dropping bike off.
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Hi all

Sorry to hear of people having not so good experiences with renting enfields in Delhi

We had a great experience renting bikes in Delhi, with Inder Motors - and the lovely Lalli Singh. We researched the company before we went, read some good reviews both of the bikes and of the company. Did this once in 2007 and again in 2009. We didn't pay anything until we had inspected the bikes and taken them for a test ride. They gave us plenty of spares for the journey and were really flexible when we changed our plans - we got carried away up in the mountains and didn't give ourselves enough time for the ride back to Delhi. So we flew and arranged with Lalli for the bikes to be shipped via road truck. The trust went both ways as Lalli gave us our deposits back without even inspecting the bikes... they were still enroute!!

All I would say is that you need common sense, if it feels dangerous and dodgy then don't do it... you wouldn't get on a bike in your home country unless you were sure it was safe to do so. So why would you in a country like India where the roads are crazy at the best of times!

Anyway we think India by enfield is fantastic, especially the himalayas and I would wholeheartedly recommend Inder motors in Karol Bagh.

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