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Bikes: CBR 600F2-(Ishikawa), Blade RRS-(Baba San), 996s-(Tambo), 996R-(Tambo), MV f1000 312-Tambo
Posts: 704
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Denmark - UK
Mood: I like my bike
Job 2010......
Looked up classic bike rental on the WWW and found 2 not very good ones. With the popularity of classic car rental, got me thinking (recession aside).
Thought about a dream garage of sorts:
Hhhonda: RC30, RC45, C90(!), CBR900RRN, CBR600RR
MV/Cagiva
MV 312RR, Mito
Triumph: Bonneville, Tiger, Speed Triple
Norton: F1, Commando
Yamahaha: RD350, R6, R1, YZF1000
Suzooki: GSXR 1100, 750, 1000
Kawaski: ZXR 750, ZX10,
Duchati: 888SP5, 916SPS, 996SPS, 999R, Desmosid
That is 25 bikes for about the same price as half a used F40 or a 2nd hand DBS.
Assuming:
125 per day (except the C90)
Rented 6 months of the year
Rented only at weekends for 2 days
£125 * 25 bikes * 26 days = £82,000
Quite conservative estimate.
Charge each person £100 to join. 500 people join = £50,000
Question is would anyone rent them?
Tried to keep the list relatively modern because of the uptime, servicing, parts issues.
What do you reckon?