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Rent bikes in Malaga and take into Morocco?
Hello!

I was wondering if anyone has rented motorcycles in Spain and taken them into Morocco? If so, how was the experience? What paperwork did you need? Any issues you had?

I know that I will need insurance and some form of written authorization that proves I am not on some sort of stolen motorcycle but I cannot find anything specific to using a rental motorcycle.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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First line of inquiry is with the rental company. If they allow it (doubtful), they'll know how it works. If they don't allow it, no need to inquire further.

Hope that's helpful.

Mark
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I've been entertaining the same thoughts: renting in Spain and crossing to Morocco. Not serious yet but I've done a little checking.

Here are 3 companies in Spain I've found that mention Morocco, and one more that refers to 'cross-border' rental.

https://www.motoadventours.com/motorcycle-rental/

https://www.motorcycle-rental-europe.com/mobile/

Motorcycle rentals in Spain, Motorcycle rentals in Barcelona, Motorcycle Rentals in Morocco, Motorcycle Tours in Morocco

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Why bother hiring in Spain? You've then got to import the bike. Not difficult but another layer of complication. Also, I'd be concerned if the bike developed a serious fault and getting things resolved if you've hired it from Spain.

Much easier to fly in and hire locally. You'll find details of several local hirers on here - a lot less hassle.

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Why bother hiring in Spain? You've then got to import the bike. Not difficult but another layer of complication. Also, I'd be concerned if the bike developed a serious fault and getting things resolved if you've hired it from Spain.

Much easier to fly in and hire locally. You'll find details of several local hirers on here - a lot less hassle.

Happy trails,

Peter
Can't speak for Elspeth, the OP, but for me: I'd like to ride in Spain some first. I'd like to take the ferry and the border crossing stuff doesn't bother me too much.

As far as the bike breaking down, that is a concern, for sure.

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Can't speak for Elspeth, the OP, but for me: I'd like to ride in Spain some first. I'd like to take the ferry and the border crossing stuff doesn't bother me too much.

As far as the bike breaking down, that is a concern, for sure.

.............shu
Exactly. I wanted to ride through some of Southern Spain. Also, there is also something about riding a bike across continents that seemed cool to me.

As for the breaking down concern - I used to be a motorcycle mechanic and am making sure to bring tools for any minor repair I might need to do on the road.

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I've been entertaining the same thoughts: renting in Spain and crossing to Morocco. Not serious yet but I've done a little checking.

Here are 3 companies in Spain I've found that mention Morocco, and one more that refers to 'cross-border' rental.

https://www.motoadventours.com/motorcycle-rental/

https://www.motorcycle-rental-europe.com/mobile/

Motorcycle rentals in Spain, Motorcycle rentals in Barcelona, Motorcycle Rentals in Morocco, Motorcycle Tours in Morocco

Now that I've got you started, I'll expect you to check back in with anything you might find out!

..............shu
Thanks for the info! So I was looking at guided tours but decided I wanted to plan my own trip so I just decided to rent a bike through BikesBooking.com (similar to expedia but for motorcycles). I technically rented a bike from Travelbike Tours - Malaga, which offered me a BMW 700gs for 12 days for under a thousand euro. I told them about my plans to tour Morocco and they said they will provide me with all the required paperwork. They said it was going to be a 4k euro deposit on the bike but insurance was all included in my price.

Just to be safe, I also purchased separate travel insurance and am bringing tools to fix any minor repairs.

Best wishes and I will definitely write an update post about my trip.

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First line of inquiry is with the rental company. If they allow it (doubtful), they'll know how it works. If they don't allow it, no need to inquire further.

Hope that's helpful.

Mark
Thanks for the advice, Mark. I did contact the rental company and they said it would be fine and they would provide all the necessary paperwork (sounded like they have done this before).
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