Renting vs buying a bike in Cape Town
Hi guys,
I'm flying out to Cape Town on Christmas Eve and now that I have my shiny new motorcycle licence (yeeha!), I'm thinking about renting a bike to tour South Africa and beyond for a few weeks.
I want to hire a smallish bike - ideally a 250cc - as I'm a petite gal, a fairly new rider, and don't want anything heavy. But all the hire companies I've found in Cape Town only rent the larger bikes like BMW 650s and upwards. Does anyone know of a company that does 250cc's?
In the event of not finding such a rental company, I'm wondering whether buying a 250cc bike could be the way to go? What appeals to me is that it might work out cheaper than renting. But what puts me off is the potential paperwork involved in buying the bike as a non-South African (what's involved??) and then having to find a way to quickly sell it when I get to the end of my trip and have to fly back home to Australia. Also worried that insurance may be complicated to organise once I've purchased the bike..
Would really appreciate any help and advice, as I'm organising this very late in the piece but very keen to make it happen if I can!
Jeanie
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