Avoid bangkokbikesrental.com !!

Dear fellow bikers. I've been renting countless bikes over Asia for the past 7 years, bangkokbikesrental is the worst place I've ever experienced. Old, badly maintained bikes, very rude service and an aggressive owner couple. Please avoid this place at all costs and save yourself money, headache and time!!

The bike we rented had over 40k km but I was assured it works fine upon pick up. After 50km out of Bangkok the engine started to switch off several times with no good reason, after 100km the gear box got stuck in 4th gear. This was all not too bad, bikes do malfunction from time to time. What followed was, however, worst service I ever experienced:

We called the shop, they told us "My bike very good, Im sure good engine, I dont believe you bike broken." Being extremely rude and unhelpful on the phone, the shop's owner finally believed us that a bike stuck in 4th gear is not a minor problem and kinda difficult to drive, and asked us to bring the bike to Kawasaki Pattaya. Unfortunately the owner gave us the wrong address, so we ended up searching for 2 hours ourselves.

We then asked for a replacement bike, but never got one. Instead we got more astonishingly rude SMS from the owners (probably intoxicated) farang husband in the middle of the night. We decided to get a new proper bike from a rental in Pattaya and continued on our tour east early next morning.

When we arrived back in Bangkok to pick up our ID and money the owner charged us 3000.- baht for bringing the broken bike back to Bangkok (is this a scam scheme to make money?). And because she decided to go shopping on a Friday afternoon (even we told her we would come that day) we had to wait 3 hours in melting heat in front of the store.

In the end, we paid 3000,-THB for a bike that didnt work, got rude SMS and a ridiculously unprofessional service at bangkok bikes rental. Please avoid this place at all costs and save yourself a big headache. You might get lucky and get a bike that works and everything is fine, but a bike rental store defines itself how it treats its customers when a bikes actually brakes down.

IF YOUR RENTED BIKE WILL BRAKE DOWN ON YOUR TRIP YOU WILL BE IN FOR A NIGHTMARE WITH BANGKOK BIKES RENTAL. There are other good places in Bangkok that pop up on google search, better go there.

Thanks for the warning Max and thanks MT for publishing it.

Maybe also notify various travel websites and other bike sites, sending a copy to the rental mob.

Thanks for the warning Max.

Please post on other forums as well so that people be aware and those crocks be out of business for good. (thaivisa bikes forum would be good)

you might report to the police as well, maybe waste of time, but who knows the outcome..

Have a safe trip and enjoy your riding!

Since the beginning of this year (2013) the Thai government has new rules for renting a motor vehicle. Currently I have no English version of the new rules, but I will try to get this new rules.

Any complains about a vehicle rental company should be addressed to the Thai Consumer Protection Board http://www.ocpb.go.th (they have a good amount of English information on the website)

I'm not the OP by the way, just share the same name, but I thought I'd check out whether anyone has actually recommended this company. On the GT Rider website 2 people are praising them but as seems to be par for the course neither have ever rented a bike from Bangkok Bike Rental. The moral here is only listen to people like the OP who have had actual experience of renting from a company.

"On the GT Rider website 2 people are praising them but as seems to be par for the course neither have ever rented a bike from Bangkok Bike Rental."

Vested interests perhaps!

People keep in mind that one customer with a bad experience doesn't make a bad company. Sure every customer deserves good and honest service, but I can imagine situations that somebody would be a moody when being called... I read that they also communicated in the middle of the night.

The thing is, that with the story from “Anonymous”: Max we only hear one side of the story, and to my experience with situations like this there is always something that is not told.

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People keep in mind that one customer with a bad experience doesn't make a bad company. Sure every customer deserves good and honest service, but I can imagine situations that somebody would be a moody when being called... I read that they also communicated in the middle of the night.

The thing is, that with the story from “Anonymous”: Max we only hear one side of the story, and to my experience with situations like this there is always something that is not told.

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THANKS FOR THIS SMART ADVISE!
I AM FRANCK THE OWNER.
I HAVE UPLOADED BELOW A COPY OF THE CHAT I HAD WITH MR MAX AND I WAS NOT INTOXICATED ! (At least this day)
:-))

MY WIFE SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH AND CERTAINLY NOT TOLD MR MAX THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE OF ANY DAMAGES PRIOR TO CHECK THE BIKE.
SHE MANAGE THIS BUSINESS FOR MORE THAN 2 YEARS SO SHE IS AWARE ABOUT OUR RESPONSABILITY AND PROBLEMS WE CAN ENCOURE ,ABLE TO ASSIST OUR RIDERS,SHE IS AN EXPERIENCED RIDER TOO , SHE RIDE MY GSXR,TMAX , ER,SHE HAS A LOT OF FUN TO RIDE BKK/CHIANG MAI ON A VERSYS ....

WE ARE BASED IN BKK SI MOST OF OUR COSTUMERS COME FROM THE NET AND BOOK THEIR BIKES FOR LONG TRIP ,THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN PHUKET WHERE COSTUMERS RENT BIKES ALONG THE BEACH TO HAVE RIDE IN PATONG .
SO OUR INTERESTS ARE TO PROVIDE GOOD BIKES ,GOOD SERVICES AND BACK UP.
THIS IS HOW I BUILT BBR SINCE 2009 WITH 2 BIKES ,5 YEARS LATER BBR RUN A FLEET OF BIG BIKES,MAXI SCOOTERS AND SCOOTERS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 6 MILLIONS BAHT IN BIKES VALUE.EVERY SEASON MORE TOUR OPERATORS REQUEST OUR SERVICES TO ELABORATE THEIR TOURS.

NO SECRET ,BIKES CHOICES ,DISPONIBILITY AND BACK UP SERVICES MAKE OUR SUCCESS.
OF COURSE WE HAD SOME BAD EXPERIENCE TOO AND MR MAX MIGHT BE UNHAPPY TO LOST A DAY BUT MAINLY START HIS INTERNET FORUM SPREADING BECAUSE I STRAIGHTLY CANCELLED IS CONTRACT AND CONFISCATE THE BIKE DUE TO HIS BEHAVING AND THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RULES ...

THE MATTER TO BE RUDE IS TO KNOW WHO START TO BE RUDE...
U CAN READ CLEARLY THAT THE COSTUMER START TO MENACE ME :"""we can do this the hard way or polite way
Up to u."".
THEN CALL MY WIFE AT MIDNIGHT BETWEEN 2 CHATS WITH ME AND START TO LET HER KNOW THAT HE WAS KNOWING INFLUENT PEOPLES. ...BLABLA .

WHY NOT CALL ME JERK ,???
JUST ENOUGH GUTS TO CALL A LADY MENACE HER ??


SO THE TEXT MESSAGES CHAT COPY:

SO BE INFORMED AND MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN ...

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THESE LOW LIFE , IF THEY LIKE IT , BUT CAME OVER THESE 2 GUYS WHO BARGAIN AND LIES FOR ONLY 1x 250cc/ 2 WEEKS THAT THEY WILL RIDE AND SHARE A TINY SADDLE .....WHAT AN HARD TRIP THAT WE ADVISED THEM .
ADD THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE LOOSE CLUTCH CABLE IS AJUSTABLE SUCH HAS NOT STAY STICK IN 4th. GEAR ...AND WE HAVE A REAL ASIAN BIKER !!


A LOT OF CROOKS OVER HERE BUT THERE IS QUITE MORE SCUMBAGS THAT COMING OVER HERE WITH THE IDEA TO SPEND 100$ FOR THEIR HOLIDAYS ASHAME TO ORDER , BARGAIN AND DISRESPECT.

HAVE A GOOD ONE
FRANCK

Hello Franck,

We want to thank you for your side of the story, as I said before nothing is how it looks if information only comes from one side.

We also want to express that we have never received any complains about your company, and therefore we give more value to your side of the story.

Maybe admin can change the title of the thread to Bangkok Bikes Rental story. Stuff on the internet never goes away so it is unfair to have damaging text forever if there is doubt if the story is not wholly true?

Every rental contract has two sides etc..

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Maybe admin can change the title of the thread to Bangkok Bikes Rental story. Stuff on the internet never goes away so it is unfair to have damaging text forever if there is doubt if the story is not wholly true?

Every rental contract has two sides etc..

Good idea - Done...

Wow what a rant from a renter. Where I agree the world of motorbike rental is not perfect, I do know a few things.

1.) GT rider only recommends places when it gets a kick back, usually 10% from hotels, bars, and rental companies

2.) Though I live in northern Thailand, Pattaya Kawasaki is easy to find and you can see from miles away. It is on the main drag
ask anyone and everyone knows where it is. So makes these renters suspect

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