How To Rent a MotorCycle

2020-12-012021-01-19

What is a rental bike?

Renting a motorcycle means renting a motorcycle for a fee and riding it.
The fees vary depending on the type and displacement of the motorcycle in Japan.
Fees also vary depending on the company providing the service, so please check beforehand.

Please check below for rental motorcycle services throughout Japan.

What to prepare

For the Japanese

• Fee (credit card)
• certificate (of qualification)
• Helmets and other equipment

For foreign visitors to Japan

• Fee (credit card)
• Passport
• International license
• Helmets and other equipment

How to use the HONDA rental bike service

There was a video on the official website.
You can use it in the same way as shown in this video.

How to use YAMAHA’s rental bike service

The following page explains the process of renting.

Remarks

Registration for the service

Some services require membership registration.
Some services do not require membership registration.
It depends on the service, so please check the exact details of the service.

About Rental Service Locations

Many rental services require you to actually go to the store as well.
Therefore, it is impossible to use a rental bike service in Tokyo when you are in Osaka.
Be sure to check the location as well.

Use of ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System)

ETC is an electronic toll collection system, a system that automatically completes the payment of tolls at toll booths on expressways through a mechanical process.
It is a system that can be used when the ETC device itself and the ETC card (a card similar to a credit card) are available.

Please refer to the following video.

Below, I have made a video about the actual ETC, so please watch it.

In Japan, motorcycles of 125cc or less are not allowed to use “expressways" and “automobile-only roads".
For example, in the Kansai (Kinki) region, there is a “freeway" called the Meihan National Highway.
For example, in the Kansai region (Kinki), there is an expressway called the Meihan National Highway, which is free of charge but not an expressway.
The Meishin Expressway is an expressway, and you have to pay a fee to pass through it.
If you want to ride a motorcycle on the Meihan National Highway or the Meishin Expressway, you need to ride a 125cc or larger motorcycle.

When you go touring with a rental motorcycle, please make sure to check with the service provider in advance about “displacement", “ETC" and “expressway".
If you are planning to go through “freeways" or “expressways", please make sure to rent a 125cc or larger motorcycle.

For more information on ETC, please visit the following website.

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