Bike rental company in Southern Spain

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Can anyone recommend a bike rental company in Southern Spain?

I've got some friends in the US who want to fly over in February / March time, pick up some rentals and ride round Southern Spain and maybe Morocco if possible.

They want GS/GSA size as they don't do any off road.
 

Motorcycle Rental Malaga

Good morning. Is anybody out there aware of a good motorcycle rental company in, or near, Malaga? Looking to rent a Suzuki DL650 or similar for five days at the beginning of March. I've consulted Mr Google but would appreciate first hand tips/recommendations. Thank you, Dickyb
www.ukgser.com
 
Toro Adventure might be able to help too, as well as with some self guided routes. They run GS.
 
Try Graham Swan he runs GS Motorcycle Tours and will rent bikes out or take you on guided tours around Spain and into Morocco. Great tours and a brilliant chap to deal with and based near Malaga and will even collect you from the airport. Mention my recommendation. www.gsmotorcycletours.com
 
I was thinking of doing this next year, but after seeing the price of rentals decided its cheaper to ride there from home.
The obvious issue is the extra days off work needed for the ride out and back again, which impacts the length of time in Spain.
 
Barnoe said:
I was thinking of doing this next year, but after seeing the price of rentals decided its cheaper to ride there from home.
The obvious issue is the extra days off work needed for the ride out and back again, which impacts the length of time in Spain.
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if you book early enough, the ferry from Plymouth takes about 21 hours (1545 departure, arrive 1300 Santander) and is not expensive in my view. I booked a trip out on May 21st 2025, back on June 4th 2025 for £437, return including a cabin each way. A ferry to Caen and a road trip across France with a couple of nights in a hotel each way will cost more and use up more days.
 
Agreed that it may be a lower cost to ride out but if you’re limited on time and want a guided tour without the worry then flying could be for you.
 
I rented a 1200gs about five years ago- great experience. They’d have new bikes. Norm and Lee are some craic: https://motohirespain.com/
Outside Malaga in the mountains, Teba is the base: I stayed in the apartments and did loops from the base on preset routes. I was alone so that worked well - Norm came out on one of the days. If I was with a group, we’d have done a longer loop using hotels..
 
Just saw this thread. I live in Malaga. There are plenty options for rental here, i can advise privately on routes the locals use etc but obviously it's not ideal to post them on a public forum. Police use drones to catch bikes but knowing when to go out and play is the key.

For rental. All 3 BMW Motorrad dealer rent bikes. All as the same owner- Safa Motors.
IMT are great and only use BMW. I used them previously, all bikes are fresh too.

I think the English guy at Toro up near Alhaurin has started doing rentals too.

There are many others too if you dont want BMW.
But for sure take some space in a case and visit Moto Garrido in Alhaurin de la Torre. 3 floors of bike kit and good prices.
 
Morning guys, resurrecting this thread a bit. Following on from the weekends trip to GC i was wondering has anyone here done a similar thing in Southern Spain or Portugal in the winter as we are thinking of heading away for a couple of days between Xmas and NYE to rent a couple of bikes?

Barry
 
IMT Rental have good new BMW's.

Moto Mercado have Moto Guzzi and Aprilia.

I'd say those are the best in this area (Málaga) .
 
Spartan said:
IMT Rental have good new BMW's.

Moto Mercado have Moto Guzzi and Aprilia.

I'd say those are the best in this area (Málaga) .
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what is the weather typically like at the end of December? as i can guarantee it will be chronic in NI!

Barry
 
Its been ok here recently. 29-30 and around 18 at night. The winters are getting warmer. In December/January there can be rain. But usually its a hard shower then stops. Its not constant drizzle like UK.

On my commute to work in December/January at 7am its around 12-14deg. Then through the day. Around 18-20.

In the hills its different and need to be careful. The roads can be in shade from the sun so stay wet. So you turn a corner and it find its wet. Also there can be wet patches mid corner where the water leaks up through the asphalt.

In hills I've seen 8deg on the dash. But at coast, never. If you are coming to Málaga or Andalucía let me know. I will send some great local roads. Fast. Technical. Scenic. All different routes. Also over in Almería there is a Spanish version of the Stelvio pass if you like hairpins.

The spring is best as the roads have been washed with winter rains then the days are hot and heats the asphalt. Towards end of summer its too hot. 35-43deg this summer. But roads ger greasy and due to no rain the oils etc sits on top. So some corners can literally be like ice. More so in the villages where olive trees drop the olives on the road then it gets dragged with car tyres. So basically like someone has poured olive oil on the road.
 
Spartan said:
Its been ok here recently. 29-30 and around 18 at night. The winters are getting warmer. In December/January there can be rain. But usually its a hard shower then stops. Its not constant drizzle like UK.

On my commute to work in December/January at 7am its around 12-14deg. Then through the day. Around 18-20.

In the hills its different and need to be careful. The roads can be in shade from the sun so stay wet. So you turn a corner and it find its wet. Also there can be wet patches mid corner where the water leaks up through the asphalt.

In hills I've seen 8deg on the dash. But at coast, never. If you are coming to Málaga or Andalucía let me know. I will send some great local roads. Fast. Technical. Scenic. All different routes. Also over in Almería there is a Spanish version of the Stelvio pass if you like hairpins.

The spring is best as the roads have been washed with winter rains then the days are hot and heats the asphalt. Towards end of summer its too hot. 35-43deg this summer. But roads ger greasy and due to no rain the oils etc sits on top. So some corners can literally be like ice. More so in the villages where olive trees drop the olives on the road then it gets dragged with car tyres. So basically like someone has poured olive oil on the road.
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brilliant, we are thinking of a few days at Xmas to break up the time off.

Barry
 
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