Pan Gathering Scotland 2027

[Andrew Shadow]

Interesting approach (after reading their website).

There is a written contract for the purchase and buy-back price so that should not be an issue assuming that this is a legit business. According to their website non-residents owning a vehicle registered in the UK is not an issue and again, according to their website, insurance can be had easily enough for a fair price and they will assist with that. That works out to about $150.00 USD per day plus whatever the insurance cost is. Seems cheaper than a lot of traditional rental places that I have looked at as renting motorcycles doesn't come cheap from what I have seen.

So Phil, after you have tested it out report back and let us know how it all worked out.

 

[Uncle Phil]

There is a written contract for the purchase and buy-back price so that should not be an issue assuming that this is a legit business. According to their website non-residents owning a vehicle registered in the UK is not an issue and again, according to their website, insurance can be had easily enough for a fair price and they will assist with that. That works out to about $150.00 USD per day plus whatever the insurance cost is. Seems cheaper than a lot of traditional rental places that I have looked at as renting motorcycles doesn't come cheap from what I have seen.

So Phil, after you have tested it out report back and let us know how it all worked out.

It sounds interesting enough - but I would like to hear of some customer 'testimonials' if there are any (prefer not to be customer #1 )
I don't understand from a business perspective the advantage of 'selling/buying' vs rental unless it is primarily about taxes.
I would not think they are making any money on the 'float' of the cash from the sale.
Requests with questions have been sent to them and another rental outfit.
We'll see what I get back.

 

[jjonz50]

Here's a moto rental place in Inverness:

https://www.nc500motoexperience.co.uk/

Has Honda NC750 and some BMW's including GS1200/1250. I did look at the Honda Pan European buy/sell back site which is a rental place that dances around the definition of 'rental'. You pay a daily admin fee of 90 pounds with a limit of 200 miles per day. Daily fee goes down if more than a week. Not saying it's not a fair deal - it may be. But it's farther away and back from the Pan Gathering in Scotland than the NC500 ride I want to do.