Motorcycle rental, owner to rider
Your bike shouldn’t spend the summer on its kickstand
Rent a motorcycle from the person who actually owns it. Or list yours while you’re away and let it earn instead of depreciating in the garage. Insurance, licence checks and the rental agreement are handled on every single trip.
- bikes listed
- 15
- cities
- 8
- cheapest per day
- £42
- top-rated hosts
- 8
£2m cover, every trip
Bundled in, not an upsell
DVLA licence checks
Entitlement verified before handover
UK-wide recovery
24/7, included as standard
Payouts in 48 hours
Hosts keep 85% of the rate
The fleet
Bikes released by their owners
Every listing is a privately owned bike, free for the dates shown because its owner is away. Pick dates to see only what is genuinely free.
15 bikes available
How it works
Two sides of the same garage
Rent a bike
If you want to ridePick your dates and your machine
Filter by city, licence category and budget. You only ever see bikes their owner has actually released for those days.
Pass the licence check
Share a DVLA check code and photo ID. We confirm your category, how long you have held it and your endorsements before any address is released.
Collect, photograph, ride
Meet the owner or have the bike delivered. You both complete a photo checklist on the app, sign the agreement, and the keys are yours.
List yours
If you own oneTell us when you are away
Block out the days you need the bike and release the rest. Two weeks in Spain is two weeks of a bike that could be earning.
Let Autopilot price it
We set the daily rate against local demand, season and weekend density, and screen every rider before you see the request. Override anything you like.
Hand over and get paid
Your bike is insured from the moment the trip starts. You keep 85% of the rate, paid out 48 hours in.
Insurance
Nobody rides uninsured, ever
A bike is only lent out under a policy that names the rider for the dates of the trip. Essential cover is bundled into every rental at no cost — the paid tiers exist purely to buy the excess down. The owner’s own policy is never touched and no claim is made against their no-claims record.
| What’s covered | EssentialIncluded | Standard£14/dayMost chosen | Zero Excess£29/day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third-party liability | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Theft and fire | Included | Included | Included |
| UK-wide roadside recovery | Included | Included | Included |
| Rider accident cover | £10,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 |
| Accidental damage to the bike | Not included | Included | Included |
| Tyres, wheels and brake discs | Not included | Included | Included |
| Personal effects | Not included | £250 | £250 |
| Helmet and riding gear | Not included | Not included | £750 |
| Key replacement | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Europe extension | Not included | Not included | 14 days |
| Your maximum liability | £1,500 | £500 | Nothing |
Cover is arranged per trip and runs from the moment the handover checklist is signed until the bike is returned. Track days, competition use, riding outside the agreed territory and carrying a pillion without the owner’s consent all sit outside the policy.
Legal and compliance
The boring part, done properly
The reason people don’t lend their bike out is not that they lack goodwill — it’s that the paperwork is frightening. So the paperwork is ours. Owners hand over a key; everything below happens underneath.
Rider verification
- DVLA check code, validated on the day of booking
- Category A or A2 entitlement held for at least two years
- Minimum age 21, or 25 for anything over 900cc
- Photo ID matched against the payment card
- Six penalty points or fewer, no IN or DR endorsements
The rental agreement
- A fresh agreement is signed digitally for every trip
- Named rider only — no one else may take the controls
- Mileage allowance per day, then a per-mile rate agreed up front
- UK mainland as standard; Europe only on Zero Excess cover
- No track days, competition, courier or instruction use
Money and disputes
- Refundable pre-authorisation, released 48 hours after return
- Timestamped photo checklist at both ends of every trip
- Damage claims raised within 72 hours, evidence on both sides
- Independent engineer assessment on anything above £750
- Hosts paid 48 hours after the trip starts, keeping 85%
Hosting income is taxable. The UK trading allowance covers the first £1,000 a year; above that, earnings go on a self-assessment return. We issue an annual statement in April with everything HMRC asks for.
Autopilot
It rents itself while you’re away
Set the dates you don’t need the bike and stop thinking about it. Autopilot prices each day against local demand, the season and how much of the window falls on a weekend, then screens every rider before the request ever reaches you.
It always shows its working, and you can override any price or decline any rider. It is arithmetic on demand signals, not a black box — and it is the reason a bike listed on Kickstand fills roughly 62% of the days it is offered.
Every rider is checked for
- Licence category and years held, straight from the DVLA record
- Endorsements, with IN and DR codes declined automatically
- Engine size stepped to experience — no 1250 on a two-year licence
- ID matched to the payment card, and the card pre-authorised
- Previous Kickstand trips, cancellations and owner reviews
Suggested rates
18 Sep – 20 Sep · 3 nights
Ducati Monster 937
Brighton · standing rate £95
£109
+15% per day
Honda CB500X
Manchester · standing rate £52
£60
+15% per day
BMW R 1250 GS Adventure
Edinburgh · standing rate £115
£135
+17% per day
Why the Monster 937 moved up
- Brighton demand runs above the national average
- Mostly weekend days, which book fastest
Recalculated every morning against live demand, and never moved more than 30% either side of your own rate. Set a floor, set a ceiling, or ignore it entirely and price by hand.
Earn from yours
A garaged bike is a depreciating asset
The average privately owned motorcycle in the UK is ridden fewer than 40 days a year. Insurance, tax and depreciation run all 365. Release the days you aren’t using and the bike covers its own keep.
Out of your hands
- Insurance arranged per trip
- Rider licence and ID checks
- The rental agreement
- Damage claims and disputes
- Payment collection
- Roadside recovery, 24/7
You’d clear, after our cut
£345 /month
- Days booked of 12 released
- 7
- Trips a month, roughly
- 2
- Rental income
- £406.00
- Kickstand commission15%, includes the insurance
- −£60.90
- Over a year
- £4,141
An estimate, not a promise: built on 62% occupancy and the typical rate for a sport bike. Your insurance, tax and MOT stay your responsibility; the rental cover sits on top for the duration of each trip.
See how listing worksQuestions people actually ask
Before you hand over a key
If a renter damages my bike, what actually happens?
You report it within 72 hours with the handover photos as evidence. The claim is settled against the trip policy, not against your own insurance, so your no-claims record is untouched. The rider is liable only up to the excess on the cover they chose. Anything above £750 goes to an independent engineer before a figure is agreed.
Does listing my bike affect my own policy?
No. The trip is covered by a separate policy that names the rider for those dates only. Your own insurance sits dormant while the bike is out. You should still tell your insurer you host — most are fine with it, and we give you the wording to send them.
What licence do I need to rent?
A full category A licence for anything over 47 bhp, or category A2 for the restricted machines marked as such. We verify the category, how long you have held it and your endorsements from your DVLA record before any pickup address is released. Provisional licences and CBT-only riders cannot rent.
Can I take the bike to Europe?
Only on Zero Excess cover, which includes a 14-day European extension, and only with the owner’s explicit consent on the agreement. Riding outside the agreed territory voids the policy, so it is not something to improvise at the ferry port.
Who pays for fuel, tyres and the odd scuff?
Fuel and charge are like-for-like: return it as you found it. Consumables from normal use — tyres, chain, pads — are the owner’s. Anything caused by how you rode it is a damage claim. The photo checklist at both ends is what settles the difference, which is why it is not optional.
What if it breaks down 200 miles from home?
Every trip includes UK-wide recovery, 24/7, whether the fault is mechanical or a flat battery. Call the number on your agreement. If the bike cannot be made roadworthy the same day, the remaining days are refunded automatically.
What if the owner cancels on me?
Owner cancellations inside 48 hours are rare and penalised: we refund you in full, and we will find and part-fund an equivalent bike in the same city where one exists. Owners who do it repeatedly lose their listing.