Anyone hired a bike in Norway?

With the demise of the direct ferry from Newcastle and the massive prices if you get lucky on the freight service or even the Harwich = Ejsberg route I am thinking maybe I will fly in and rent a bike.

 Anyone recommend anywhere?  I've googled every permatation I can think of but get no where, I'm sure you can land in Oslo and get hooked up pretty quickly but I'd rather get something sorted before getting there.

Cheers

I seem to remember there being a big motorbike shop in Kristiansand, close to the Ferry Port, that did rentals, but it's at least 6 years since I was in Norway, so I can't remember the name or anything, sorry (but it DOES prove that they're out there!!).

I did find a website by a Norwegian biker, and it does have a link for his e-mail, the site is all in Norwegian, so I don't understand it, but perhaps it's worth you contacting this guy, with luck he might understand English, and be able to help you - from his site it is clear that he is keen on Touring at least:

http://www.no-alt-motorsykler.org/turer/namturer.html

If you go about half-way down the page I have listed, you will find this:

send meg en mail!

Which, I think, is fairly self explanatory.

The ONLY other thing that I can think of for you to do is to contact HC Travel, who carry an extensive worldwide list of places where you can rent bikes and tour:

http://www.hctravel.com/

Good luck, the demise of the Newcastle ferries is quite a downer eh??

Cheers pal...

Waitiing to hear from HC, yeah its right royal pain no Newcaslte

Found this one on google - not sure if HD is to your taste

Harley Davidson Rental Norway AS

Raschs vei 4A
1178 Oslo, Norway
+47 900 63 900

No web site unfortunately but most Norwegians I have met have spoken good English - most have been very rich too!

Cheers

Paul

Biking fun on the Worlds Playground - http://www.yougodo.com/Search.aspx?c=92 

Found a few more - Arctic Harley seem well up for this sort of thing - even with a few suggested routes (with or without a guide).

http://www.yougodo.com/en/Motorcycle-in-Norway/Search.aspx?cc=NO&c=92 

May be a bit cold up there but if you are used to Newcastle

Have fun!

Cheers

Paul

Biking fun on the Worlds Playground - http://www.yougodo.com/Search.aspx?c=92 

I investigated this a few weeks back and found these guys in Oslo:

You should find most of the info needed at our rentalpages - also in English

- by clicking at the rental star on our frontpage.

Eventually you can go directly to the page here:

[u]http://www.lazyboyz.no/Tjenester/Utleie/UK_Rental.htm[/u]

You are most welcome to rent our bikes - please do you requests via the

webpage or directly to our rental department at:

[u]mailto:rentabike@lazyboyz.no[/u]

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