Published 2026-08-19
To rent a big bike in Bangkok you need a full motorcycle licence, an International Driving Permit with the motorcycle class if that licence is foreign, real experience on 400cc and above, and a deposit. NOIRR rents one big bike, the Ducati Monster 937, at ฿2,900 per day with a ฿20,000 refundable deposit, and checks all of it before the bike leaves. Dates are on the calendar.
Plenty of Bangkok shops check none of it. That is not generosity. It is why the insurance argument after a crash goes the way it does.
Full detail: the International Driving Permit in Thailand.
NOIRR rents the Monster 937 to riders 21 or over with at least two years of riding and genuine time on motorcycles of 400cc and above. This is a 111 horsepower naked bike weighing 166 kg wet. It responds to the throttle you actually gave it, not the one you meant.
Bangkok compounds that. Traffic is dense, side sois release vehicles without stopping, buses and trucks swing wide through intersections, and the surface after an afternoon storm between May and October is genuinely slick for the first ten minutes. None of that is a reason to stay off a big bike here. All of it is a reason to arrive already competent.
If your biggest bike so far is a 250, this is the wrong city and the wrong bike to learn on. Say so on the phone and NOIRR will tell you the same thing rather than take the booking.
Motorcycles are not permitted on Bangkok's tolled expressway network at any engine size. The Monster 937, Honda ADV350, and Yamaha XMAX 300 all leave Bangkok on signed surface roads. The bigger bike becomes more comfortable only on the open highway after leaving the city. Inside Bangkok, a scooter is easier in slow traffic. Choose for the ride you are actually doing.
Third party liability insurance is included on every NOIRR rental. It covers damage you cause to other people and their property. It does not cover the bike itself and it does not cover your medical costs.
Your own cover comes from travel insurance, and almost every policy sold to travellers voids motorcycle claims in three situations: riding without the correct licence class, riding without a helmet, and riding with alcohol in your system. The correct licence class is the one that catches people, because a car IDP feels like a document until a hospital in Bangkok asks to see the motorcycle endorsement.
The NOIRR deposit on the Monster 937 is ฿20,000. Refundable, paid in cash or by card at delivery, returned in full at collection when the bike comes back in the condition it left in. The bike is photographed by both sides at delivery and again at collection, so nobody argues from memory.
Most Bangkok big bike shops in the NOIRR price index publish no deposit figure at all, and a few require the original passport at pickup without saying whether they return it. A passport is the property of the government that issued it. You need it to check into a hotel, to be admitted to a hospital, and any time an officer asks a foreign national for identification. Leaving it in a drawer in a shop for three days is leverage handed over, not security given. NOIRR never holds one. The longer version: motorbike rental deposits in Bangkok.
The Kawasaki Z900, 948cc and 125hp, has no dates yet. It is not in the NOIRR fleet, so booking is not open on it, and its ฿2,800 reference rate is what will apply when that changes. If the Z900 is specifically what you came for, get notified when dates open. If you want a big bike in Bangkok this week, the Ducati is the one on the road. To see how NOIRR's rate and deposit compare with other Bangkok big bike shops, checked and dated: Bangkok Vehicle Rental Price Index.
Ducati Monster 937, ฿2,900 per day, delivered anywhere in Bangkok, ฿20,000 refundable deposit, no passport held. Pick your dates. In Thai: เช่าบิ๊กไบค์ในกรุงเทพ ต้องใช้อะไรบ้าง. Comparison: Ducati Monster 937 against the Kawasaki Z900.
A full motorcycle licence. Thai riders use a Thai motorcycle licence. Foreign riders need their home country motorcycle licence plus an International Driving Permit carrying the motorcycle class, Category A. A car only IDP does not cover motorcycles and voids most travel insurance policies if you ride on it.
At NOIRR, yes. Riders must be 21 or over with at least two years of riding and genuine experience on motorcycles of 400cc and above. The Ducati Monster 937 makes 111 horsepower at 166 kg wet, and Bangkok traffic is not the place to meet that for the first time.
NOIRR takes 20,000 THB, refundable, in cash or by card at delivery, returned in full at collection if the bike is undamaged. Most other Bangkok big bike shops in the NOIRR price index publish no deposit figure, so ask for it in writing. NOIRR never holds a passport.
Motorcycles are not permitted on Bangkok's tolled expressway network. Every bike leaves Bangkok on signed surface roads, and the bigger bike becomes more comfortable only on the open highway after leaving the city.
One: the Ducati Monster 937 at 2,900 THB per day, delivered anywhere in Bangkok. The Kawasaki Z900 has no dates yet because it is not in the NOIRR fleet, and its 2,800 THB rate is a reference for when dates open rather than a live price.
Third party liability insurance is included on every NOIRR rental and covers damage you cause to other people and their property. It does not cover the bike itself or your own medical costs. Personal cover comes from travel insurance, which typically excludes motorcycle claims if you ride without the correct licence class, without a helmet, or after drinking.
