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 ฿3,500 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 expressways, including the Chalerm Maha Nakhon and Si Rat, at any engine size. The 400cc minimum people cite applies to the inter-city Motorways 7 and 9, not to the city expressway network, and rental bikes are excluded there in any case. Plan Bangkok routes on surface roads. Under 400cc is not permitted. The Monster 937 qualifies, the Honda ADV350 at 330cc and the Yamaha XMAX 300 at 292cc do not.Every bike leaves Bangkok on surface roads, so the difference is not the exit, it is the highway leg afterwards, where the Monster is comfortable and a 300cc scooter is at its limit. Inside the city the advantage reverses: a scooter is easier at 5 km/h in Sukhumvit at 18:00. 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.
Bangkok big bike shops commonly ask for ฿10,000 to ฿40,000 in cash, frequently with no receipt, and a large number also keep your passport for the duration. 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 available. It is not in the NOIRR fleet yet, 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.
Ducati Monster 937, ฿3,500 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. Other Bangkok big bike shops commonly ask for 10,000 to 40,000 THB in cash and many also hold your passport for the rental period. NOIRR never holds a passport.
Motorcycles are not permitted on Bangkok's tolled expressways, including the Chalerm Maha Nakhon and Si Rat, at any engine size. The 400cc minimum people cite applies to the inter-city Motorways 7 and 9, not to the city expressway network, and rental bikes are excluded there in any case. Plan Bangkok routes on surface roads.Every bike leaves Bangkok on surface roads, so the difference is not the exit, it is the highway leg afterwards, where the Monster is comfortable and a 300cc scooter is at its limit.
One: the Ducati Monster 937 at 3,500 THB per day, delivered anywhere in Bangkok. The Kawasaki Z900 has no dates available because it is not in the NOIRR fleet yet, 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.
