Published 2026-08-19
Rent a scooter if your riding is inside Bangkok, stop and go, with parking every hour. Rent a big bike if you are leaving the city, using the expressway, or riding at night for the sake of riding. The line between them is not taste, it is a legal one at 400cc.
NOIRR has one vehicle on the road today, the Ducati Monster 937 at ฿3,500 per day. The Honda ADV350 and Yamaha XMAX 300 have no dates available, because neither is in the NOIRR fleet yet. This page still tells you which class is right for you, because that decision holds whoever you rent from.
| Maxi scooter, 292cc to 330cc | Big bike, 937cc | |
|---|---|---|
| Bangkok expressways | Not permitted | Permitted on the sections open to motorcycles |
| Sukhumvit at 18:00 | Easier, lighter, twist and go | Doable, but you work for it |
| Storage | Helmet and a bag under the seat | None. What you wear is what you carry |
| Day trip to Ayutthaya | Surface roads, and hard work above 90 km/h | Surface roads too, but relaxed at highway speed |
| Licence | Motorcycle licence or IDP Category A | Same, plus real experience on 400cc and above |
| Rate per day at NOIRR | ฿1,100 XMAX 300 and ฿1,400 ADV350, both reference rates, no dates available | ฿3,500, available now |
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 at all. The Yamaha XMAX 300 is 292cc and the Honda ADV350 is 330cc, so both are below the line despite being perfectly capable of the speed.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. If your plan involves leaving the city more than once, that is the deciding fact.
At NOIRR reference rates, three days on the XMAX 300 would be ฿3,300 and on the ADV350 ฿4,200, against ฿10,500 for the Monster 937 which is bookable now. Add fuel, which is small on any of them, and tolls, which only the big bike can spend. Bangkok scooter shops around Khao San rent 125cc machines for ฿250 to ฿400 per day, and most of them want your passport for the duration, which is the trade being made at that price. The full rate list: Bangkok rental prices.
Whatever you rent, the deposit rule is the thing to check. NOIRR takes ฿20,000, refundable, cash or card at delivery, and never holds a passport. Bangkok big bike shops commonly take ฿10,000 to ฿40,000 in cash and hold the passport as well.
Available now: Ducati Monster 937, ฿3,500 per day, delivered anywhere in Bangkok. Pick your dates.
No dates available, because they are not in the NOIRR fleet yet: Honda ADV350 (฿1,400 reference), Yamaha XMAX 300 (฿1,100 reference), Kawasaki Z900 (฿2,800 reference), Tesla Model 3 (฿3,900 reference) and Jaecoo 6 EV (฿4,200 reference). Those are the rates for when dates open, not live prices. Get notified when dates open.
Scooter against scooter: Honda ADV350 vs Yamaha XMAX 300. Big bike against big bike: Ducati Monster 937 vs Kawasaki Z900. In Thai: สกูตเตอร์หรือบิ๊กไบค์ เช่าคันไหนดีในกรุงเทพ.
Rent a scooter if you are riding inside Bangkok with frequent stops and parking, because it is lighter, automatic and has storage. Rent a big bike if you are leaving the city, because Bangkok expressways are closed to motorcycles at every engine size, so both leave town on surface roads and the bigger bike is simply more comfortable and safer at highway speed once you are out.
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. The Yamaha XMAX 300 at 292cc and the Honda ADV350 at 330cc are both below that limit and must leave the city on surface roads.
Yes, in slow traffic. A maxi scooter is lighter, automatic and easier to filter with at walking pace. A 937cc big bike is more work below 10 km/h and considerably better everywhere else, which is why the choice depends on whether your riding is mostly inside the city or mostly out of it.
None today. The Honda ADV350 and the Yamaha XMAX 300 have no dates available because neither is in the NOIRR fleet yet, and their 1,400 and 1,100 THB rates are reference prices for when dates open. The Ducati Monster 937 at 3,500 THB per day is the vehicle NOIRR rents right now.
The legal document is the same: a Thai motorcycle licence, or a foreign motorcycle licence plus an International Driving Permit with the motorcycle class, Category A. The difference is the operator requirement. NOIRR rents the 937cc Ducati only to riders 21 or over with real experience on motorcycles of 400cc and above.
Small 125cc shop scooters around Khao San Road rent for roughly 250 to 400 THB per day, and most of those shops hold your passport for the rental period. NOIRR does not compete on that price and does not hold passports: the deposit is 20,000 THB, refundable, in cash or by card.
