Riders-Share.com: Motorcycle Ride Sharing is Here

John Burns
by John Burns

Hey, it’s the sharing economy so why not? Airbnb sounded pretty sketchy to me, too, but since I started doing it I’ve had nothing but great experiences and nobody’s burnt down my house yet or even clogged a pipe. Riders-Share.com is a peer-to-peer rental startup that got off the ground last August. It connects riders who want to rent motorcycles to unused motorcycles. It screens renters, provides liability protection and a safe online payments platform.

There are about 30 million licensed riders and just 9 million motorcycles in the United States, says, R-S, millions who would occasionally ride if it wasn’t for the steep price of motorcycles and motorcycle rentals. R-S aims to put those unused motorcycles to good use, by connecting them to people who want to ride but can’t afford to. By being selective on who can rent (and having no brick-and-mortar stores), the goal is to make both motorcycle rentals and ownership affordable, to get more motorcyclists on the road – and even spark a comeback for motorcycling among young people.
Most of the questions dancing through your mind, including `what if somebody crashes my bike’, are answered here. Sounds like motorcycle ride sharing can be a great idea, really, especially if you have a cruiser that just doesn’t get ridden much but you don’t want to part with…
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  • Gruf Rude Gruf Rude on Feb 25, 2017

    Looking at the death statistics for motorcycle riders in the U.S., I think I'll pass on AirRent-to-Ride with my bikes . . . $1,000,000 worth of insurance doesn't go very far for a death and/or paraplegic accident that some family could blame on my supposed maintenance shortcomings.

  • Nellore Bullodu Nellore Bullodu on Aug 31, 2021

    DO NOT RENT HERE. My whole experience is horrible.
    Riders-share has one owner listing ( https://www.riders-share.co... ) for the motor cycle that am interested in and also they have a delivery option. reservation from 8/27/2021 @ 5:00 pm to 8/28/2021 @ 5:00 pm; Owner arrival time at delivery location 8/27/2021 @ approx. 5:30 pm. irrespective what time owner arrive your trip starts at your reservation time and no option for renter to inspect the vehicle and decide to continue the trip or not. in my case after inspection i had to request cancellation with owner coz of me and my wife we were not comfortable. Owner agreed to cancel and later changed his mind later Ended up paying for the motorcycle rental and gear rental even i haven't used .
    things that are still not clear...
    - Does the trip starts by default when it hits the start trip time which in this case my reservation time? 8/27/2021 @ 5:00 pm; if that's the case it would be always in advantage with the owner and renter just ends up paying
    - Owner arrival time at delivery location 8/27/2021 @ approx. 5:30 pm; when do renter get time to do the inspection then if trip starts by 5:00?
    - what about the inspection? Any renter cannot/will not/should not take the motorcycle as it is in any situation needs to be inspected and he/she needs to feel safe and comfortable
    - what is the purpose of "check-in" option, again in my case i haven't cheeked-in, i believe owner hasn't checked-in not until he was in my location
    - what about the delivery arrangement that's made with owner, which is not currently reflecting in riders-share
    - what about the in person conversation that happens between owner & renter; which in this case owner seems ok to cancel and didn't mention anything about compensation and later changed his mind when with riders-share rep
    - what about the renters time & even money in this case?
    - who handles trip status? Owner or riders-share? how can it show as completed when i haven't done anything with the trip

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