Big Bike & Touring Motorcycle Rental in Da Nang

The big bikes and what each one is for

The road and touring bikes we quote run from the XR150 trail and CB300R up to the CB500X adventure-tourer and the CB650R. All-in daily rates: CB650R 1,600,000 ₫ (≈ $62), CB500X 1,550,000 ₫ (≈ $60), Ninja 400 1,100,000 ₫ (≈ $43), CB300R 800,000 ₫ (≈ $31), MT-15 750,000 ₫ (≈ $29), XR150 550,000 ₫ (≈ $22). Every bike here is over 125cc, so all of them need a category-A 1968 IDP — no exceptions.

Honda CB650R (1,600,000 ₫/day, ≈ $62): an inline-four naked superbike for experienced riders who already know what they ride. It's the most bike on this page — fast, planted on the Hai Van straights, and not the one to learn on.

Honda CB500X (1,550,000 ₫/day, ≈ $60): the natural Da Nang touring choice. An upright adventure-tourer that's comfortable two-up, soaks up a full day over Hai Van to Lang Co and Hue, and still handles the city. If you're picking one bike for distance, this is it.

Kawasaki Ninja 400 (1,100,000 ₫/day, ≈ $43): a light, friendly twin-cylinder sport bike — quick enough to be fun on Son Tra's switchbacks without the intimidation of a litre-class machine.

Honda CB300R (800,000 ₫/day, ≈ $31): the confident big-bike entry point. Light, agile, and the easiest step up for a licensed rider who's been on scooters and wants a proper geared motorcycle.

Yamaha MT-15 (750,000 ₫/day, ≈ $29): a sharp 155cc naked sport — flickable, economical, and a lot of fun for solo riding around the peninsula and the coast.

Honda XR150 (550,000 ₫/day, ≈ $22): a light manual trail bike. Da Nang's roads are paved touring, so think of it as an easy, forgiving way to ride the passes rather than an enduro — serious off-road belongs to Ha Giang and Mui Ne, not here.

Every rental is delivered to your hotel with two helmets and 24/7 support, and you confirm the exact bike and all-in rate before you pay.

Why Da Nang is worth a proper motorcycle

Da Nang's riding is paved, scenic touring — not enduro. The Hai Van Pass, the Son Tra (Monkey Mountain) peninsula, Marble Mountains and the coastal road to Hoi An are all sealed, well-surfaced roads that reward a torquey, stable bike like the CB500X or CB650R far more than a small scooter.

The Hai Van Pass is the headline ride: an iconic coastal mountain pass that climbs out of Da Nang toward Lang Co and Hue, with long sweeping bends and ocean on one side. On a CB500X or CB650R it's effortless; the climb is exactly where engine size earns its keep.

The Son Tra peninsula — Monkey Mountain — is a tighter, more technical loop right on the city's doorstep: sea-cliff switchbacks up to the Linh Ung pagoda and viewpoints over the bay. A light, agile bike like the CB300R, Ninja 400 or MT-15 is happiest here.

Closer in, the Marble Mountains and the My Khe and Non Nuoc beaches make easy half-day runs, and the coastal road down to Hoi An is roughly 30km of flat, smooth tarmac — a relaxed cruise on any of these bikes.

Want the full day? The 'Golden Loop' strings Hai Van together with Hoi An and the countryside — or ride over the pass to Lang Co for a lagoon lunch and back.

What licence you actually need for a big bike

Every bike on this page is petrol and over 125cc, so Vietnamese law requires a motorbike licence plus a valid 1968 Vienna Convention IDP in category A — not A1. Vietnam recognises the 1968 IDP; a 1949 Geneva permit is not valid here for any petrol bike over 50cc.

The category matters. For petrol bikes up to 125cc you need IDP category A1; for anything over 125cc — which is every big bike here, including the 150–155cc MT-15 and the XR150 — you need the higher category A. A car-only IDP doesn't count.

Vietnam recognises the 1968 Vienna Convention IDP. A 1949 Geneva Convention permit is invalid here for petrol bikes over 50cc, which rules out riders from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Spain and Ireland on a big bike — no matter what a street shop tells you.

If your country issues a 1968 IDP — the UK, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Thailand, the Philippines and many others — bring your home motorbike licence and that IDP showing category A, and every big bike we quote is open to you.

Kai runs a 90-second legal check before you send a request: tell it your nationality and licence, and it tells you straight whether you can legally ride a category-A bike here. If not, the honest path is a licence-free electric — and we'll say so plainly rather than sell you a fine.

If your licence isn't recognised, the honest path is electric

If your licence or IDP doesn't qualify you for category A in Vietnam, we will not put you on a big bike — that's illegal and we won't pretend otherwise. The legal alternative is a licence-free electric scooter rated 4 kW or under with a design speed of 50 km/h or under, which needs no licence and no IDP and is legal for every nationality.

This is the one place we draw a hard line. A big bike on an unrecognised licence isn't a grey area — under Decree 168/2024 the fine for riding over 125cc without a recognised licence is VND 6–8 million, plus a 7-working-day impound, and the person who hands over the bike faces a separate fine — VND 8–10 million for a private owner, VND 28–30 million for a household rental business and VND 56–60 million for a rental company (Decree 336/2025). So we legally can't do it either.

Riding illegally can also void your own travel-medical insurance, which turns a crash on the Hai Van Pass into a bill you pay entirely yourself. That's the real reason we route ineligible riders to the legal option instead.

A licence-free electric won't climb the full Hai Van like a CB500X, but it covers the city, the beach strip and the coastal cruising most visitors actually do — legally, from day one. It's an honest ride, not a workaround.

Delivery, all-in pricing and what's covered

Big-bike rentals are delivered to your hotel with two helmets and 24/7 support, at one all-in daily price — no airport surcharge, no drip fees. There's no passport deposit: a refundable cash deposit is taken on handover. CDW is available, but it's a contractual damage cap, not insurance — and we'll never call it that.

The all-in rate already includes delivery to your door, two quality helmets, 24/7 phone support and CDW eligibility. You see the exact bike and the exact price before you pay, and the rate is the same whatever the length, including any days you add later.

We never hold your passport as security. The deposit is cash on handover to the bike's owner and comes back when the bike does — bring your passport for your own ID, but it stays with you.

On insurance we stay honest: we never say 'fully insured.' A Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) is a contractual cap on what you'd owe for damage — useful on a 1,550,000 ₫-a-day (≈ $60) bike, but it is not insurance. Compulsory third-party cover protects a person you injure, not you or the bike, and your own travel-medical policy is what protects you — which is exactly why riding legally, on the right category, matters.