Style Motorbikes is the No.1 rated motorbike shop in Hanoi on Tripadvisor with a 5 star rating. We buy, sell, rent, repair and customise all types of motorbikes including brand new ones. and stock all the accessories that you could need to be safe on your trip. As well as our original Hanoi shop in the heart of the old quarter as have our partner based in Hue and now our new shop in Ho Chi Minh. This means that if you are starting your trip in the north and heading south or in the south and heading north then we can help you at the first, middle and the end of your trip to ensure that you never feel lost with any problems you might have and can regularly get the bike checked and serviced along the way. Our team has over 50 years combined experience as mechanics and have a complete knowledge of these motorbikes, we also have western staff and our mechanics speak very good English so that you will have no problems in communicating and getting everything you need for your bike.

With the authorization of the leading company, Detech Motor Vietnam, we are now the only franchised dealer in Hanoi to buy direct from the factory. This means that we are able to offer to you brand new bikes at a price that none of our competitors can match. All bikes are produced and assembled new by the Detech Motor Company in Vietnam and as such we are offering a 6 month warranty in Hanoi to the first owner on all the bikes with the option of extending this to 1 year. motorbikes for sale north shieldsWe are also able to arrange a long warranty if required, please contact us for further information.women's olympia motorcycle jacket If you are travelling then we offer upto a 70% buy back in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh within 6 weeks, 65% within 2 months and 60% within 3 months.motorcycle repair gardena

All of the bikes are sold inclusive of tax, registration plates, the blue cards and everything that you need to get the bike on the road and start riding. We will have a large selection of bikes that will not require a driving license to use as they are registered as 49cc meaning that you can legally drive these bikes without invalidating your insurance. The following bikes are included in this… Exciter 125cc, Wave 110cc, Dream 110cc, Cup 70cc and Cup 110ccmotorcycle tires rome ga As with all of our bikes we offer a free breakdown service within 20km of Hanoi whilst you are still under warranty. All of the Wins are also sold with a free luggage rack, bungee cords, map, lock, phone holder and USB charger and all bikes come with a free local helmet. The Wins are available in 110cc, 125cc and 130cc models. All our second hand motorbikes are fully checked over and rebuilt to ensure they are good quality and then sold with at least a 2 month warranty so you can be ensured that you will be buying a quality motorbike.

We can help you plan your trip to ensure you take the best route from Hanoi and see everything that there is to see in Vietnam. We do also look after you once you have left Hanoi, if you do have any problems then you can always contact our mechanics to get help. They know everything about the bikes that they sell so will make sure other mechanics you come across are not trying to change the wrong parts of your bike or give you a bad price for the repairs. On top of this we offer a free service in Hanoi if you travel around the north of Vietnam before travelling south and a free check up in Hue with our partner to the value of 200,000 VND (not including oil change) as well as a guaranteed buy back in Ho Chi Minh when you decide to sell with the bikes. So if you are looking to buy a reliable motorbike in Hanoi please contact us for more information and to see what we can do for you. You can also find more details on our facebook and tripadvisor accounts.That episode where Clarkson, May and Hammond buy clapped-out scooters and ride from Saigon to Hanoi has made the whole ‘riding a motorbike in Vietnam’ thing a bit passé. 

I mean, sure, there’s stunning scenery, beautiful people, amazing food and a fairly high chance of being wiped out by an oncoming truck every five minutes,but … well … it’s just that since that show came out, it seems like everyone’s doing it. Although perhaps not always in flamboyant suits with a model sailing ship on the back. I rode the section of road between Hoi An and Hue a couple of years ago (yeah, the bit that includes the gorgeous Hai Van pass shown in that video above) and it was truly incredible – but even back then I came across several other travellers taking the same route. After seeing few other Westerners during our Thailand road trip at the start of the year, Stuart, Lauren and I were hoping to find something similar for our time in Vietnam last month.  The main highway north was unlikely to provide it – not to mention a good chance of rain and flooding in the centre of the country that time of year. So, instead, we decided to head south. 

For 10 days, we’d swap mountains and highways for rice paddies and river ferries in a part of the country that is largely ignored by visitors.  What would we find?  We didn’t really know … and that was kinda the point. After coming up with what looked like a plan, it almost fell apart in the first five minutes.  You need a local license to legally ride a scooter in Vietnam – typically not a problem, except that rather than accepting an ‘on the spot fine’ from unlicensed riders, police have apparently recently taken to confiscating their scooters instead. As a result, most rental companies balked at the suggestion that we’d be riding around the Mekong Delta for several days.  When we finally found one that was happy for us to take a bike out of Saigon, they insisted on either a several hundred dollar deposit in cash, or to keep my passport.  Now again, that’s typically not such a big deal – except that you need your passport to check into any hotel in Vietnam.

I have two passports, but only one had a valid visa in it – and everybody wants to see the visa.  In the end I took the only available option, leaving my visa-filled passport in the hands of the wily old woman at the bike company and hoping to talk my way out of any hotel problems.  That strategy proved mostly sound, but without two passports it probably wouldn’t have – something to bear in mind if you’re planning a similar trip yourself. And then, finally, we left. I had been secretly dreading the ride out of Saigon, a city renowned for having motorbike traffic that is totally insane on a good day.  Fortunately, early afternoon on a random Monday in December, it wasn’t so bad.  After only a couple of interesting moments we soon found ourselves on a remarkably quiet Route 50 heading south, and it took no more than twenty minutes for the built-up city to give away to rural goodness.  Rattling metal bridges, water buffalo beside the road, small children waving from doorways, that kind of thing.

If this was what the rest of the trip had in store, it was going to be something special. Other than our first couple of ferry crossings, the first day was largely uneventful.  It should have been a warning, however, that it took nearly three hours to get to My Tho, a distance of less than 100km.  Sure that was the scenic route, but it was obvious that even on good roads this was not going to be a fast trip.  And there weren’t many good roads in our future… Stayed at: Rang Dong Hotel, My Tho – 200,000 VND (~$10) for a run-down double with uncomfortable beds, a/c and hot shower. Hassle with passport: Significant My Tho is the nearest real town south of Saigon, and as a result it’s very popular with tour groups wanting to taste the Delta in a day.  Getting an early start before the buses rolled in was vital. Luckily Stuart seems to have a masochistic love of early mornings, so by the time we emerged for a coffee he had already been to the morning market and down to the docks, found a driver, negotiated a price (400,000 VND for 3-4 hours) and probably then written his first novel while he waited. 

By far the best part of the trip was the first 45 minutes or so slowly puttering through the river’s back channels.  With jungle on both sides, birds screeching and insects buzzing, I couldn’t help but have Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries running through my head. We had asked for an abridged version of the tour, hoping it would reduce the number of land-based ‘activities’ that inevitably accompany a trip like this.  It did – but not by much.  Still, the toffee-making-and-random-crap-souvenir shop was more interesting than expected, even if our guide was most upset that none of us had any interesting in cuddling his python.  And no, that’s not a metaphor. On our way out of town, Stuart remembered a good spring roll shop down by the waterfront from his last visit.  Due to our ineptitude with the language, we then somehow managed to screw up our order in what was one of the most fortuitous menu mistakes in humanity’s history. Crispy batter surrounded a fragrant ensemble of pork, shrimp, green onion and bean sprouts, with an accompanying table full of leaves, herbs, sauces, rice paper and beer. 

At least we knew what to do with the beer.  The rest, not so much. The sight of three incompetent foreigners trying to eat was apparently the funniest thing that our chef had seen in weeks, so between giggles, snorts and outright wails of laughter, she showed us how it was done. And then, her banh xeo changed my life. Seriously, it was that good. So good, in fact, that we had to make a special visit on the way back ten days later just to have some more… We only rode as far as Ben Tre, less than 30km away over an impressively large bridge that recently replaced the inevitable ferry crossings.  This non-descript town had few obvious restaurants, bars or other entertainment … but what it did have was a scooter-based Father Christmas flash mob that sped past us through the night market. Stayed at: Khach San Dong, Ben Tre – 180,000 VND for a shabby twin with loud yet ineffective a/c, hot water and inedible breakfast included. Hassle with passport: Minimal