motorcycle hire in Vietnam

[Ezy]

Hi Everyone, I am going to Vietnam before heading to Phuket. I would like to hire a motorbike in Vietnam and go south from Ho chi minh. I think it might be easiest to get a private car out of Ho chi minh due to traffic and hire a bike in somewhere like My Tho, anybody out there have any idea if there is places to hire bikes in My Tho or any better ideas. I have never been to Vietnam before.
This forum is great and I am looking forward to getting down to the Mai Thai Bar in Patong,
Ezy

[Pad Mc]

Originally Posted by Ezy

I would like to hire a motorbike in Vietnam and go south from Ho chi minh. I think it might be easiest to get a private car out of Ho chi minh due to traffic and hire a bike in somewhere like My Tho, anybody out there have any idea if there is places to hire bikes in My Tho or any better ideas. I have never been to Vietnam before.
Ezy

If you do manage to hire one in HCMC, you can get a taxi guy to guide you out of the city to one of the main highways. Its fairly straight forward after that. Driving in LOS is a lot more stressful IMO. You can hire small bikes or scooters fairly easily in HCMC. I don't know about hiring big motorbikes in Vietnam, you don't see many bigger bikes there. Your best bet would be to check it out when your there...

[Ezy]

thanks for the info Pad MC, from the research I have done I can see that it is unlikely to get anything big so I will settle for a scooter or moped. My bigger concern than getting out of HCM is getting back in and finding our accom. So I think I will go with your advice and just see if I can organise something when I get there, cheers ezy