How BaliMotoList works
Who runs this site, how we find and check rental shops, how we rank them, and what we will never do.
Ownership disclosure
Who runs BaliMotoList
BaliMotoList is run by the team behind two Bali motorcycle rentals: Island Roamers Bali and Nomads Garage. We ride and rent out motorcycles here, which is where our sense of what renters should check comes from.
- They are listed like every other shop: no badge, no separate box and no boost. Every list scores and sorts them by the same published rules, and they sit wherever those rules put them.
- Their facts come only from their own published information, the same standard as every other shop.
- Both rent motorcycles only, not scooters. If you want a scooter or maxi-scooter, 63 other shops in the directory rent them.
What we list
Every listing is a real, currently operating scooter or motorbike rental business that we found in public sources: the shop's own website, its Google Maps or Tripadvisor listing, its Instagram, or its WhatsApp Business profile. Today that is 65 shops across 12 areas, backed by 106 source links and last verified on 9 November 2026.
We never invent prices, ratings, phone numbers, addresses, opening hours or fleet details. If a shop doesn't publish something, we leave it out and show "Ask the shop" instead. Shop summaries are written by us; we don't copy reviews. 46 shops publish prices we can use; the rest are listed with what they do publish.
How we verify
- Every fact has a source. Each listing links the pages its facts came from, and shows the date it was last checked.
- Contact details and prices are checked against the shop's own pages. We re-read the raw pages to confirm the WhatsApp number and the published prices actually appear there.
- Conflicts are flagged, not resolved in the shop's favour. When a shop's pages disagree (two phone numbers, two prices), we leave the field out or say so on the listing.
- Ratings only with a source. 3 listings show a rating, each with its source, review count and the date we read it. We don't mark these up as our own ratings.
- Listings go stale. A listing not re-verified within about a year fails our checks and must be re-checked before the site can be rebuilt.
How we rank
We rank by transparency: how much a shop publishes upfront. It is not a judgement of bike quality or service. We haven't rented from every shop, and few have independent ratings, so a quality ranking wouldn't be honest.
On area pages
| Criterion | Points |
|---|---|
| Based in the area (a shop you can visit, not delivery only) | +2 |
| Publishes daily prices | +1 |
| Publishes weekly prices | +1 |
| Publishes monthly prices | +1 |
| States free delivery to the area | +1 |
| States its insurance terms | +1 |
| States its deposit terms | +1 |
| Direct WhatsApp contact | +1 |
On Bali-wide lists (bike types, all rentals)
| Criterion | Points |
|---|---|
| Publishes daily prices | +1 |
| Publishes weekly prices | +1 |
| Publishes monthly prices | +1 |
| States where it delivers | +1 |
| States free delivery (to at least one area) | +1 |
| States its insurance terms | +1 |
| States its deposit terms | +1 |
| Direct WhatsApp contact | +1 |
Ties are broken by the most recent verification date, then alphabetically. The weekly and monthly pages are sorted by the lowest published price instead, and say so. Every shop, ours included, is scored on exactly these rules.
How we calculate prices
Price figures come only from prices shops publish themselves. We use the real published price in the middle of the sample (not an average), show how many shops each figure is based on, and don't state a range when too few shops publish it. The price guide explains the method in full.
What we don't do
- No bookings or payments: you contact shops directly.
- No paid placement and no affiliate links. Listing is free, and renters pay us nothing.
- How the site pays for itself: it is run by the team behind two of the listed rentals and exists partly to send riders their way. That is why we say so here and score them by the same rules as everyone else.
- No user reviews or copied review text.
- No legal advice: our licence and safety guides cite their sources and say where rules may have changed.
Corrections and new shops
If you run a shop and something on your listing is wrong or out of date, or you'd like to be listed, see list your shop. We check every change against your public pages before it goes live.
Shop logos belong to the shops. We take each one from the shop's own website, only to help renters recognise it, and we remove or update any logo when the shop asks.