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Quote micaelo

Btw, we are talking British usage here. Thank you.

Maybe. I'm American and it seems weird to me.

You can 'hire' a person to do something (pay wages), but you can't hire a thing.

You can 'hire' a car, but that means you are actually hiring a driver and renting use of their car.

So, you can't 'hire' a motorcycle unless you mean that it comes with a rider. Strange!

You could hire a motorcycle as entertainment for your guests at an event, assuming the motorcyclist will be performing some stunts or something...