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What dealer was that through? Robinsons Foundry in Canterbury?
How much do you pay for insurance?
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What dealer was that through? Robinsons Foundry in Canterbury?
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I think we have a winner!
6 bikes for £140 a year, damn.I think we have a winner!
I think insurance is pretty good (price wise) when it comes to adding another bike. I hope it is, I want to ride a Superduke alongside my Bonneville.
Sod that, you're a brave man. Anything over £2500-3k would be fully comp without question.
I don't see the point of fully comp. I've been efffed over twice on car insurance through no fault of my own and it cost me on the next years premiums each time. I'm now third party and if i drop it I'll pay for the repair myself and keep a low premium.
How about if you damage another car in the process? You'll then have a claim against you AND a ****ed bike
Hadn't really thought of it but if it happens it happens. I'd rather the £700 in my pocket and no excess and take the risk I guess. Makes each ride even more of an adrenaline rush
When the fully comp premiums are sub £500 I'd consider it but four figures plus excess I cannot afford.
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Ouch, was that the difference between comp and TPFT? It's just the thought of binning the bike and it being a write off, you can sell it for spares etc but you'd still be several grand out of pocket.
This. The cost to insure mine FC was gonna be over £1200 which is £800 on top of the TPFT price. I'd have to seriously throw the bike the down the road to be that much out of pocket after an off (especially with all the crash bars and pannier rack on mine).
And my bike is only worth £3k.
Oh yeah it is a big risk and it's one I'd rather not take but when it came to renewal I didn't have just under £1100 which got me what I have right now with all the extras. Voluntary excess I think was £250 plus the compulsory excess of £250 it all adds up.
I don't do huge miles on the bike as the GF is only 20ish miles away and work is 8 miles the other way.
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£78 with Bennetts
Your age: 54
How many years riding: 34
Bike make: Kawasaki ZR7-F1 (750cc)
Type of cover: fully comp
Your age: 54
How many years riding: 34
Bike make: Kawasaki ZR7-F1 (750cc)
Type of cover: fully comp
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Yeh, they're only Aprilia dealer in Kent I believe, as BowenMoto lost the franchise a few year ago. Next nearest is East Grinstead.
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Yeah that's right, I'm right in between the 2! Glad you find them decent as I'll probably be using them to service the Tuono, they quoted me decent prices for the normal and big (valve check) services, £200 and £400.
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I generally start using some very foul language at any company who quotes me over £100 for my fully comp insurance... but having used GoCom a few times, it is quite random as to what companys figure - The sensible ones charge me under a ton, but others quoted as much as five grand!!
Bennetts are the only consistent ones, with their logic seeming to be "Insurance always costs as much money as we can BS you out of, sir"...
Bennetts are the only consistent ones, with their logic seeming to be "Insurance always costs as much money as we can BS you out of, sir"...