Insurance for a new rider

agnes · 3 Feb 2012 at 08:17

Not sure if you have tried, but give Devil Bike Insurance a ring (not online comparison), they are simply amazing and also they require £0 excess both voluntary and mandatory.

So if you have a prang, nothing comes out of your pocket!

thepeteh · 3 Feb 2012 at 11:59

I use H&R insurance Aberdeen, great phone support which is more than can be said for MCE, taken me days of to get through to them

agnes · 3 Feb 2012 at 12:54

thepeteh said:
I use H&R insurance Aberdeen, great phone support which is more than can be said for MCE, taken me days of to get through to them

Used H&R prior to Devil Bike, they were bloody superb! Was actually gutted when they stopped insuring my area (which I am still unsure about...).

They dealt with a theft of my old old bike VERY quickly and swiftly.

gillywibble · 3 Feb 2012 at 13:24

I don't rate Bennetts all. Not only are there issues with modications (see this thread), but I recently tried to add an extra bike to my policy and they refused even though my main bike is a Sprint and I wanted to add an H reg 350 XT worth no more than £500.

I won't bother insuring with them again.

As far as price comparison websites go, I like moneysupermarket.

bloodiedathame · 3 Feb 2012 at 13:52

Carole Nash insured me in my first year of biking. If you're not going the comparison route it wouldn't hurt contacting them. I'm with Swinton now purely based on price.

hornett · 3 Feb 2012 at 14:33

Its the fact its going to be my main commuter that is bringing it right up.

Morbius · 3 Feb 2012 at 14:54

bloodiedathame said:
Carole Nash insured me in my first year of biking. If you're not going the comparison route it wouldn't hurt contacting them. I'm with Swinton now purely based on price.

I went with Carole Nash when I was new and they were quite good.

miller745 · 3 Feb 2012 at 15:06

thepeteh said:
I use H&R insurance Aberdeen, great phone support which is more than can be said for MCE, taken me days of to get through to them

They've given me the best quote. 26, 0 ncb, just got licence and on an ER6F. £980. Also living in the ghetto.

thepeteh · 3 Feb 2012 at 15:34

Think as a new rider at 21yo, 0ncb, good area, I was paying £175 a year tpft on a cbr600f

bluDawg · 5 Feb 2012 at 12:09

My first bike I got insured through swinton for £255 for a 50cc when I was 16, they was good, but I never had a crash, then £245 for a 125 when I was 17, but they was only third party, fire and theft