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Break Down Cover - wolfy46 - 26-11-2008

simple question, i aint got any breakdown cover, not that i plan on brakeing down, but what is a company to go with, aa, rac, greenflag ???????? or is there a more motorbike orientated company who will assist at a nationwide level, then theres the price, and what do ya get for ya money,,,, anybody help? or had a first hand account please tell,, cheers wolfy

Break Down Cover - jht - 26-11-2008

got breakdown cover included with me aunty carole insurance

had to use it back in july to get recovered from London to home

service was A1 f*cking fantastic [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]

sminky purpose kitted van with bike lift etc, even had video link to cab so you could watch your bike during transit (i didn't.. i aint that sad)
my motor was lunched, so i just needed them to get it home for me but chatting to bloke enroute he bike mechanic, not an ex HGV fitted with roll of gaffer tape and Hardly Ableson<sup><!--sizeo:1--><!--/sizeo-->tm<!--sizec--><!--/sizec--></sup> hammer

1st time had use a recovery service for bike in 25 years... impressed

Break Down Cover - ChrisG - 26-11-2008

Yeah, wortch checking with your insurance company. I've got RAC cover and when I wanted to extend for a trip to Germany they wanted a fortune, but Swinton happily gave me European "get you home" cover for about £40/year.


Break Down Cover - wolfy46 - 26-11-2008

<!--quoteo(post=104286:date=Wed 26th Nov 2008, 08:43 PM:name=jht)-->QUOTE(jht @ Wed 26th Nov 2008, 08:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->got breakdown cover included with me aunty carole insurance

had to use it back in july to get recovered from London to home

service was A1 f*cking fantastic [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]

sminky purpose kitted van with bike lift etc, even had video link to cab so you could watch your bike during transit (i didn't.. i aint that sad)
my motor was lunched, so i just needed them to get it home for me but chatting to bloke enroute he bike mechanic, not an ex HGV fitted with roll of gaffer tape and Hardly Ableson<sup><!--sizeo:1--><!--/sizeo-->tm<!--sizec--><!--/sizec--></sup> hammer

1st time had use a recovery service for bike in 25 years... impressed<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yeh had the same cover with same insurance but swopped insurance and got no cover!!!

Break Down Cover - dapleb - 26-11-2008

I am with aa. They cover me rather than certain ve-hickle and were the only ones who would cover my ageing campervan at no extra cost. Search web and barter for best price. For those travelling far on worthless bikes, they often have clause that they will only recover up to market value of bike.

Break Down Cover - shaftdrive - 26-11-2008

carole gnash when i had the pan,broke down in derby on a thursday before the moto gp ,drove me to the borders and swapped onto another truck and then home approx 450 miles drove back down in the car after 40 wanks,a1 service from gnash but have changed because of a price hike [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ranting.gif[/img]

Break Down Cover - wolfy46 - 26-11-2008

wow some good some bad, but has anybody had any puncture issues sorted by a break down person as i think that would be my main concern as im dam sure my 9er is mec sound,,,

Break Down Cover - TDMick - 27-11-2008

Not me personally but watched an AA dude repair a puncture in a tubeless at Box hill, there was a thread on here at that time so I was interested.
The guy seemed to know his onions and got the job done ok.
I had the RAC out in August in central london, the man turned up 45 mins later and with ten quids worth of petrol (I'd only had the bike a week!) on board. I gave him a tenner for the fuel and off I went, that seemed good to me as it was about 3pm on a Friday.

Mick

Break Down Cover - Snorvey - 27-11-2008

I spend £36pa on an Autoaid policy. This covers the bike, the car and the wife under one rescue/recovery policy.

The plan covers you for rescue/recovery should you need to have your machine recovered after an accident. (Apparantly quite a lot of breakdown plans do not cover this.)

It is a pay and claim policy, so you need to carry a form of payment with you. My car broke down recently with the wife driving and the £78 recovery fee was paid back within 2 weeks of me posting the claim form off.

http://www.autoaidbreakdown.co.uk/

(no connection)

HTH

Snorvey


Break Down Cover - magictiny - 27-11-2008

I have my breakdown via Aunty Carol, and used it regularly with my old CB750 Custom... The guy (it was always the same guy) was very knowledgable and after a while seemed to know my bike like the back of his hand...

Carol Nash contract out the breakdown service to AXA Assistance and I worked for them for about 5 years, AXA used to vet every contactor they employed and tried always to get covered recovery vehicles for the bikes - it was to do with those precious Harley owners who didn't like to get their bikes wet...

Not sure if you can get breakdown cover from AXA direct though...

Break Down Cover - Snorvey - 27-11-2008

Whatever you end up going for, do check that your policy covers you for vehicle recovery after an accident tho - as I said, most don't!


Snorvey

Break Down Cover - wolfy46 - 27-11-2008

well thanks guys, i recently aquired a new"female" [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img] friend up scotland, and its gonna be a 500 mile,er round trip for wolfy most weekends!!!! so as you can imagine a bit of breakdown cover wouldent go a miss.... cheers

Break Down Cover - jollygiant - 27-11-2008

<!--quoteo(post=104390:date=Thu 27th Nov 2008, 11:44 AM:name=Snorvey)-->QUOTE(Snorvey @ Thu 27th Nov 2008, 11:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I spend £36pa on an Autoaid policy. This covers the bike, the car and the wife under one rescue/recovery policy.
The plan covers you for rescue/recovery should you need to have your machine recovered after an accident. (Apparantly quite a lot of breakdown plans do not cover this.)
It is a pay and claim policy, so you need to carry a form of payment with you. My car broke down recently with the wife driving and the £78 recovery fee was paid back within 2 weeks of me posting the claim form off.
http://www.autoaidbreakdown.co.uk/<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Strange that my and Jolly Giant's Wife were only looking at replacing out AA cover with this last night! As we have been paying The AA £130 every year and not used them in about 4 yrs and the last time was for a puncture in the Mrsisus car...

Break Down Cover - TonyDevil - 27-11-2008

ask them for the 'no claim' bonus
if you havent used the policy and renew it then you can usually get a 20% discount on the next years [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]

Break Down Cover - Snorvey - 27-11-2008

hi JJ

<i>Strange that my and Jolly Giant's Wife were only looking at replacing out AA cover with this last night! As we have been paying The AA £130 every year and not used them in about 4 yrs and the last time was for a puncture in the Mrsisus car... </i>

I've been with them 2 years after being pointed to moneysavingexpert.com where there is a lot of feedback on them - almost all good (the main gripe being the 'pay up front then claim' - but hey, it's only £36 notes. I've claimed once (the cars fuel line started leaking and the wife phone me saying she was unwilling to drive it (although she admits she doesnt know how long she had been driving it like that for anyway!). She phone Autoaid and they had someone out within 45 minutes. The garage took her and the car home and swiped her CC for the fee and gave her a receipt. I printed off the claim form & sent it back with the receipt. 2 weeks later I got my refund.

The good thing is the husband/wife/car/bike cover & the price.

Also, the policy doc must be the shortest & easiest Ive ever seen - always a good thing! (I thinks its available on their website too)

Snorvey

Break Down Cover - shaftdrive - 27-11-2008

<!--quoteo(post=104312:date=Wed 26th Nov 2008, 10:02 PM:name=wolfy46)-->QUOTE(wolfy46 @ Wed 26th Nov 2008, 10:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->wow some good some bad, but has anybody had any puncture issues sorted by a break down person as i think that would be my main concern as im dam sure my 9er is mec sound,,,<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
coming out of aberdeen on my zzr and the rear end went all squishy(oo err) the breakdown came out to fix the puncture ,but was unable to because of the size of the gash (god knows how i got a gash that lenth , trailerd back into Aberdeen for a new tyre and back on to the road and some lovely drizzle and diesel spills on the roundabouts ,so to answer your question it would depend on how bad the puncture was [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drinks.gif[/img]

Break Down Cover - dapleb - 27-11-2008

The aa always say 130. I just tell them give me web price for new customer or oil leaf. Great point about the crash thing snorv. No idea if im covered forthat. Had assumed that they wouldnt care why assistance needed.

Break Down Cover - zardoz - 27-11-2008

I've been toying with the idea of A.A for the last few months. Walking through local shopping centre today I noticed special 1/2 price offer on AA. membership; €66 for a year. Think I'll buy meself an early pressie.

Break Down Cover - King OFF the Road - 27-11-2008

Mrs Landy and I are covered by RAC personal cover which covers us for any vehicle we are using (even as a passenger) and we pay for it with Tesco clubcard vouchers so we get £4's worth of cover for every £1 voucher. If I remember correctly it was £36 to cover both of us this year. We have only used it to sort out a puncture on Mrs Landys car but that was dealt with promptly.

Break Down Cover - Snorvey - 28-11-2008

<!--quoteo(post=104448:date=Thu 27th Nov 2008, 07:54 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Thu 27th Nov 2008, 07:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->The aa always say 130. I just tell them give me web price for new customer or oil leaf. Great point about the crash thing snorv. No idea if im covered forthat. Had assumed that they wouldnt care why assistance needed.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

It's definitely worth checking with your current provider - most of them say they recover after breakdown - not an accident. i guess it doesnt seem important until it actually happens.

I've found the MSE thread. Lot's of comment here.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showth...html?t=382667...

HTH

Snorvey