New Bike? Plan Ahead...

[magneto]

I sit the other side of the counter and in the last 2 days customers have sorted all the stuff out, p/x, paying the balance, a good deal, etc in advance. But, when they came to change their insurance over by phone at the shop - my God what a scam!! An £80 odd 'admin fee', £70 interest on a £230 premium over only 6 months!!! They prey on the fact you have to be insured to ride home, the fuc*ing low life parasites...
Get your cover sorted before you pick up your new bike - get a firm quote and reference number. If you are really impulsive I believe there are cheap 7 day cover deals which will then give you the time to get a deal.

By the way, my neighbours lad, 18, has a Corsa 1.2 car thingy. Just on the road, has to use a tracker, 11pm-5am curfew, speed monitored, and 6000 miles pa max. Clean licence, cheap postcode (despite me living within it!). £3500, yes £3500 a year. How many are going to actually be insured at this rate?

Mind you, our premiums are artificially low in my opinion simply due to our body parts sacrifice. 70/80% bike accidents are caused by someone else statistically, monster injury claims. = monster no win no fee profits. Why else would I be offered £500 commission to pass on details to claim 'expeditors'? I don't btw, fu*k 'em.

However, next time you see someone acting like a dick, with no riding ability either, thank him for your cheap insurance...

[TKH]

If swapping any vehicle I arrange the insurance in advance. Can a bit of a balancing act with the times but otherwise painless.

Also, my DAUGHTER (it does make a difference) got insurance on a 1.2 Corsa, no restrictions, etc. Just 18, £620 TPF&T with Direct Line. I don't know what it would be for a male though.

Also, [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img] for those not aware, the EU is to rule on the equal rights issue of insurance being cheaper for young women than young men. I don't know what muppet flagged that one up cause all that will happen is that young women will be charged more for their insurance (yes I know some should be). I remember when I was young and also see the young men driving and to be honest they are a much higher risk on the whole.

[RSRocket]

WOW! I always knew I was being skimmed but not to that extent!. Thank you for your very honest insight . [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]<!--quoteo(post=196713:date=Sat 26th Feb 2011, 10:09 PM:name=TKH)-->QUOTE(TKH @ Sat 26th Feb 2011, 10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If swapping any vehicle I arrange the insurance in advance. Can a bit of a balancing act with the times but otherwise painless.Also, my DAUGHTER (it does make a difference) got insurance on a 1.2 Corsa, no restrictions, etc. Just 18, £620 TPF&T with Direct Line. I don't know what it would be for a male though. Also, [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img] for those not aware, the EU is to rule on the equal rights issue of insurance being cheaper for young women than young men. I don't know what muppet flagged that one up cause all that will happen is that young women will be charged more for their insurance (yes I know some should be). I remember when I was young and also see the young men driving <!--sizeo:3--><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#FF0000--><!--/coloro-->and to be honest they are a much higher risk on the whole.<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc--><!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats why we always pay more ! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]