Newbie (niv again)

Thanks for all the input guys (& gals?)
Fazer was looking good until I got insurance quote, over £800; are NU daft
or what; they do my car, contents etc very reasonably, so why the big
expense for bike?

So after rethink it maybe SV650 (or possibly GPZ500s, but only for a year or
so, to build up NCB). Have to get some more Ins. quotes.

What are Bennets like? Great? Avoid? or average.

TIA, Niv.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Niv said:

I got a fantastic quote from Carole Nash for my cbr1000, it was over
£300 cheaper than insuring a Bandit with NU!

 

They are a broker that often give competitive quotes. They have a lousy
reputation for customer service, not unlike many insurance firms.

If they give you a good quote go with them - the policy will be
underwritten by someone else so you can always contact them direct if you
are unfortunate enough to need to make a claim.

 

Never, ever expect insurance to seem logical. I've got a reasonably
good riding record which counted for diddly when insuring a car. The
quotes I was getting were for 250% of the value of the car.

Ringing round is the only way to do it, plain and simple.

Try Motorcycle Direct. They're efficient when dealing with paperwork[1]
and have been cheap. I think someone had a spot of bother with them at
claim-time recently, but from the description I couldn't say whether it
was their fault or other people involved in the claim.


[1] I've always had proper certificates/policy docs within days of
taking a policy out or amending.

 

Because you've just got a license, will have a crash and claim for
repairs at a guess.

 

So, an £829 quote from NU for a Fazer.
Bennets was £405, underwritten by...........

......

NU of course!

How weird is that? or is this common?

Niv (confused of Chesham)

 

Common. The broker is just lowering their mark-up on it.

Give Motorcycle Direct a whirl:

http://www.motorcycledirect.co.uk/

 

Try H&R - http://www.insurance2000.co.uk/

Paul

 

I found Motorcycle Direct[1] to be about 30% cheaper than H&R, for any
possible combination of FC/TPF&T, single -v- multi bike policies.

[1] ended up with my CD200, R65LS, CBR929RR-1 all insured TPF&T on a
multibike policy for 245 quid, which isn't too bad.

 

Suprisingly, the AA gave me the bast quote when I started out. Carol
NAsh turned out to be best after that.


--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

Mitchell & Partners always come out cheapest for me:

http://www.mitch.co.uk/index.htm

Worth a punt I guess.

BTW I've got a GPZ for sale if you are interested, email me for details.