Insurance fun. Not.

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tricol wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:15 pm Ground anchor is already in with a 19mm Pragmasis chain and lock. Fingers crossed.
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I moved my suzuki in to a heavily locked shed behind a big gate and Bikesure said that...

"We can confirm that moving the vehicle into a locked, wooden building will not affect the premium. However, there will be a £30.00 administration charge for this amendment. If you wish to go ahead with this, please contact us to make payment."

So the policy will cover the bike being in a shed with no change in premium but because I've told them it's currently in a garage they have to amend the policy to change the work garage to shed and that will cost me £30. Makes complete sense.
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BeMoto are one of the companies that are okay with a wooden shed.

I also tried it with and without a disc lock and it didn’t make a bit of difference so apart from the factory immobiliser it has no security at all.

£300 for a new GS 1250.
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Thanks for all the replies. It's looking hopeful, just need to find a compliant insurance company.
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Scotsrich wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:56 pm £300 for a new GS 1250.
I'm not sure i'd pay more than £250 normally, but yeah i'll give you £300.
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In the UK I always paid just under £200 fully comp for all my GSXRs.

Now I live on a virtually theft free island, it's about €460 TPF&T.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 4:24 pm
Scotsrich wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:56 pm £300 for a new GS 1250.
I'm not sure i'd pay more than £250 normally, but yeah i'll give you £300.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:26 pm
Taff wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:11 pm
You missed a completely open goal there....... What you meant to say was.....

Maybe you should get some rider training or join the IAM, that tends to keep your premiums down. 😉😁
:lol: :lol:

Oddly enough, being a qualified instructor RAISES the premium.
Training makes you safer my arse! Even the insurance know you're dodgy :angry-cussingblack:

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Bigyin wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:12 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:51 pm
Ha.

"You're a bike instructor? Oh, I don't know if we cover that."
I think there are 2 companies that cover us. Devitts are who i am currently with as an instructor for the Fazer but i managed to get business use cover on the Ducati as well with bike sure although i am not entirely convinced they understood what i was telling them as the paperwork says driving instructor / motorcycle industry

The Yamaha has 2 years NCD, the Multi 10+ ....... the little bike is worth a grand max and costs 199 TPFT, the big bike is worth 8 grand and costs the same for fully comp. Go figure :mrgreen:

The best part is as a DVSA certified instructor i get no reduction. If i do the IAM who arent qualified instructors i get a discount ffs
Can't you put both bikes on one policy and your 10+ covers both. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Supermofo wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:13 pm Training makes you safer my arse! Even the insurance know you're dodgy :angry-cussingblack:

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£300 for a new GS 1250.
Mate had his nicked twice from outside his terraced house in North London, both times the tracker has alerted him & bike has been recovered but once they tried to cut the tracker out of the bike, daren't ask him what his insurance is, but I doubt he'd get any without the tracker fitted.
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Useless fact, it costs more to insure my 15bhp, 70mph R125 than it does to insure my 160bhp, 165mph K1200R which is worth 3 times as much.
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Dodgy knees wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:24 pm

Can't you put both bikes on one policy and your 10+ covers both. 🤷🏻‍♂️
Unfortunately at the time i took out the definite cover for instructing policy on the Yamaha i didnt know i could get supposed business use on the Ducati till quite a few months later so both on different policies at the moment as they wanted a stupid amount of money to make any changes but looking into it for future
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Scotsrich wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:56 pm BeMoto are one of the companies that are okay with a wooden shed
Are you sure? Their website says otherwise, and only considers garaged to be a building made of brick/stone, not wood.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:26 pm
Oddly enough, being a qualified instructor RAISES the premium.
For the risk of your legal liability towards trainees?
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Scootabout wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:37 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:26 pm
Oddly enough, being a qualified instructor RAISES the premium.
For the risk of your legal liability towards trainees?
Nope, that's extra ;)

I queried it once - I was told it was because I'd probably be riding more miles. Perhaps... but likely at lower speeds and more carefully than the average rider. Didn't get me a discount though.
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tricol wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:02 pm
Scotsrich wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:56 pm BeMoto are one of the companies that are okay with a wooden shed
Are you sure? Their website says otherwise, and only considers garaged to be a building made of brick/stone, not wood.

You had me wondering then so I checked my documents.
Where is the vehicle normally kept…locked building…wood.

Mind you I did get the insurance by phoning up rather than online. Always better if you have something that doesn’t quite fit the normal criteria.
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Scootabout wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:37 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:26 pm
Oddly enough, being a qualified instructor RAISES the premium.
For the risk of your legal liability towards trainees?
I used to get my cover for that through the Driving Instructors Association, somewhere about £90 annual membership, which included £5M each employer and public cover.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:49 pm I queried it once - I was told it was because I'd probably be riding more miles.
And paying attention to someone else's riding, not your own? ;)
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:58 am
The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:49 pm I queried it once - I was told it was because I'd probably be riding more miles.
And paying attention to someone else's riding, not your own? ;)
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[Sensible answer]Which typically means that you're usually hyper-aware of what's ahead, etc. [/] ;)
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