insurance

[pessimal]

am i doing something wrong??

i wanna do around 6000 miles a year, mainly commuting.

put a 2 yr old Honda CB500x in bennetts online quote system, and added in the slipon end can, and crash bars that the bike being sold with.

que a quote for £1200.

i'm 40, passed my test last june, and live in sunderland.

how the hell can a basic bike like that cost so much to insure, i'd understand it if i was trying to insure a sports bike, but a 50hp CB500, gimme a break

[Garybee]

Shouldn't need to pay anything like that. I paid £105(ish, can't remember exactly) on a 2007 Hornet a week or so after I passed my test. Quotes for a CB1000r were around £160 and 1000cc sports bikes were around £250. 36 year old living in Lincolnshire. Good home security though (hatchet and NVGs).

[pessimal]

think part of my problems is that i dont have a garage, so the bikes are just left in the back yard.

do ground anchors and decent chains make a difference?

[Lee540]

pessimal said:

do ground anchors and decent chains make a difference?

They make a difference as to whether or not the bike will be there when you wake up in the morning..