Bike Breakdown Cover

[butchgti]

Hi all,

Are there any companies that offer breakdown cover specifically for motorbikes?

I've just had a quick look at the AA, Rac, Green Flag websites and cant find anything about bikes.

Who does everybody use?

Cheers, Butch

[Adamjr]

I have personal membership with the RAC (Roadside, recovery and at home). When my bros' clutch cable broke they sent out a sub-contractor who specialises in motorcycles to sort me out (this was in London). Was pretty pleased with the service I must say!

[catso]

My Insurance (Carole Nash) has breakdown cover included, although I've no idea who with or how good.

[Robbo SPS]

catso said:

My Insurance (Carole Nash) has breakdown cover included, although I've no idea who with or how good.

I'm with Carole Nash too. I think they use the Green Flag network as i've called once before and a local firm arrived, very good service too.

[dern]

I've got personal rac cover which covers me on the bike. Only had to use them once when I had a puncture and it took them a long time to get a suitable van to me. I think the van had to come from Heathrow to Reading and it only came after it finished another job. I complained about the length of time it took acknowledging that circumstances conspired against us but suggesting that they should have more capacity for bikes and they gave me a 3 month extension to the policy for free. Once the van turned up he knew what he was doing, got the bike loaded and took me home without incident. I've stuck with them basically because they had the right kit despite the delay.

Mark

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[s2ooz]

Weird, I have AA and they specifically told me my bike was covered. They are also one of the few firms that do motorcycle cover for euro holidays.

[sjtscott]

AA Cover.. Personal Membership, Roadside, Recovery and at home.
Used for puncture cover mainly.. AA patrols have temp repair kits for bike tyres allowing you to ride to your nearest tyre dealer/fitter for a proper repair to be done.

Warning they don't cover you for accident recovery or where the bike has been damaged and unridable by attempted theft!
RAC will cover for accidents but wouldn't give an answer regarding attempted theft recovery

[Carrera2]

AA cover mine ok.

Used them twice now - Once for a puncture and once for when I filled my bike and a mates up with that new green Diesel. Oh what a I felt!

[gRsf12]

Like you I've got personal cover, actually joint for me and the wife, covering both cars and the bike. I've noticed this also:

sjtscott said:

Warning they don't cover you for accident recovery or where the bike has been damaged and unridable by attempted theft!

which I found quite strange as they recovered me from slinging mine down the road, though this was three years ago and they may have changed their policy more recently.

I may have to investigate using RAC for next year, though they used to cover specific machines/vehicles, not the people driving them, which is why I went to the AA in the first place.