Utterly mental insurance quote

[The DJ 27]

Now, I'm 21 next week, looking to get a bike at some point in the next 8 to 12 months, having done my DAS first. I'm looking at a Suzuki SV650S, as a blend of pace, user-friendliness etc. Now, I've just got my first quote for insuring the bike.

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£2031!! I really do hope I can get it (alot) cheaper than that. If my insurace is that much, I'll have to get a car instead

[FunkyNige]

www.ebikeinsurance.co.uk/

Got my SV down to £400 with silly excess, £480 odd with normal. I'm 23 and have just passed (or will have just passed when I insure it) my test.

[jolley]

I had a quote for a Ducati 749 as my first bike at £3,500!!

What I find strange is that I can insure a GSX R 600 for less than I can my Scooby (Experience in fast cars = 12years, Experience on fast bikes = 0).... Go figure!

[Momentofmadness]

The DJ 27 said:

£2031!! I really do hope I can get it (alot) cheaper than that. If my insurace is that much, I'll have to get a car instead

DJ - is that fully comp? Cos bike insurance is really loaded for the theft part...

If you get something cheap and cheerful - even an early CBR600 for under a grand, and go Third party only until you get some NCB... (Buy some decent security for it though!)

I know the tempatation is to get something shiny but everyone drops their first bike...

[bga]

FunkyNige said:

www.ebikeinsurance.co.uk/ Got my SV down to £400 with silly excess, £480 odd with normal. I'm 23 and have just passed (or will have just passed when I insure it) my test.

that site is great! I've been looking for quotes for an sv650 & most of the have been circa £700 tpft, ebike insurance is offering £400 w/ no excess for FC

[Momentofmadness]

PS H and R have never been beaten for me so far...

www.insurance2000.co.uk

[BliarOut]

You poor buggers...

I paid £190 TPF&T on a 900 Hornet last year without any no claims..... Ahh the joys of being forty

[bga]

BliarOut said:

You poor buggers... I paid £190 TPF&T on a 900 Hornet last year without any no claims..... Ahh the joys of being forty

one day........still a long way away though

[Mon Ami Mate]

£160 fully comp on my ZZR1200!

[s2rr Kitty]

When you're a miserable old fuc*er like me.... you can expect to pay around £300 fully comp for a brand new blade.....

[QUARK67]

Hi,

Try a company called Westhill Direct.I'm guessing from all the accents when you ring up they are based in Essex.I've used them for years and thier premiums are dirt cheap 0870 7947940.I've never had too find out what there claims procedures are like though "Thankfully!".......Regards Jez
PS checkout my HAYABUSA LOTUS 7 advert in kit cars & you may decide to stick to 4 wheels ;0)

[Mad Dave]

Also try Bikesure - I paid £350 TPFT on a 600cc Bandit when I passed my test, and now pay £725 TPFT on my ZX7R - expensive, but most places wouldn't insure me on it at all (23yo, held a bike license for 1 year).

[tycho]

Momentofmadness said:

PS H and R have never been beaten for me so far... <a href="www.insurance2000.co.uk">www.insurance2000.co.uk</a>

they were really good for my 1st bike too. Also try confused.com, £210 fc this year

>> Edited by tycho on Sunday 26th June 22:18

[sirtophamhat]

jolley said:

I had a quote for a Ducati 749 as my first bike at £3,500!! What I find strange is that I can insure a GSX R 600 for less than I can my Scooby (Experience in fast cars = 12years, Experience on fast bikes = 0).... Go figure!

That full coverage? I ran a quote on a 748 with all but collision a while back and it was something like 75 dollars a month. Way lower then I thought. I know what you mean about the car/bike thing, a 240hp not-especially-fast mid ninties mustang is in the reigon of 600 a month for me, and I'm infintely more capable of handling that then the bike.

[JD78]

Hello, new(ish) to biking and been looking for good quotes, with not much luck until I stumbled upon this post's recommendation for www.ebikeinsurance.co.uk

That pretty much halved my previous best quote. Now I know I'm a quite a paranoid person, but does anyone have any experience (good or bad) being insured by them?

Any info would be helpful - Obviously I dont want to pay a grand in insurance to find out if I try to claim it's worthless!

By the way the bike in question is an '05 ZX-6R, a totally stupid 1st big bike, but after riding it, I just knew I had to have it what a machine!!!

Anyway, thanks in advance.

[andy4200]

I use them and they beat everyone hands down. I was a bit worried about them being new but they are advertising on some bike forums and also had a mention in some of the bike mags. I also spoke to someone on the phone about a couple of things.
They seem to be here to stay although wether next years premiums will be as cheap, who knows.