Irish insurance!! :<

[Rolo]

Hey guys! Im new here but i was just wondering if there are many,if any, Irish bikers on this forum?? I'm 18 and insurance here for a category 3 bike is over €2k Im so jealous looking at all you guys with your insurance being in the three figure mark. Its ridiculous, dont you think?? And i suppose the fact that only one insurance company will actually insure bikes here doesnt help either ehh!

[thegubner]

well surely if its irish................
dont insure it then its insured right?.... what with things being backwards?



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sorry terribly bad joke, but being irish it was TOOOOOOO easy lol




sorry again



andy

[veeeffarr]

You're a complete fucking moron.

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[Rolo]

Cheers the_guvnor_1_uk u iz well fit innit brova....prod

Im sorry, i couldnt resist it, what with you being a complete retard and all!!

[Essex_Mike]

Well that was damn hilarious

One insurance company for motorbikes, thats fucking crazy

Suprised some of the big companies didn't spot this and offer policies.
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[rocket_richie]

fuck mate thats shit. i pay £440 on my zx6r in liverpool. shud move over hear
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[thegubner]

LMAO, was only a joke, if I knew people couldnt take one i wouldnt have posted it, maybe you should post on a "sensitive site" like .....oooooo I dont know,,,,,,,,,,, "poofs are us "or something


and yes


that does include you toby



there is no offence or malice meant in my posts, but if people take it to heart thats there problem not mine

it is TOOOOOO easy winding some people up on here

dont make yourself another statisic lol


some people take the internet sooooooooo seriously lmao


again just a joke chaps

[Rolo]

Guvnor, i have to say im finding this conversation quite amusing...maybe even more so than your witty joke...actually no...im sorry, your joke was pretty good but then again what would i know im just ohh so sensitive

Anyways i know your only trying to add some colour to the forum so its all good

But ya, its crazy alrite...what with one insurance company for motorbikes Maybe i shud move to england alrite

[mr.z]

Seriously? that can't be right? where abouts in Ireland are you?

What bike is it? i was quoted £1000 for a cg at 21 it was £300 in the end..

Good luck getting something sorted, i know a guy from Ireland but hes from north, he never mentioned problems with insurance anyway so maybe works different? i hear the roads there are lurvely (are they?)
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[thegubner]

I do agree though it is very unfair for the irish



but what can you do?

other than move or pay?


i say fuck em, make your own irish insurance company and undercut the other cunts..........







you will make a fortune pal





andy

[Rolo]

[Deckx]

i am from ireland as well but i moved to thailand because its crap i had the same problem when younger.

i even went as far as putting RS125 engine into a RD80 frame to get cheaper insurance.

I had a coulple of 400's as well which i didn't/couldn't insure had a small problem with a license as well anyway not recommended as things have got more strict since then.

have you looked into buying a bike in england and insuring it over there, if you know someone with an address. Otherwise you need to bite the bullet and get started on the ladder.

ps i paid 10 euros for 3rd party insurance in thailand for rvf 400

[yzf750r]

I pay £190 FC on my ZX10R 2004.....im locatated in Lincolnshire though
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[Rolo]

[Blackrhythms]

Hey Rolo - I'm from Ireland (Westmeath to be exact! ) Who did you get your quote from? I'm with Carole Nash, but I'm old (31) and have a full licence for two and a half years, so that does help with cheaper insurance, but I'm sure that there's more than them who give bike insurance - don't hold me to it, but I'm almost certain that Hibernian insure bikes and Axa too. When I first started biking, there was only one company who insured bikes here and that was Norwich Union.

Might be worthwhile asking around other places to hear if they quote bikes - oh just thought of another - AON but I've no idea how reasonable they are. I went with Carole Nash cos they gave the best deal.
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[Deckx]

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Wow thats insane..10 euro Whats this you're on about getting insured from England? I know a few people over there alrite. Maybe theres light at the end of the tunnel? [/quote]


i think all you need to do is have an english address and say you are visiting ireland,

my brother lives in uk and is always coming over with bikes/cars with uk cover, but as i said if you plan to stay biking in ireland you may as well get on the system ( no matter how screwed it is)

have fun

[Deckx]

[ i hear the roads there are lurvely (are they?)[/quote]


you're joking, maybe in the north but in general rds are crap in ireland.

[Rolo]

[kawakid]

I've no experience of biking in Ireland, but I do have Irish relatives and I went to school for a while in Cork.

It was the same with cars, but then you could drive a car by yourself with L plates.

I think the other posters are right, I think passing your test would be the first thing to try and achieve.

Saying that your insurance is dearer, but you don't have to pay council tax and your water costs f*** all and you get more in child allowances plus you get help when building a house from the state. Plus the Gards are much nicer and easier going than the english cops.
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[brianmcewan.co.uk]

Some of the nicest roads in Europe around Galway mate I'm from just outside Belfast myself.

I thought Carole Nash actually covered Irish as well as the UK? I may be wrong. I do know the breakdown cover, covers both UK and Ireland. I would have thought it would have been the same for the South.

Unless this is the company you're talking about but here is what seems to be the Irish website...

https://www.carolenash.ie/

Hope that helps you out mate, they give me a really good price for the Z and I'm 19 myself. Being 18 doesn't help matters and if you're comfortable going with third party only it may be worth thinking about.

It also depends on the bike obviously and you may find the smallest change on the proposal could change the price
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[Rolo]

Bazza you're right, carolenash do insure bikes in ireland, but the catch is you have to have been resident in the UK and must have obtained your license from the UK too

You say some of the best roads in Europe are in Galway? I doubt that to be honest, but cheers for the advice and stuff

[Blackrhythms]

Rolo, as I said, I'm with Carole Nash and have never been a UK resident, nor have I got a UK license? I never had any hassle with getting a quote from them - might be worth giving them another call - 1800 298 551.
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[Rolo]

Cheers ppl Thanks for the advice, greatly appreciated.

Rolo