European Breakdown Cover

c-m · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2006 Karma :

My Euro tour starts 6th June from Wolverhampton (ignore the fact I live in Norwich), to a festival in London for 3 days then over a month and around 4000miles around Europe and back to Norwich.

At the moment I don't have any breakdown cover.

My insurer Ebike will not allow it as an extension as i'm on a PAYG policy. I can't change insurer as 1 more month and I get a no claims bonus.

Who do you recommend for cheap but good European breakdown cover?

And what's the worst that can happen if my engine goes kaput in Germany, Poland etc..
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Hear hear, I'm interested too specifically:

Insurance that repatriates you, I can only find to the nearest garage type insurance (Bikesure) , and haven't hassled Carol Nash yet, sort of like the kind Maurice had on his 2004 tour..

I don't fancy Gaz Haynes method of bike touring insurance, ie take off the number plate , grind off the VIN/frame number push it into a bush and torch it.
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Faldo · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Karma :

I've just been looking into this, rung up RAC (Who I have a UK policy with for the car), and they've quoted me £72 for the two weeks I'm going to be away. This includes bringing the bike back home, and a hire car for the rest of the trip.

Really don't know whether to cough up for it or not though, as the only reason I'll use it is if a bin the bike (Which I don't intend on doing!). If the bike breaks down, most things can be improvised to get me to a local garage if needs be.

Anybody any thoughts, or cheaper quotes from anywhere else ?
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Carole Nash does repatriation insurance 43 for 2 weeks.

Adrian flux on the phone they say their policy has repatriation but when you read the small print it says nearest garage.

I think the best policy is EH111 and taking it easy, break downs I can deal with since I check the bike over do preventative maintanance like bring a spare reg rec . And do the brakes, chain etc before hand.

What I can't be doing is if I bin it end up with a broken leg (EH111 should cover this) and a huge bill for bike + body repatriation.

Thus rule #1 is ALL important:

Always take it easy until you have had a chance to recon the road, I forgot this last year and binned the bike, I still recon the 675 before I start doing a casey stoner on it.
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heroes legend · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Karma :

Greenflag are known to be reliable in europe. Failing that, you could try europassist (sp?) who broker through CIA.

Worked for me everytime.

spnorm · Crazy Courier Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Karma :

https://www.vehicle-rescue.com/european-breakdown-cover.php

Underwritten by Axa and only £57 for 12 months UK & European breakdown cover including recovery Thumbs Up

c-m · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2006 Karma :

EuropeanNC30R... · Gay Hairdresser Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Karma :

You'll pay through the arse for euro recovery on a bike over 10 years old (unless you sort it out through your insurance).

Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

Carole Nash for me, but I have all my bikes insured with them. They all come wih full euro cover.
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Yes ....but I found their insurance wasn't very good, they wanted £340 for CBR+NTV with no more than 5000 miles , tons of security needed no pillions , brick garage etc no TP on other bikes.

While OTOH bikesure did it unlimited miles
TP on other bikes
protected no claims
legal
Europe for 6 months
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MattEMulsion · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Karma :

I've just taken out a short term European breakdown policy with Vehicle Rescue Direct https://www.vehicle-rescue.com/ who are basically AXA Assistance/InterPartner Assistance, for my trip to the Nurburgring next weekend.

As far as I can see no only are they one of the cheapest, but they provide pretty much everything you want from a European policy without excluding all the little bits that can catch you out.

Whether they are any good in the event of a breakdown/accident remains to be seen, but hopefully I won't need to use them. Thumbs Up

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johanek · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 10 May 2008 Karma :

https://www.quotelinedirect.co.uk/breakdown/ £59 for a year for bikes up to 15 years old

c-m · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2006 Karma :

c-m · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2006 Karma :

Found a better solution for Europe https://www.adac.de/

€78 and covers more countries for longer than any UK service I have found.
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johanek · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 10 May 2008 Karma :

king kong · Nearly there... Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Karma :

Bennets include 45 days breakdown and recovery in their policy.