roadside rescue / recovery

[ZX6R-Jonny]

who is the best for uk roadside, not bothered about anything fancy just want to be able to get home if I breakdown, get a flat e.c.t.

thanks

[cicatrez]

Check your insurance policy. You never know, you might be covered and you don't know it! Some people do include that and the way they speak so fast... your like, waaaa?
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'02 Honda City Fly

[ZX6R-Jonny]

nope not covered thay wanted an extra £60

[t121anf]

if you have a credit card, autoaid.

check www.moneysavingexpert.com

[cicatrez]

yeap, if your feeling lazy heres how autoaid works.
you call up the place you need to get the recovery to take you home etc.. you pay for the cost (be it £5 or £500 to get you home), and claim off autoaid to get your money back
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'02 Honda City Fly

[Polarbear]

[cicatrez]

^ and many seem to only cover you for a limited number of call outs before you have to take out another policy
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'02 Honda City Fly

[Villers]

Yeah I know the RAC has a 'Fair use policy', similar to when you get a mobile tariff with 'unlimited texts' but it really means a thousand or something

My car insurance wanted about £70 extra and the bike lot wanted even more I think. Ive been with the RAC for a couple of years, when I phoned the AA they wouldnt let me in because my BMW was 10 years old. The RAC werent bothered at the time but Im covered for both automatically, just knowing I can get the bike home if it gives up (its a suzuki ) is good peace of mind!

I know in the larger places its sometimes possible to get the bike specific patrols but up here I'd probably just get the local recovery people who don't give a shit.

Anyone got any experience of RAC and bikes? I dont even know what I pay, I think its about £9 a month or something. Should probably check my statement I bet its nearer £30 now I've said that!
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RS125 > CBR6 > SV650S > ZX636R > GSX1300RZ Hayabusa > 06 RSVR Mille > SV1000S > Street Triple 765 RS

[gmanxiii]

Yep RAC will recover bikes but how it normally goes is,

1) Ring them tell them your bike has broke etc (also tell them exactly whats wrong and they wont be able to fix it and need to bring a bike trailer)

2) They send someone without a trailer out and who knows nothing about bikes, they turn up and say yep they can't fix it.

3) They disappear for another hour or two to fetch the trailer from the middle of nowhere.

Just signed my dad up for a year after his car broke down and he needed a tow home. Roadside and recovery within 50miles (was 10) cost 109quid cash for the year would of been slightly cheaper paying on card though think it was more like 90quid.
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I kills hondas

VFR400NC30 > ZZR600 > CBR600FX > CBR1000rr

[cicatrez]

blimey thats alot.
I think when I called up the AA its around £60 for a bike.
Just make sure you don't end up broken down without any cover and call them there and then! They will charge you nearly double because your starting your policy when you get called out.
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'02 Honda City Fly

[gmanxiii]

[calum17]

with my bike insurance policy it was an extra £25.

i've used it atleast twice *from a possible 5)
and one recovery was from monmouth to bridgend
the other glouster to bridgend

both should have been well over £250 each time because i asked the driver - so was a good shout at £25

they send out an ylocal vehicle company and they deal with you and take you home or to get repaird (i always ask for home - cheaper and easier for me)

i had a proper bike recovry truck once too - so cool (H)

[J D]

Im with the RAC Im buying a 50cc bike to get around on till my bike gets sorted by the guy who's hit me insurance. Its around 100 miles away i dont fancy riding it on a 50

If i took the plug out would they pick me up and drop me off?

[TheDonUK]

Been with the RAC and AA alternating for a good 6 years now, its much the same tbh, the AA are probably slightly better in my judgement.

GSXRMick up there is right though, you ring them up tell them you engine is seized and it WONT be fixable by the side of the road and please send a trailer, but then they send someone who knows nothing about bikes nor has the capacity to transport one, who then goes away and at some point someone appears to take the bike away.

I think its all just to check your membership card.

Also for me AA/RAC brakedown cover was never more than what 40 quid?, you get about 6 callouts...
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[Current Bikes - GSXR-750 K5 & C90-97 ] [Previous Bikes: Runner 125, YBR 125, GS500, Bandit 600, Hornet 600, ZX6R-99, C90-99, R1-99, XT600E-04, GSXR-750 K4, CRF250L '16]

[Bendy]

AA/RAC et al are generally more expensive than the 'get it with my insurance' type of cover, but if you have more than one vehicle or spend much time as a passenger, it's generally gonna work out cheaper to have cover for yourself than for a specific vehicle. Also worth looking at the joint / family membership options - doesn't have to be actual relatives, just folks based at the same address.

If you do opt for the cover that comes with your insurance, make sure you read the small print, the mileage restrictions and subsequent charges on some of them are pretty scary. The one I had years ago had a 20 mile limit if I remember.

[Pernig]

[MattEMulsion]

[teabag]

I'm with the RAC as it covers the car as well. RAC can be paid for with Tesco vouchers at 4:1 face value (£10 Tesco gives £40 RAC), so joint cover inc. relay cost ~£30 in Tesco vouchers.
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NS125R = 2 years > GSX600F = 7 years > XR125L = 3.5 years > SV650S........and a Citroen Synergie HDI for the kids.

[Flip]

With the RAC as it covers both and I get covered with my bank account.

[t121anf]

hmmm £36 vs £60 or whatever, know who's getting my money.

ok if you don't have a credit card fair play, but when was the last time you needed recovering?

i've yet to need it on the bike or the car, so Autoaid is better for me personally.

seriously read this
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/roadside-recovery