Cheap short term insurance

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Ello. Since I'm selling the CB and the insurance is about to expire, I'd like to look at insuring it for a short term, maybe 2 weeks. Shortest I've found so far (although I've not extensively looked) is eBike with a TPFT £33 quote for a month. Considering my insurance was £87 fully comp last year, that's a bit steep. Of course I'd expect to pay a premium over an equivalent 12 month policy, but I was hoping to find something around £20 for a couple of weeks.

Any recommendations?
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Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[bikertomm]

I think ebike might be your best bet, there are other places that offer it but you have to be over 21 to do it, so I don't know of any prices!

One thing you could do, (if you can be bothered with the hassle) is insure the bike for the year, pay 12 months full in advance. Some insurers have a '2 week cooling period' (Motorcycle direct did when I did it - to test ride a bike, obviously make sure the insurer does it.) Which basically means you can cancel the policy at any point within those 2 weeks and get all your money back.

I got every penny back

Just thought it could be worth a shout.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

The sites I've found like Dayrider and a couple of others all pulled their plugs at the end of April this year on 1-28 day insurance. The admin fee for cancelling an annual policy would probably make eBike look cheap.
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[dannymassive]

How did you get on with this in the end Shaggy? I only seem to be able to find eBike that can provide the short term policies.
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Previous Ride's - '01 Aprilia SR125 (Sold) '08 HONDA CBF600n (Sold) '96 CB500 (Sold) '01 FZS 1000 (Sold) '06 CB1300SA (Sold) '07 CB600F Hornet (Sold) - '93 Suzuki Savage LS400 (Sold) '98 Honda VTR1000 Firestorm (Sold) '05 CB600F Hornet (Sold) '01 FZS1000 Fazer (Sold) 2016 Harley Davidson Street Bob SE (Sold) '02 Kawasaki ZX9R (Sold) '98 CB600F Hornet (Sold) '04 Suzuki Bandit 1200s (Sold) '13 Yamaha FZ1-N

[The Shaggy D.A.]

eBike was the only one I found
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[dannymassive]

It appears they have the Monopoly then!
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Previous Ride's - '01 Aprilia SR125 (Sold) '08 HONDA CBF600n (Sold) '96 CB500 (Sold) '01 FZS 1000 (Sold) '06 CB1300SA (Sold) '07 CB600F Hornet (Sold) - '93 Suzuki Savage LS400 (Sold) '98 Honda VTR1000 Firestorm (Sold) '05 CB600F Hornet (Sold) '01 FZS1000 Fazer (Sold) 2016 Harley Davidson Street Bob SE (Sold) '02 Kawasaki ZX9R (Sold) '98 CB600F Hornet (Sold) '04 Suzuki Bandit 1200s (Sold) '13 Yamaha FZ1-N

[blade023]

This is pretty frustrating; I was trying to insure a bike for a short period not long ago. I only really needed 1 day, but would have been happy with a week even. Why is is so difficult to find short term cover these days?
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[Rogerborg]

A metric fuckload of statutory overheads on each policy, low translation to full policies, and a high rate of "oh dear, my bike's been nicked 25 hours after I took out the policy" claims?

eBike is the only place I've found that's still doing it, they can pretty much name their price.
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