Insurance to collect a seized motorcycle

[starkey]

Looking to see if any of you on know of any insurers who allow this? A friend of mine has stupidly ridden his bike with not insurance etc and had his bike seized by the police - and has no chance of getting it back so I thought I'd help him out (would rather not see a pretty much brand new bike get crushed).

The police require the vehicle has insurance, and the policy is declared to be picking up an impounded vehicle, even though we're collecting it in a van.

I've been in contact with a few insurers and seem to have no luck, so would be appreciated if someone could point me in the right direction.

Cheers

[suzukirider19...]

when i got a car seized a few year ago i couldn't afford the insurance so i wrote on a peice of paper that i sold the car to my dad signed ect ect and he just got the cheapest insurance he could and the police signed the paper work to get the car realesed. plus a £130 impound fee
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[cb1rocket]

then any insurance will do in anyone's name (bring them along) and stuff bike in van. ebike is the way to do it cheaply here.
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[starkey]

[MattEMulsion]

It would save any complications if your friend purchased the insurance in his name as presumably the bike is in his name too.
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[Wonko The Sane]

Why was it cancelled? Had you just got a covernote on your insurance to allow you to ride his bike?

The issue is you need the bike to be insured. Buy insurance, collect bike and then, if you wish, cancel within 14 days to get money back. Obviously you can only do this if the bike is to be SORNED
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[P.addy]

Pretty sure a vehicle policy will cover you.

It should do as the vehicle requires insurance to be collected. Insurance is insurance...

I picked up an XJ600 by insuring it on my ebike policy... so I would query the po po with that one. A policy that covers you to ride (not the 3rd party extension on your own) that bike will be the required standard.

[Rogerborg]

Can he afford insurance now? Especially with 6 points and a pending driving without insurance conviction which he should be declaring?

If not, then he might as well sell the bike to you or someone else, because he's not going to be riding it anyway.
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[Blackwolf]

Just get insurance and cancel it with in the 14 day cool down period?
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[starkey]

[Blackwolf]

Surly the Police only need insurance to say that you're legal to ride it on the road? I don't remember reading through my paperwork seeing that it CANT be used to get a bike out an impound?

Its usually they don't cover you with acts of terrorism and acts of God
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[Rogerborg]

[P.addy]

A standard policy covers this.

take out policy online, get certificate and get bike.

[starkey]

[bazza]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

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[Rogerborg]

[bazza]

[JP7]

As a general rule someone can't use their third party extension (driving other vehicles) cover to collect a bike, because it is usually excluded on the insurance certificate. It defeats the object of seizing the vehicle in the first place. It was seized because it had no insurance, so someone else tries to come along with the policy for their own vehicle, and recover the bike... which still has no insurance. So they don't do it.

Companies like eBike may well exclude recovering seized vehicles, because people will happily set up a policy for a day, then cancel it once they've got the bike back. Most companies will do it though.

Be a bit careful with this one. If you recover it, and give it straight back to him to use with no insurance, and you're now the registered keeper, the cops might come knocking on your door for a "permitting use with no insurance" offence, because you'll know he isn't insured.

[Rogerborg]

[kingsknight]

I cannot understand whys this guys karma is so bad?
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[JP7]

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[Skudd]

It sounds like the police and the insurance bod don't understand insurance wording.

If you do not own the bike and the V5 is not in your name then the clause for riding and insuring other peoples bikes while in your possesion on your insurance applies to the unable to collect a siezed vehicle.

But if you are the owner, have the V5 in your name ( or paper slip) and have insurance for the bike, then you are covered to ride it away. It would only be void if you were to try and ride another bike that was impounded.

The bike needs to be insured, not just the person riding it.
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