Insurance in London...

[Mirey]

I'm looking at insuring a YBR 125. If I do it fully comp it's £1,000 + 850 excess or something nuts - which is worth more than the bike... TPO is £400 with £0 excess.

Just for a laugh I tried my mum's postcode in Cornwall - £380 fully comp... oh lawdy...

This explains why I see everyone posting such low insurance prices - it's not just them picking on me. I had no idea London was such an expensive place... maybe I should move back home - a journey that would probably take more than a week on said 125 :p

[notbike]

Every time I get quoted on a bike I wish I didn't live here in london :\ it really is impossible.

[P.addy]

I wouldn't insure it in Cornwall and visit a friend in London

[Ste]

[barrkel]

I used to be quoted £1200 FC on my SH300. Living in Bow, E3.

Now with 3 years NCB, 5 years riding, I can get FC for £350 on a bike worth £3500.

Still unlikely to claim unless it's a total loss, of course.
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Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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[grr666]

Ex 'Londoner' here (36+years, in Dagenham, Romford and Loughton), now living near Bath.
When I moved I got a 450quid rebate on my car insurance with only half the policy term left to run.
My ER6 is only £130 fully comp, that's mental when you consider I have zero bike no claims and only passed
my DAS this year. It's good being over 40 (Just..) My Audi S3 is under £300 a year full comp and that's
15 grands worth of car with a 155mph top speed. I was paying more than double that for a car
with half the power and a third of the value back in London.
I won't go back, it's only going to get worse there, our capital is fast becoming a massive slum.
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[MC]

Yep. My first year was £360 TPO on a crappy XR. Car insurance I don't even wunna talk about
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[TheArchitect]

I live in zone 3 and pay £360 TPFT+Commuting, with £300 excess. That, considering I commute, isn't too bad even if it is a 250cc.

I think the more central in London you are the higher the premium.
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GSXR 600 K6 - Stolen
GSXR 600 K6 - Stolen
MT09 - Almost stolen

[MC]

I live in zone 3 as well. When I was looking at 250's they were really expensive to insure, a 600 was actually cheaper
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[P.addy]