Suzuki 1250 First Bike - insurance

Baggins · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 27 Apr 2016 Karma :

Just passed Mod 2 today. Would like a Bandit - anyone gone that way for first 'big bike' - and got decent insurance cover.

Have a 125 but not even 1 years no claim bonus yet!

I am mid 50s - if that will help with cover!

Vifferguy · Banned Joined: 31 Aug 2016 Karma :

https://www.thebikeinsurer.co.uk/cheapest-quote-mb/?refid=GPPC-MQS-p-c-1t1&gclid=CjwKEAjwmMS-BRCm5dn51JLbp1wSJACc61tF4PcLmRzB7MLSgPSWv0Og2eS5Aw8Qkmab3FAbvvEomRoCy7Lw_wcB

You can do the rest yourself..................... Wink

PS, the Bandit also comes in over 50's user friendly size of 600cc!!!!

NJD · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Mar 2015 Karma :

Insurance is a lottery.

Either wait until the current policy is up and the no claims bonus has been gained or buy the bike now and cough up for admin fee's etc mid policy to swap the new bike over. Comments of some insurers not swapping 125 for bigger bikes so keep that in mind, no personal experience.

Google motorbike insurance comparison website and run a dummy quote for the furthest date possible with 1 years NCB and see what you get as an idea of what it would cost come renewal.

Worse case buy bike, cancel current insurance and new policy with 0 ncb on Bandit if you're unable to wait.
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andyscooter · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 May 2009 Karma :

get multi bike policy keep 125 on that as well
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talkToTheHat · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Karma :

I like the ergonomics of the bandits. Mines a mkII 600. performance is adequate, handling is very planted and reassuring. It's also really comfortable and the only bik i've ridden that I'd even considered b-roading it from doncaster to the new forest in a day. It's plenty good two-up and with hard boxes on the sides and tail they can carry a ridiculous amount of stuff.

The 12 survives because it's a damn good bike and is brilliant value. there are better bikes out there, but not for the same money.

Bandits do seem to carry a bit of an insurance hike. I'm high risk due to my annual mileage, address and employment situation which doesn't help, but I found my bandit costing me about 40% more than a cruiser of similar capacity, that said quite a few sports tourers were similar money to insure. VFR800, bandit 12, Fazer, Hornet all within £50 of each other.
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