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Azoth Brolly Dolly
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I strongly advise against using the RAC. The RAC is a big name but it has next to no fleet nor a team of mobile bike mechanics to make it worthwhile. The RAC has been silently consigned to the past and is now just a name being milked by a multinational arms and oil conglomerate. It doesn't really have much apart from a call centre.
When it comes to bikes, all they can do with roadside repair are the most basic things: battery charge and maybe temporary tyre repair (plug and CO2). If their mechanic can't fix it, or if it's decided over the phone that they couldn't fix it, then they give you the option of having the bike recovered to an address of your choice or to a nearby garage. In the latter case, they ask you to find one and tell them! Then it's down to you to call around find out where the closest bike garage is, whether it's open, whether they'll receive you, etc. How does the RAC recover your vehicle? Simple. It makes a phone call. There's an operator at the other end of the line, with a PC. He enters details of your location on a website, and he gets a set of quotes. He chooses one (just one, because they don't want to waste time finding the best deal for their customer) to give to you. Then the flatbed recovery truck, run and owned by a subcontractor - often just a man with a van/truck - is sent your way.
I've been left waiting for hours by the 'RAC'. I've also been given the runaround by their depressed and miserable call handlers. In retrospect, I should have never taken out RAC cover.
Do you have a smartphone and a toolkit including a set of tyre plugs and CO2 canisters? You can outperform the RAC easily, on time and price, using these two things. Plug your own tyre to hobble to the next garage. Search online for your man-with-a-van and get more quotes than just one. ____________________ Safety in numbers |
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groovylee World Chat Champion
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the biggest issue i came across when looking for breakdown cover abroad was the 'no bikes older than 16 years' rule.
where the hell did they pluck 16 years old from?
that said, i have brittannia rescue through my nationwide account as recommended by MattB and others. no age limit of vehicle, and a load of other benefits too ____________________ Past - 1988 honda revere 600, 1996 kawasaki gpz500s, 1999 Yamaha R6
Current - 2002 Aprilia RSV1000R & 1999 Kawasaki ZX6R |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 76 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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