BREAKDOWN SERVICES ??????????????

[detainer]

Anyone care to recommend a decent breakdown service for bikers?
My only experience has been with Green Flag who took 5 hours to recover me LESS that 18 miles last January, freezing cold, Pi**ing down and getting darker by the second.

Didn't seem to make any difference to them that I'm over 70 years old and diabetic.
I was in a built up area not in the middle of nowhere so I'm reluctant to renew my subscription with them.
Thanks.

[rpsmith79]

[ThunderGuts]

When I was with Carole Nash they had "built in" breakdown cover with the insurance; used the breakdown once and they came in about an hour, tried to fix it, couldn't, put the bike into the back of the vehicle (proper bike tie down area) and took me and the bike home.

I'm with Green Flag at the moment so slightly concerned by your experience of them though
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[arry]

StartRescue - especially if you have more than one vehicle.

[UnknownStuntm...]

Dunno about breakdown services but there should be a tax on question marks.

[detainer]

Oh My God.
How much is that going to cost me?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[ThatDippyTwat]

RAC were good with me. Told them the bike had spat it's oil out and they didn't piss around trying to send someone to fix something that couldn't be fixed without specific parts. Flatbed to my location, and dropped it off at home. From what I read it may vary depending on your location, so you may want to google a bit deeper.
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[Polarbear]

I've had good and bad with both the AA & RAC. I stay with them as I have family cover for myself, wifie and daughter 2 with any vehicle.

I normally just swap between them depending which is the cheapest.

On average, I would probably say AA is just that bit better for bikes as they came with a dedicated bike trailer rather than using a flatbed car transporter.
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[colink98]

[arry]

[Ayrton]

Had a terrible experience with RAC when in my car, with them outsourcing the recovery and giving the guy the wrong phone number and road. Spent 6 hours in my car (phone had died) until some lady who saw me there hours earlier gave me a lift home I feel bad for the recovery guy who later told me he was driving in circles for 4 hours...

I think it really matters what your location is as the recovery guy told me Green Flag are best for my area. That's not really very helpful when your far from home though.

[Skudd]

I've used the RAC for the best part of 30 odd years, I did go with the insurance cover brake-down for a short while but was stung big time and my Dad's RAC cover sorted me so I went back to them. I was let down about 26 years ago where my now ex-wife had to wait 4 hours, but that was a tech issue of a new system, They have prioritized my wife a few times because she was a lone female and I will always let the RAC put vulnerable people first before me.

I'm covered for loads of stuff including home start and other useful stuff. The wife was only £30 more and she is covered for everything I am too, that's for 3 cars and 4 motorbikes.

Yes you do pay for it, but with the mileage I was doing and the importance of getting things sorted for me, I think it's well worth the money.
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[detainer]

I do appreciate everything that people have said regarding this topic and also the time & trouble you've all taken to reply.
seems to me that this START rescue could well be the way for mt to go, so thanks again to you all.

[Brava210]

I have worked for the AA for 15 years, previous to that I was a Green Flag Tech.
I went with GEM Motoring Assist as they include Vans, Trailers, Motorcycles in the standard cover
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