Need to get a bike back from Edinburgh to North wales.....

[Jamie S]

As the title really, I have been offerd a YBR125 on an 05 plate for 125 quid, its tatty but ridable , it has tax and test.


Now then, I need to get it back the 400 odd miles from edinbugh to north wales:
I plan to get the train up there
Ive worked out 2 options for getting the bike back:

Insure it (£123) and ride it back

Join the AA, get them to bring it back (remove a push rod or somthing equaly unfixable) (would I still need to insure it for the aa to bring it back?)

what would you do ?

[Banned Again]

What should you do more like, as i would ride it back .. !

Theres some companys that do multi bike drops that some bcf member know of, about 60 quid est ....

Have you tried more than one temp insurance company .. ? or your own insurance company .. ??

edit .. 125cc ,, train might take it in cargo, ... might ..

Good luck ..

[crazyjoyce]

temp bike cover it, covered myself (19), on my cbf600 for 2 days = £30 or something for 2 days

[Jamie S]

Haven't thought about temp cover, where could I find such a company ?

[Skudd]

Insure it and ride. will take a day to do but easier in the end.
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[NickD]

Ride it!

Make sure you're covered for breakdowns just in case, but go up there nice and early and have a steady plod back.

Sure it'll be a challenge, but it'll be an experience, and in a few years time when you're hacking across Europe, or doing the 4 corners ride or John 'O' Groats to Lands end, you'll look back and realise how little adventures like that contributed to your ability to just get up, plan a route, pack some stuff and bugger off on your bike!
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[Jamie S]

[imanupstart]

Ride it! 400 miles on a 125 is boasting material down the pub

[nick.h]

£20 is all you need. Found this to use to get a car home, before i insure it.

https://www.hpicheck.com/

to this....

https://www.hpicheck.com/driveaway.html

Cheers, Nick
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[G]

Last time I checked, the free insurance for new vehicles was only available for cars, may be different now.

Remember there's a 14 day 'cooling off' period for insurance, for which you should be able to get a refund without a cancellation fee.

I recently got insured on a GSXR I was looking at on a Saturday, then rang up first thing Monday because I did not buy it.
For the day and half's insurance they refunded me what I paid minus 1p! I think they must have only just put it through on Monday morning when it cancelled, so they only counted it as being active for an hour or whatever.

If you're sure the bike is in good nick (well, relatively), not stolen, etc then I'd be maybe tempted to ask the seller to disable it someway, then ring up and say you're making your own way back with a lift from a friend as need to be back ASAP, can they collect?
Haven't heard of recovery companies asking for insurance, but they do check tax these days.

[.....]

Are you sure it's rideable? You know what some sellers are like, utter liars. For £125 I'd be wary. Have a back up plan to riding it back in case it's a total heap.

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[Ingah]

Carole Nash refund you all your money minus £25 if you cancel your 12-month insurance policy within 14 days (a flat fee of 25 quid...).

That may well be cheaper than short-term insurance.
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[Jamie S]

The bike is known to me, it's off a mate who is emigrating, all it needs is new wheel bearings which I will be doing before heading home.It's only done 10k
Will look in to cancling a policy tomorrow.
Cheers
Jamie

[hmmmnz]

pick it up dude, the ride from edinburgh to wales is a nice one,
if you need a hand ask in the scottish section, im sure vmaxdude or metalken could sort you out if you need to be picked up or need some tools
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[stinkwheel]

Just one thing. Does jamie have a full licence?

It's a bit of an epic run in Winter without motorways. You're pretty much looking A7, A6, A59, A41 meaning you have to go through the centre of Liverpool among other things.

A6 is OK, but can be a bit wild (or even closed) at this time of year going up over Shap summit
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[Charlie]

But it is great fun the A6 over shap. Although I found my 125 was lacking some umpf to enjoy it.
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[Charlie]

I have seen you post about ghost runs a couple of times now... I may have to try it one day and see how scary it is
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[Jamie S]

Well It made it back from southqueens ferry to mine, a total of 289 miles on a 125 four stroke........
Was good fun though, some cracking roads on the way back, the a702 and also the a6 in to kendal to name but a few!

[andyscooter]

too late now but do you drive wouldnt a hire van be easier
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