Bike recovery/breakdown services

[writernick]

Does anybody use a breakdown & recovery service for their bike and if so are they worth the money?
I had a problem a month ago and had to get a garage to recover it, they had it for a month during which time they went out of business I finally got it back today.

[J.M.]

I'm on a family plan with GEM at about £120 a year. It covers 4 people in any vehicle. I have called them out twice. Once to fix a problem, once to be recovered
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[woo]

im with https://www.sos-motorcycle-recovery.co.uk/

they actually are trained bike mechanics unlike AA or RAC who mostly know about cars and always send the wrong truck to you if you need recovering hence why i left AA and RAC
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Elen sila lummen omentielvo!

[J.M.]

[Rogerborg]

https://www.autoaidbreakdown.co.uk/

Auto Aid, £39 a year, self and spouse, any vehicle (some debate about 125cc and under bikes, but the actual contract doesn't prohibit them).

Then get phone numbers for whatever bike specific breakdown service you want, pay them whatever you need to up front by credit card, and get it reimbursed by Auto Aid later.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Grouch]

I get free RAC breakdown cover with my insurance through MCE, which I needed a few weeks ago. My wheel bearings went and I was 10 miles from home (just inside their limit) it took them 3 hours to come though.

[Shinigami]

i'm with startrescue.

They don't use their own vehicles they subcontract other recovery businesses I think, £30 for the year,

when the battery went on the 125 had no issues at all when they sent someone out from durham (20 miles ish away from where I was) took about an hour for them to arrive and then they took me back to my house with the bike (another 20 miles away) without a grumble, the driver was friendly and chatted about the bike as he hadn't come across a cityfly before.
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Current: Honda City Fly CLR125 2003 Honda CB600F Hornet 2008 Yamaha FZ6 S2 + 1991 Kawasaki GPZ500
"Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

[DrDonnyBrago]

Autoaid.

[Ingah]

[redelmo]

[thepuma]

I just bought a New Honda and it come with 2 years full breakdown cover including homestart...not to be sniffed at. Hopefully ill never need to use it. Dont know who its actually with yet...not got the bike yet.
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YBR125 (SOLD) - CBR250R(SOLD) - CBR650F(SOLD) Current - Street Triple
765 RS

[Moo.]