I do lol @ insurance company's

[kerr]

renewal came through today £87, no its not a lot but its went up nearly 25% so i did the usual cocompare thing, changed my name but every other detail exactly the same, got a quote for 49 quid from guess who?
MY current insurance company
I genuenly do think they just pluck a number out of thin air
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aprilia 125 Af1 Futura >> Suzuki gsxr 600 srad >> J1 zx6r >> cbr 600rr >> Speed Triple

[Matt94]

Agreed.
1NCB- Bandit 1200 - £900
VFR800 - £1100
SV1000 - £4000+

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current; beemer 5 series!

[Lord Percy]

I'm keen to know how they react when you tell them the news of their standalone quote being cheaper than their 'valued customer renewal' quote.

[Aff]

1 month left on my policy, they wanted £560 to change the bike to the Fireblade.

Ended up starting another policy with only 1 years no claims on it and got it for £214, ridiculous.
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Current Bikes:Honda 929RR Fireblade, Honda CD200 Benly (Project), Stomp Z2 140
Electric Bike Project

[kerr]

[kerr]

[-LG-]

My favourite was when I was adding business cover to my car.

Phoned them up, went though everything, 'that will be £92.50 Mr JFK'.

Last time I needed business use added it was free! No admin charge or anything.

I decided to double check that I needed it, while I was waiting for a response, I got another quote, same details etc, the difference in price for the year (compared to nine months) was £5!

Phoned them back up, got put though to a manager who said that they always give their best offers to new customers (at least they admitted it!).

In the end, as a 'goodwill' gesture, I just had to pay the admin fee of £17.50.

I very much doubt I'll go back to Admiral/Elephant/Bell again because of it.
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[Banger]

Did my renewal today. Was keen to see how much it went down with my current Insurerer as I, finally, no longer have to declare a full fault accident and a 6 month ban !

Renewal quote of £730 for both bikes . . bare bones policy.

6 calls and an hour on the phone and I've just taken a policy at £301 for both bikes, with a minimal excess !

Thats F/comp, protected no claim bonus AND excess, legal cover etc AND a years AA thrown in. . . oh, not forgetting the free £15 tool kit I qualified for just for getting the quote. . . .

Fuck you Express Insurance . . you obviously don't need my money eh.
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You only get one lap of lifes track . . . . so make it a fast one !
Yamaha . . Keyboards to biking nirvana.

[Hyaon]

I laff at the comparison sites who decide my current bikes are safer than a 600cc...
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Mod2 Passed 30/03/2011!
CBF125>GSF650 Bandit K8>B-King 2008+R1 2002

[kerr]

Soooo after along winded phone call, after refusing there pointless cashback offer i got them down to 57 quid just as well because the next cheapest was bennets .
Lassie had to speak to her manager 3 times, the fun really started when, just out of curiosity i asked if i could get a rough quote in the event of me passing my tests and getting a bigger bike, was passed over to a total of 5 people and just gave up.
For the record this is with swinton bikes.
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aprilia 125 Af1 Futura >> Suzuki gsxr 600 srad >> J1 zx6r >> cbr 600rr >> Speed Triple

[Conon]

I've insured both my bikes with Bennetts this year, despite vowing never to use them after the 3 stickers = 3 modifications fiasco last year. The were cheapest by a good margin. £85 from Bennetts, £130 from second cheapest.
It looks to me like they're desperate to claw back the customers they lost last year.

[Rogerborg]

[kerr]

[Rogerborg]

Horses for courses, but I far prefer keying it in myself rather than relying on Phoney McDrone who will type in any old bollocks to close the sale and hit their target.
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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

[Suntan Sid]