insurance and test at 17

[jamie192]

ok insurance and full bike license are the question in here, thanks for looking.

Ok i know its a long way away, but when i hit 17 i want to take my full bike license. my sister has a suzuki gn 125 with i am going to use to take the test on and i was just wondering what riding i should practise like U turns ect to get them better and my riding ability better.

Next question, what are the chances i will be able to be insured on a 600 cc at 17? any at all?

Thanks for your time!

bye for now
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[Barker-CBR 600]

I'm 17 on a 1999 CBR600, insurance is expensive and the odd place tells you they cant cater for your age.. but spend a good hour or so ringing around and you find that you get things like

TPFT - 1200-1400
TP - 950-1100

Thats on a 3.5K bike garaged with alarm/immobiliser and a years NCB. But those dont make a huge difference, its the age thing.

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As for practising on the bike, depends how well you reckon you can pick up on things. If you never ridden a 125 or a geared 50 then you would need quite a few trips to really get the hang of it. Remember you not only gotta be able to ride it, you gotta ride it while doing all the other things (observation, test manuvers etc).

Just practise till you can ride around safely and steadyily, and you can do a safe U turn, emergancy stop and know the bits of the bike (for the show me tell me)
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[Ste]

Cost bit less than 1100 on a '01 ZX6R TPFT at 17 at the start of '03. That was garaged, alarmed and in a group A postcode with CIA. with 0ncb

[Rookie]

If I remember rightly, I was quoted a little under £600, TPO, for a 400cc? May even have been a 600cc, I've done so many hypothetical quotes I can't remember anymore! That was for a 17 yr old, 8 months NCB , private driveway, rural area. Would'nt have been older than a '97. I think it might have been a Kawasaki ZX6R, or a CBR600 or summat.
The thing that really worked for me was to ring around, and quote a false amount from a different company. If one quoted me £300, I'd ring the next one and say 'they quoted me £250'. They'd say 'We'll do it for £230', I'd ring back the other company, and on it goes. You can knock a fair amount off the price if you're willing to do the work.

[Gazdaman]

I'm 18, 0 NCB, £576 TPFT on an XJ600, although this isn't your stereotypical sports bike, it's still VERY rapid.

practise U-turns, every day if you can. I used to get my bike out the garage facing the wrong way EVERY day, just so I had to do a u-turn.

and I could nail a u-turn every time, I could ride around in a small circle until petrol ran out if need be.

practise emergency stops, and then get a few hours before your test.

I did just that, 3 hours lessons the day before, got through with 3 minors.

Gaz