600 insurance

[steve09]

Heya
im 17 just started riding my Af1 (when i get it going)i have planed too doo my test around september october time of this year,
a freind of my dads has a few 600s (3 sons) for sale as they have all given up riding,
he said i could buy one of him and pay him soo much each month,
my question is will i ever get insurance for one as ill still be 17?
he has a
Zx6r
Cbr6
and a duke 600ss (my fav)
i know the duke has less BHP than the other 2 will it be cheaper too insure?
cheers
steve

[G]

The duke isn't a 'real' sports bike, so should be considerably lower insurance, though it will be raised a bit thanks to the ducati badge. Obviously don't expect the performance the other two will offer (think about half the power for the Ducati).

[steve09]

i see,
well is anyone on this forum 17 with insurance for a 600?
im not sure as i heard about ducatis and engine serviceing being loads becuase of there engine desgin and its a oldish bike soo :-S

[Barker-CBR 600]

Yup.

I am 17 with a 1999 CBR 600, garaged, alarm/immobiliser.

(ZXR is slightly cheaper than CBR i think, dunno about Ducati)

Bikes worth about £3500

Insurance TP - £1000
TPFT - £1400

And i rang around ALOT for those quotes.

Remember that if you pass your test legally you wil have to restrict a 600cc bike to 33BHP if you want to legally ride it on the road.
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[steve09]

ar well thats not too bad thanks,
seeing as i was gettin qoutes for 1500 -1800 for a car hehe
cheers
steve

[Kram]

for my '89 FZR600. i'm getting quotes from 900 and slowly getting lower... that's with one accident and a speed fine. (but has registered alarm, restrictors, registered chain, garaged, and a good area code)
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[steve09]

thats not too bad at all,
i like the fzrs too, cheers mate

[Kram]

got a quote of £594 TPFT guess, i'm going with that one
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[numark1]

[G]

I found the r6 would be more expsenive in general. Did you try other insurers? Different insurers rate different bikes differently.

[numark1]

Yes, my dad phoned around 8-10 for me

Although he only asked about the R6 and thundercat with two brokers.

[G]

When phoning around all the brokers I find about say 7 out of 45 might give me good quotes, the rest pretty crap.

So when you go to get insurance I would phone every comapny in biketrader... or have a look at the various lists of companies we have posted.

[Barker-CBR 600]

I hear that.

I rang over 30 at least, went right through Bike and RiDE and then bike Trader for any i hadnt tried. Although the call centres were the same peopel some of the time!

Out of that i got about 3 good quotes being so young on a 600. So it REALLY does pay to ring around.
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[Gazdaman]

My XJ600 although no where near as sporty, and about 20bhp down on a ZX6r it cost me about 500 pounds TPFT.

I'm 18, 0NCB, but no claims or speeding fines.

A 17 year old on an r6/cbr6rr/gsx-r6/zx6-r is a high risk. They are very nice bikes, very powerfull and that coupled with a lack of experience isn't going to lead to good things.

I'd imagine at least 1000 pounds on any of those bikes. Depends how much money you've got, as those bikes aren't cheap either.

Gaz