yamaha r6 at 17...

[jayluvmito]

think insurance will be expensive? i can get a new r6 for about £5500 and i kno my mate pays £800 to insure a hornet. i live in a high risk area, so does any body know about this? thanks


edit, meantr £800

[Bendy]

Phone some insurance companies and get quotes, it's very simple.

[froggy128]

thundercat 600 might be cheaper, am 17 and the thundecat is £400 less

[impaler]

[jayluvmito]

[impaler]

I probably should have guessed that myself...
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Hi

An R6 is a far higher insurance group, and a new one at £5500 would be very expensive to insure (and some companies will not insure bikes of that kind of value for anything other than fully comp).

All the best

Keith
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[kb-zxr]

Best thing to do is get quotes before you buy the bike, or see if you can get it as part of a deal if it is new from a dealer.

Have you bought it already?

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Hi

How much experience have you got?

All the best

Keith
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[Hennessy]

hey, I've recently bought a 2004 Yamaha R6 for £5700 brand new! I'm 18 and as I pass my test next week my insurance is £1067 TPFT from Carole Nash... I got some mad qutoes for £3800, and £4000 so here's some tips;

Search around all insurance companies
Don't buy a 2005 model, will ^ the price of insurance
Say the bike is worth £5000, saying my bike was worth £5700 ^ my quote by £350
Make sure you have a brick built garage and a good alarm system, will also help!
Give Carole Nash a ring, or MC Direct... my cheapest quotes!

If you feel it necessary to not do this you will end up with a quote of nearing £1800 TPFT

-Hennessy
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[jayluvmito]

wel i have no experiance...i havent bought the bike, i have a sv650sk3 but i might give it back for a r6 is i could get a £1300 insurance quote...

and hennesey, this is a 204 model, the 2005 model is £5995, and for addition of usd's whihc i would never push the their limit i wouldnt bother....just get these sorted is i ever felt the need! might have a ring to carole nash on monday. then

[Hennessy]

[jayluvmito]

[Hennessy]

well for a start the SV650S only produces 70bhp, where as the R6 produces 119bhp... The restrictor obviously restricts it to a 33bhp on both machines but the power seems different somehow I duno if its just me or the SV, but the SV seems sluggush and don't seem to want to corner as well as what the R6 does.

If you get one you will notice the difference! Maybe some technical person can care to explain?

-Hennessy
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[jayluvmito]

yea...spose i just gotta be sensible. and the r6 should corner sliiightly better. lol

[Hennessy]

well they are supposedly the same weight 169kg, so power to weight ratio may have some effect on this... My mate has bought a SV650S K4 and is dissapointed in the way it corners and the power it produces at certain levels.

I say Supersports all the way, much more fun!

-Hennessy
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[DynaMight]

The SV650 will be the better bike restricted (handling aside), it'll have more torque and you'll be able to use more of the rev range. Saying that you may find the R6 has a better top end due to the fairing etc.

It's upto you at the end of the day.

Also they'll be realistically around 100-105BHP for the R6 and 60-65BHP for the SV650.
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[MarJay]

Don't buy an R6 - SV650s crash better and you are a newbie.

Sorry.
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