Motorcycle breakdown

TOM M · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Karma :

I havent got the breakdown on my insurance, does anyone know of a good company to go with that are fairly cheap?????

Do the AA, RAC etc cover bikes????????

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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Rarely hear good stuff about the AA and RAC.

I use internation breakdown (google for it) - it's £68 for 'personal' cover, so that's whatever vehcile you're in, rider, driver or passenger, including 7 other passengers, recovery after accidents etc, etc.

Definitely been worth the money for me Thumbs Up

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Ducati750s · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 01 May 2005 Karma :

Yup the AA cover bikes on a normal policy.

Other than having to wait an hour for them to arrive, I found the AA to be great when I had a burst rear tyre. It was lashing it down with rain but the guy was more than happy to take his time putting my bike onto the flat bed, he asked me if I was happy how he had fixed it, I said I'd prefer the straps to go around the main-frame rather than the pillion-peg brackets, so he spent another 5 mins adjusting them. We were soaked to the skin by the time we got into the cab. He never complained once. He wasn't a biker, but said he apreciated how unnerving it must be to have a bike strapped up on a wet flat bed truck.

I was very impressed.

I don't like the fact they won't rescue you if you crash and your vehicle isn't on the highway anymore. Then they charge you a small fortune Sad

Fruit'n'nut · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Karma :

https://www.ncionline.co.uk/

I'm with them - not used them yet, but have heard good things from friends who have used them in the past.

I had AA cover previously, called them out once for a puncture (started carrying my own repair kit afterwards) - very good, but I was put off by their policies not covering recovery after a crash as Ducati750s has mentioned above.

(I believe that particular policy may have changed since, but I'm not sure)
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iCraig · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Karma :

With NCI Online here too, there excellent and very cheap.

I have vehicle based cover, so its cheaper than personal cover, its easy to move it to another bike too.

I've rang them out twice now, once they sent Midlands Recovery who arrived with in 15 minutes and got me back up and running, and on my way.
The other time they sent a company whom I don't remember the name of, but they recovered the bike carefully and with professionalism and even took me home after recovering the bike to a dealership.

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amnesia · Spanner Monkey Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Karma :

I called the AA out to my bike when it refused to start....having told the phone operator the problem they turned up after about 40 minutes or so not equipped to move my bike when they couldn't fix it - so they had to call for another patrol to recover me - which was an hour later.

Good job I was sat in a pub and not out in the cold.

I wrote to the AA to complain but they fobbed me off. I am very unimpressed with their treatment of bikes from my experience. Personally I think they should send a patrol out capable of recovering two wheels if that is what the call out is for.
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bigdazz · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Karma :

europ assist is £40 for the year for all of europe.
only used them once when my immobiliser packed up at newlands corner took about an hour. but it was on a sunday.

Johnny GSX-R · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Karma :

AA for me too, had a superb service from them on a Bank holiday Monday too. Full lift on a specially designed bike carrier.. Check it out!!

iCraig · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Karma :

On the debate of the AA and RAC, I always found the AA to be good, when my CCT died one of previous casing the engine to rattle like a twat, I rang them out, and they arrived within an hour!
Which I thought was good considering that I was at Old Trafford football stadium on a matchday.

A van arrived the guy quickly assesed that It couldn't be ridden due to fear of mechanical failure, and I thought he was gonna have to ring a flatbed out, but no. He opened up the back of his van, and there was nothing in there, and he pulled out a little ramp from the floor and wheeled my bike in there!
Also found the AA to be good in accidents too, they recovered my bike to my home address without me there and quickly too so I am told.

My experiences with the RAC are much less good, on several occasions the GS500 died on me going to work, one was down to fuel starvation and they sent a patrol truck within about an hour. Considering it was the middle of december it was fecking freezing and it was about 6am in the morning too so they were hardly 'busy'.
The guy in the patrol truck then poked my bike and tried to get it running, and he then said to me that they weren't allowed to take bikes apart and rang for a flatbed!

Another hour and a half wait, and the flatbed arrives!
This happened a few times with them, till in the final few callouts I demanded they sent something that could recover me straight away, which most they did.