premiums worked out to 27% of bikes value. Just plain stupid.
premiums worked out to 27% of bikes value. Just plain stupid.
You mean that prickthat used to tell me and Jeff to pull our heads in and try to act responsibly
especially when we arrived back with Robbie Deans in tow and our bikes hanging of the trailers
cause we were racing home from Puke at over a 100mph with the old KOON and a box on the front seat
How the hell are ya mate![]()
You can get insurance on any licence provided you are riding a bike with the correct cc rating for your licence, as stated in your licence conditions. A learners licence for example, restricts you to 250cc bikes....so as long as you dont break the law that way the licence should have no immediate bearing on insurance.
If you are decent sized bloke like me you can fill out a form and be allowed to ride a bigger bike. I can't rember the forms name but you take a photo of you on a tiny bike like a scooter and then on a say 600 sports tourer send it in with the form and all of a sudden you are able to ride the big bike on a learners
i'd rather not take the chance with some of the fuckwit retard drivers i see down here ..
my last accident 3 years ago, i was sitting at a light .. not splitting.. first in line .. guy in a delivery van cuts a corner by over a metre and goes right into my headlight .. i was well within my lane.. both feet down and i get hit writing off the front of my FJ.. $8000 worth of damage and somehow it turned out that it was a ' no-fault' accident.. but HE ran the yellow and hit a stationary vehicle..
my dome bounced off his hood.. my bike ended up 2 feet shorter and i had to claim because no-one was at fault ..
thankfully.. i was working at a bike shop at the time .. i got employee discounts on parts ( upgrades were cheaper than OEM anyway) .. i could do a few things myself... and i had an inside line to Protecta who agreed not to write it off ...
so yea i'll pay for good insurance .. its stupid not to have it from a reputable company who you can trust ..
i dont hang around for long when i go out on a ride .. on the off chance that i run out of talent on the entrance to a corner, overcook it and highside.. i want my bike back as good or better than it was ..
no, i dont want a new bike .. i have too much blood , sweat and tears as well as close to $7000 invested in it AFTER the purchase price ..i bought the FJ out of the container, fresh from Japan and had it dropped off at my house where i assembled it and serviced it myself..pretty much like giving birth to it..i want a company that will understand that and get me back on the road ASAP on MY bike.
my cage is insured 3rd party/ fire/ theft.. that dont matter.. costs me $200 a year and im good with that..
my bike is part of me however and the company i insure with will understand that before they see one dollar out of me
buy all the hot shit new models you want .. its a special relationship you develop with a machine you build yourself..its not the fastest on the planet .. ive had my ass handed to me by a few bikes..(its not slow in anyones book however,,) it wont handle like a Gixxer and it dont brake like an R1.. this is a bike you have to actually RIDE..not just point it into a corner and hang on..
us older guys who know how to do more than just bolt pipes on know what i mean.. bikes were not throwaway in our day.. ask around as to how many of us built a bike out of a few boxes of bits and you will understand what it feels like
there IS a difference between a Biker and someone who rides bikes
im a biker..
Cheers sarge I couldn't remember the name but that should help out a few people out
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