Breakdown and accident recovery for bikes

[Paul the 6th]

yeah but he was on a ducati so he clearly deserved it pete

I'm gonna get cover just incase. And now that you've mentioned the low battery on the mobile phone I'm gonna hurry up and fit my cigarette socket sharpish! Is there anything else I should be worried about?

(some previous owner bastid has removed the ktm tool kit so I'm on the prowl for one of them.. in the meantime I've filled my top box with sockets, screwdrivers and multitools )

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Sorry should have said that mobile phone battery is low, so possibly not a chance of ringing 118 118 then trying ten numbers all of whom are on ansaphone. I really can't believe anybody considers 50/60 quid a year is worth saving for all the hassle it could be.

I must admit, i'm currently waiting to get paid so that I can sort out cover for the car AND bike with NCI (rescuemycar.com) for both me and my partner (not that she will EVER ride the bike due to having no license to start with).
It's between £50-60 and it's cheeper than the take you to a garage in the middle of no-where option that bennets and tesco are offering for each policy.

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Sorry should have said that mobile phone battery is low, so possibly not a chance of ringing 118 118 then trying ten numbers all of whom are on ansaphone.

You had better check that your health insurance covers foot and mouth, just in case the field you end up in contains animals.

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

I really can't believe anybody considers 50/60 quid a year is worth saving for all the hassle it could be.

I must be a bit fick then, even though I use NCI, though it wasn't chosen because it includes accident cover, it was chosen for it's European cover.

This is the only policy I've ever had that had included it, but I've never had a policy where I couldn't phone up and pay an extra £200 to be recovered after an accident, and those organisations are never on answerphone.

So if we accept that most big recovery organisations charge you 50-60 quid extra to cover accidents, in the last 5 years that I have never needed it, I've saved myself 250-300 quid. Oh shucks, I've saved more than it would have cost me to pay the extra if I did need it tomorrow, what a firking c0ck up that was!

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Did not Charley and Ewan have a bl00dy great BMW X5 full of spares following them?

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

How on earth do people not named Ewan or Charley, ever manage to ride motorbikes to Mongolia?

You're not reading posts again Pete

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

You had better check that your health insurance covers foot and mouth, just in case the field you end up in contains animals.



I must be a bit fick then, even though I use NCI, though it wasn't chosen because it includes accident cover, it was chosen for it's European cover.

Some people don't even think breakdown insurance is necessary, so they must be even ficker (though if you do ride-outs get some, because other people will make it their problem when you break down).





You're not reading posts again Pete

Jeez, Ralph, wrong time of month?

If you don't want to spend money on cover, fine, but we don't want to worry about having to find the money to get us home should we be unfortunate enough to need to be recovered.

Originally Posted by Lissa

Jeez, Ralph, wrong time of month?

If you don't want to spend money on cover, fine, but we don't want to worry about having to find the money to get us home should we be unfortunate enough to need to be recovered.

Read above, edited since you posted. The money I've saved by not adding it to my AA policy over the last 5 years, is enough to cover the cost of it buying it after the accident if I needed to.

I can absolutely understand if 50 or 60 quid a year is less troublesome for you than finding a bigger chunk of money in an emergency, but like I already said if you need piece of mind, go buy the insurance.

I don't feel I need it, but Pete keeps trying to convince us all that we do.

Lets face it, until recently when the likes of NCI came along, nobody had it on their standard AA/RAC/Green Flag policies, and everyone managed then and is still riding a bike.