Originally Posted by Larry (Post 1561851)

Which insurance company did you phone? Is the bike exquisitely fashioned from diamond and gold? Try phoning around, my friend bought a VFR400 about the same time I got my SV, we were 17 and he paid about ?400 TPFT (less than for my SV). I've been with Carole Nash the last couple of years, they seem usually the cheapest for me, give them a try.

Originally Posted by EssexDave (Post 1561395)

Need to get a bike and basically was looking for recommendations.
to give you a quick idea on insurance - I was paying £1000/year fully comp on the brand new SV. They now want £1800 after my accident for fully comp
so I'm thinking older bike and just take TPFT. which means...

Something like an IL4 (one of the older ones) could be a good bet as I've been quoted £1600 fully comp on a gsxr600 (99 model) so TPFT should be closer to £1k what I was paying before.

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero (Post 1561859)

ello larry, was it you who came up to me and maria nd had a chat in little chef :D

Originally Posted by sinbad (Post 1562024)

What you get depends on the depth of your pocket.

If I were you I'd be more than happy with a CB500/ER5/GS500 for a year or two, they move, and on a 33bhp license there's really no point in insuring anything more potent is there?

Originally Posted by Larry (Post 1562095)

I'd happily pay more for some handling capability!