zetec
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 posted on 1/6/11 at 04:20 PM |
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Scooter Insurance... How much!
I'm looking to get a Honda 125 scooter. I'm 46 with a clean car licence for 29 years. My car insurance is £270 for 20K miles a year, MK
Indy £108 a year...so how much can a scooter be??
£330! for 3K miles...How can this be? Any tips on getting it down?
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 04:26 PM |
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Move House?
Is it a post code thing?
I have an 883 Harley insured, cost £109.
My Locost about the same , it's a good deal for the insurers as I dont ride or drive either of them!!!
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Humbug
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 04:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
Is it a post code thing?
I have an 883 Harley insured, cost £109.
My Locost about the same , it's a good deal for the insurers as I dont ride or drive either of them!!!
Could be, if you will live in Laaahnden 
[Edited on 01.06.2011 by Humbug]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 04:58 PM |
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Nope been here. Its down to risk ??????????????
I could insure a 1000cc sports tourer for less than a 100cc twist ang go.
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owelly
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 05:11 PM |
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Ditto.
I bought a Honda C90 to do a charity ride from John O'Groats to Landsend. The insurance was £245. At the time I also had a GSX750 and that was
£125......go figure!
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ashg
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 05:33 PM |
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simple fact is that kids pinch scooters and ride round fields you dont tend to see them doing it with 1000cc super bikes
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zetec
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 05:49 PM |
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The ways things are stacking up I might as well pinch one and pay the fine! Called Honda to check servicing cost, they say £75 every 2.5k miles with
increase to £100 for a major! So could be £400 for 12k miles if I went that route (not that I will) seems to be a nice little earner for everyone but
the buyer. How on earth do all those kids run them...
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 06:08 PM |
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they aint doing 12k miles
With some small diesel tin tops doing 70-80mpg there is not longer a cost saving in running a scooter in my opinion.
Do you have a full bike licence, how long for and how many years no claims? If your on a 125 as a learner it will be more expensive...
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franky
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 06:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zetec
I'm looking to get a Honda 125 scooter. I'm 46 with a clean car licence for 29 years. My car insurance is £270 for 20K miles a year, MK
Indy £108 a year...so how much can a scooter be??
£330! for 3K miles...How can this be? Any tips on getting it down?
Fit a 750cc engine and the cost will come down
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rf900rush
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 08:11 PM |
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Had a honda CBR400RR a few years back.
Got 50mpg riding it sensibly. Less than £90 TPFT for the last 3 years.
Low tax rate.
New Chain and exhust 1st year then just OIL and pads tyres from then on.
Bigger bike tend to eat tires.
5k miles per set. and thats £200ish.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 4/6/11 at 12:21 AM |
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Last year (before missus got her car back on the road) 55 plate Aprilia sr50 was going to cost me about £80-90 for the year...
Then again you could always do this
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eddbaz
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| posted on 4/6/11 at 04:13 AM |
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I commute 80miles a day on a 125cc bike,I'm averaging over 100mpg,£16 a year road tax £65 insurance. Making a big saving even compared to the
latest fuel efficient cars.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 4/6/11 at 04:26 AM |
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EIGHTY miles a day? That's a big commute on a 125, how long does that take you? I was stationed about 15 ish miles from home for a while and
that was a best-part-of-an-hour commute on the moped (although the 6am traffic was non-existent and I could go full whack all the way)
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 12:43 PM |
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£330! Crazy
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ashg
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 01:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zetec
The ways things are stacking up I might as well pinch one and pay the fine! Called Honda to check servicing cost, they say £75 every 2.5k miles with
increase to £100 for a major! So could be £400 for 12k miles if I went that route (not that I will) seems to be a nice little earner for everyone but
the buyer. How on earth do all those kids run them...
they don't, their parents do.
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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