daveinlim

My situation is pretty close to yours but I have a few years NCB and my insurance quotes are double yours. God I need to get out of London

Buying a Chinese bike will probably depreciate more than a Japanese bike. It will probably be easier to sell on when too when the time comes.

I've renewed on my 125. I've a list of bikes, all under 650 cc that I'd be happy on but insurance is too high and I'm. It willing to spend that much. Might as well just get taxis everywhere at them rates

Done my renewal. Unfortunately MCE still well cheaper. However the quote (even though I have another year NCB) has gone up £50. Excess has come down from £1k to 650.

Thanks this is helpful. My renewal is mid February. Going getting some quotes this morning and hoping I don't have to sell a kidney

Yeah same for me. Helmets and gloves are all very different for various manufacturers.

I've got RST "blade" two piece suit in black. I've it advertised on here. Need rid so open to an offer. Based in London

It's going to make for a lot of fun in central London at commuter hours

They will have no problems quoting you I just want to have as little issues as I can should I need to claim some day

I've just been on MCE live chat. It's back up and running. They said they are going to honour my policy that is 11/12 fulfilled. One thing I asked is that having a few years NCB and just done my das they said to put the original date of obtaining my provisional licence as the date for my licence. I'd have thought that I would put in the date I did my DAS.

Lidl have something similar this week. £30 and it goes up to 60psi. No idea how accurate it is though. It does look larger than your one so may not be as portable

I'm moving slightly out of London soon. Put the quotes in for the new area I'll be in and quotes are 1/3 of what they are for now.

hjc are a big well known brand, they make a lot of great helmets. They don't have a lot of fancy extras that others might have but having said that they do tend to offer great bang for your buck. I don't know this lid but I've had a couple of hjc in the past and been happy with them all. They tend to get 4 or 5 stars in SHARP tests so I doubt you can go wrong as long as it fits well.

Insurance is just a joke. I'm looking for a new commuter bike. Quotes on a random assortment.of bikes. 3 yr NCB 35+ no points, downside is parked on street. 2020 BMW g310r 950 2020 Benelli leoncino 1400 2020 cbr500 1800 2020 cb500 1700 2016 cb650f 1200 2017 er6n 1100 2014 sv650s 800 2010 gsx650f 1950. Bike sure we're £2,800 on a bike that's valued at £3,500. What a farce. None of these bikes are over 90bhp, none of them valued at over £5k yet insurance quotes are all coming in on average at 25% of the value of the bike. What was the point in doing my DAS.

What's your budget, licence held, does it need to be ulez compliant? I'm basically looking for the same thing. 90% city riding with a bit or a road and motorway. Something narrow for nipping through traffic. I'd need something that doesn't get charged for London, so euro 3+ and under £4k so it's not something theives will desire

Dealers offering insurance on bikes could help. It would be more competition at least

That's it. I don't think driving in London is all that more dangerous than anywhere else but the risk of theft is significantly higher than anywhere else in UK. Theft to use the bike in further crimes and theft to actually sell the bike on. Given that many in London won't have off street parking then the insurers can further bump up their prices. Even with crime rates falling it's not reflected in quotes

I'd imagine a lot. I'm with them and they were quoting me well under half what the next highest was. I use my bike primarily to commute. Im working from home most days now and if insurance jumps up I don't know if I can justify the cost. I'm not paying £1k a year in insurance on a £2k bike.

I've asked them to send my NCB too. I doubt they will.

Seeing as there are huge waiting times for CBT up and down the country I'd say go book it now rather than wait until a couple of weeks beforehand.

Wear you glasses when you ride. Most helmet manufacturers put in grooves on the inside lining that allow space for glasses. Most helmets can be worn with the visor open either completely or just open a crack to let air in. But check your manufacturers details for that. On the bike in stop start traffic keep the visor open a tad. It will help a lot with your glasses. Also get a 'pin lock' for the visor. Wherever you buy your helmet will sell them and install it. For your first helmet don't buy online, go to a store and get fitted properly. Infinity motorcycles or j&s accessories are great shops both in hanger lane. Finally, on glasses you can get wipes that help stop them fogging up. I use one ingot on eBay called re+spire. I think it's £9. Wipe your glasses once a day and it'll last a year.

I was 34 when I started. I did my CBT and DAS with phoenix in crystal palace, although I think they have a few locations. Prior to the day I did my CBT I had never been on a bike and it was well over a decade since being on a bicycle. CBT is training, not necessarily a test. They will start the day classroom style talking about how bikes and the controls work. Then you'll sit on the bike and just rock it back and forth on the clutch, then drive in 1st gear in straight lines and circles and then move on to other parts from there. My point being, tell the instructor that you've no idea and they should take you through everything from scratch. Nothing to be afraid of. At the very least you'll have a fun day out for a little over £100. I did the same with the YouTube videos. Mcrider, motojitsu, rhj motorcycle training are some good channels but there's tons of good channels to learn from.

I think I'll need to give ye a call. What hours is that line open

As far as I can tell you'll be entitled to a min of 90% of your pro rata policy from fscs

Should be cover from fscs is 90% of what you're owed.