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Champion

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Insurance - Fully Comp or TPFT?


Time to renew and I'm not sure which way to go...

They both cost the same but Fully Comp has maditory £400 excess but TPFT only has £100.

Previously I had decided theft was unlikley as this is a safe area and my bike is very well locked (plus who'd want it lol). Now I bike/camp more so my bike gets left with just a disk lock so could be more likely to get lifted.

Most likley accident (RTA) I can imagine would be on a single track country lane and would be a low speed head on (have had several near misses like this already).

In this instance it would most likley be "knock for knock" so there would be no pay out if TPFT but some payout if Fully comp However there wouldn't be any point in claiming if there is a £400 ecess?

I could buy a whole front end for less than that on fleabay.

So good people....

What are your thoughts on this?confuse



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Alright if its a slight knock get new forks and front wheel but a twisted frame whats that going to cost

Fully comp with Carole Nash is the only way for me



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Clubman B

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Never saw the point of fully comp on my trail bike...if it breaks i'll fix it myself. TPFT for me on the DRZ.

The way I see it is if I ever had a crash which left the bike in a state where I couldn't afford to fix it then i'll probably be in hospital anyway disbelief



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fully comp for me as it was cheaper than tpft for some daft reason £85 excess.

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Not really any option on my insurance - all fully comprehensive on a single policy. disbelief

I'm with Footman James, insured through my VMCC eligible vintage bike = comprehensive.

My four other bikes are tagged onto this and they range from 1926 BSA to 2005 Bandit 1200 - the TTR is incidental. biggrin

Martyn



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TP and a big dog?



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Elite

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Just had my insurers on the phone, got two bikes cheaper than I paid for one for most of last year.  Bleddy con though, excess on both bikes is £500 a peice, when I expressed surprise ("holy f*ck!") she said it's because of fraudulent claims put in by people so honest riders have to pay for that.  As bad as bankers, solicitors and the rest furious



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gaschef wrote:

Alright if its a slight knock get new forks and front wheel but a twisted frame whats that going to cost

Fully comp with Carole Nash is the only way for me


 Fully comp and Carol Nash for me tosmile



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Champion

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Seems I can have the best of both worlds, Fully Comp with less excess but it adds a little to the cost.

Not as much as telling them my bike isn't standard though which is very odd as my modifications only make the bike road legal.confuse



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SUZUKI DRZ400E fully comp with breakdown cover Swinton bike. A bargin price...

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drj wrote:

SUZUKI DRZ400E fully comp with breakdown cover Swinton bike. A bargin price...


How much?

My quotes for Swinton & Bennets were coming back at just under £50 Fully comp or TPFT.

Knocking the excess down (and mainly telling them about the mods) put one of them up to about £70, the other declined to quote.



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fully comp.5 years no claims.bike license for 26 years.instructor/star rider £55 breakdown is £4 month.did not tell insur about any mods but they did know the e model was competition model.

insure through swinton bikes.Zenith freedom bike policy.

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