Afternoon people and greetings!

[tingus]

I've now just realised my insurance after I got ahold of my licence is almost a grand. It's fricken crazy... Why is it so high...

Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

[seth]

If you haven't paid for the insurance yet shop arround as prices vary wildly .
But you'll be hit hard as a new rider any ncb should help from your old policy

[Red Biker]

Yeah shop around, I would think half that would be realistic based on your circumstances 👍

Just to rub it in I pay £90 😁

[VladTepes]

Just to rub it in I pay £90 😁

yep, special grandmother discount...

[Mick_J]

There is an upside to being an old fart 

[Red Biker]

There is an upside to being an old fart 

@ Vlad, I'd sell her for that!

You speak for yourself MJ !!!  As long as I can still get my leg over I'm happy 

[tingus]

Yea I think it's been short lived, a lot of insurance companies will not touch me with the 1400. Went phoning around today and even with 1 year NCB and when I pass my test in a month or so, I'd be looking just above a grand. Everyone is comparing it to a sports bike.

May actually sell the bike in the end and get something similar but half the power. It's a shame really... It should hold it's value easily of about 3500-3800, with being near mint and having loads of time and additions put into it.

I'll reevaluate my situation later, thanks guys for all the support!

[Red Biker]

Oh no!
Would be interesting to see what the quote is on say a Bandit 600!

Good luck with whichever route you go down 👍

[tingus]

Oh no!
Would be interesting to see what the quote is on say a Bandit 600!

Good luck with whichever route you go down 👍

Gonna keep it in the garage until I pass my test, just starting my DAS lessons tomorrow and got my theory test next Thursday.

It's interesting to know, but someone mentioned to me that these bikes should not depreciate that much. Not sure if that is true though :S

[seth]

Good luck with your training

Your right these bikes are getting more sort after but your never going to make a fortune from one it'll just keep it's price or go up slightly.

[Kiwifruit]

Never that many for sale in NZ. Good ones don't stay for sale long.

[tingus]

Good luck with your training

Your right these bikes are getting more sort after but your never going to make a fortune from one it'll just keep it's price or go up slightly.

Managed to get my quote all the way down to £560 by just changing my profession and decreasing the value of the bike from £3500 to £3499.

Instead of putting web developer into the profession field of Confused.com changed it to data handler and boom £200 knocked off the price. What gives you fricken sit in a seat all day developing sites, how is that bloody dangerous apart from the clients whinging all the time...

[Kiwifruit]

Paper cuts.can be serious !!

[gsxbarmy]

Try "IT Professional" as that covers a whole range of IT professions and see if that makes a difference.

Pick your top 3 from confused.com and then go onto their websites direct and enter your info to see if that makes a difference - after all, you are paying confused.com a commission remember (or they are getting one somehow).

[tingus]

Try "IT Professional" as that covers a whole range of IT professions and see if that makes a difference.

Pick your top 3 from confused.com and then go onto their websites direct and enter your info to see if that makes a difference - after all, you are paying confused.com a commission remember (or they are getting one somehow).

I'll give that a go tomorrow and that's a really good idea with going direct essentially bypassing the middleman. Hopefully it'll come down further.

I'll have to find out what make the alarm on the bike is at some point, see if that drops it too.

Thanks guys for the advice!

Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk