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MalcolmW
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Price of insurance

Postby MalcolmW » Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:08 pm

The insurance for my Oxygen Cargo is coming up for renewal, and there will be a price hike of about 40%, to nearly £150! The insurance is with Chaucer. Does anyone know of another insurer that will give cover for electric vehicles? Last year the price went down; now it's rocketing, despite my making no claims.

Incidentally, the bike is going well, especially since Terry Harding very kindly came a 100-mile round trip and fitted some better batteries, which have transformed the performance.

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby ChrisB » Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:00 pm

I'll be interested in any findings as well, once the DVLA sort out the V5 for my newly aquired EVT4000E scooter I'm going to need insurance and I'm blowed if I'm paying that sort of figure :shock: my Berlingo only costs me around £200 fully comp.

I'll ask Terry who he is with the next time I see him.

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby MalcolmW » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:45 am

By searching the Web I found Rampdale and was given a quote £30 cheaper. www.rampdale.com

They seem to specialise in non-mainstream vehicles from what I can see.

I need to get the bike out of the garage again - I haven't ridden it for nearly two months because I managed to dislocate my shoulder. I just hope it hasn't done too much harm to the batteries.

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby duxuk » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:10 am

Try Adrian Flux. They specialise in kit and specialist vehicles. They have a bike division calle Bikesure. Both my self built trikes are insured with them.

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby PHEV » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:39 am

Last year Footman James wanted just £100 to insure my old Prilly, and I was able to tack 3 other motorcycles to that policy with no extra charge. They generally charge the same tariff as they would for the original unconverted bike. (strange that they then let me add a 750CC bike to a policy taken out for a 125!)
Maybe I just got lucky..

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby MalcolmW » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:05 pm

Adrian Flux have quoted about the same as Rampdale - TPFT at £118. Can't remember whether it's Fully Comp or TPFT at Rampdale.

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby ChrisB » Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:16 pm

PHEV wrote:Last year Footman James wanted just £100 to insure my old Prilly, and I was able to tack 3 other motorcycles to that policy with no extra charge. They generally charge the same tariff as they would for the original unconverted bike. (strange that they then let me add a 750CC bike to a policy taken out for a 125!)
Maybe I just got lucky..

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mmmm I got no where with FJ when I tried to insure my Blingo with them.......maybe I just got unlucky :lol:

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby ChrisB » Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:18 pm

MalcolmW wrote:Adrian Flux have quoted about the same as Rampdale - TPFT at £118. Can't remember whether it's Fully Comp or TPFT at Rampdale.

Malcolm


WHAT :shock: I only pay a couple of hundred for my Berlingo fully comp with agreed value on it :shock: I was hoping a little lecy scooter that can only just do 30mph would cost about £50 :?

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby MalcolmW » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:31 am

That's what I'd have hoped, but obviously I'm seen as a huge risk. I'm 50, with a full bike licence for 32 years, and a couple of years' no claims. If I claimed anything beyond the excess, I'd have pretty well pulverised the machine.

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Re: Price of insurance

Postby Beemer » Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:03 pm

I hope no insurance company reads this but I'm a begger for not renewing the insurance. Give them a week or two then go for a fresh deal with same as you had before.

On my BMW R1100GS they always try to up my insurance by a tenner each year otherwise.
Must add though. All money institutions are on the rob because they are supposedly broke as they devalue our money.

Thanks for the names of your insurers. Will keep them in mind for later ;)

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