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Juvenilerider
14-02-2006, 01:54 PM
... insurance companies!

How can it cost me less to get insured on an '04 'Blade worth £5000 than it does for an '02 SP2 worth £5000??

And not less by a few pence, it's nearly a £1000 cheaper on the 'Blade, it's still stupid money but, what's going on???
Lateshift
14-02-2006, 05:29 PM
Blade is seen as a run of the mill sportsbike, the SP2 is viewed as 1000cc superbike/race replica

strange but true ;)
Juvenilerider
14-02-2006, 05:40 PM
That's odd - insurance doesnt make sense, thanks for clearing it up though :D
Lateshift
14-02-2006, 05:48 PM
insurance is a licence to print money thats all ;)
RaceMeNSee
14-02-2006, 05:53 PM
isnt it what you do for a living?
FasterThanU
14-02-2006, 07:41 PM
but the 04 blade make more brake and weighs less The president is right though (i think we should change the name of the forum to ASK LATESHIFT.com)
winjaninja
14-02-2006, 07:45 PM
The Blade is the most stolen bike in the UK
FasterThanU
14-02-2006, 07:47 PM
the crown used to belong to the KMX125 they practically made em stolen
Lateshift
14-02-2006, 07:50 PM
but that goes to show that its not just down to that, although they would have you believe its all to do with "nickability" ;)

My ZX9R has a shed load more horse power than the Mille but a smaller engine and costs more to insure, even though the Mille is essentially a track replica and costs more to repair ;)

And when i have looked through insurance quotes i have seen some right weird ones, a while ago i could get insured on a GSXR750 but with a few companies they were quoting more than an SP1, yet an SP2 was quoted less on the same sites :D :D :D

How they worked that one out i never know
Juvenilerider
14-02-2006, 08:03 PM
None of it makes sense I think we can officially say - insurance companies are spastics? everyone together now...
DJMCJERICO
14-02-2006, 09:55 PM
I went to insure my bike with chalkwell insurance a couple of years back, but they would only insure me fire and theft if it was kept off the road at night, wnkers!
kasandrich
15-02-2006, 10:07 PM
Does that statement about isurance companies include all employees of insurance companies?
porka
15-02-2006, 10:24 PM
no but the companys are big gay retards im with sam on this one.
Juvenilerider
16-02-2006, 08:20 AM
Does that statement about isurance companies include all employees of insurance companies?

Only in my case :D

I think it's more the Underwritters than the insurance companies but it still doesn't make sense.