Got the Insurance Renewal Letter today...

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:16:23 -0600, "Christofire" <chris DeleteThis @ukrm.org>
wrote:

>I was sort of dreading this.
>
>I got the daytona in part because it was a "big" bike, but the
>insurance was much less than the jap litre sportsbikes. As "What is the
>largest capacity motorcycle you've been riding in the last x years?"
>was a question that was creeping in (in various forms and variations) I
>thought the daytona would be a nice stepping stone.
>
>It was an extra £250ish to swap the £500ish FC policy on the daytona to
>the 10R for the remaining 10 months. Not too bad I thought, having paid
>more than that for the first year on the daytona. No doubt there'd be a
>big increase next year, but if it comes to it I'll have to sell the
>bike and get something else. At least I'll have 10 months of my dream
>bike.
>
>So today I get in to find a letter from Motorcycle Direct. Oh-oh. Rip
>it open, and find the word "renewal". Ah well. It's been a good year.
>
>It's even better now it's going to be 2/3rds last year's premium,
>including commuting, pillions, etc. I'll have a hunt round, but I think
>I'll be sticking with MD.

Mine was up for renewal this Sunday and after a bit of negotiating
with CN I got it down to £298 and I'm still covered on other peoples
bikes.

The original quote for the same cover but with the FZR250 on it as
well was £540. I find it amazing that the FZR was effectively an extra
£242 to insure and decided that I wouldn't bother insuring it.