More good publicity... NOT.

I agree!

I have been phoning around for insurance quotes for the following 2000
model, 3000ukp machines:

TL1000S (grp 14-16?)

KTM LC4 640 (grp 9-10?)

I have been getting nothing but silly quotes of 450 - 2400 ukp with 300-
600ukp excesses for TPFT, both bikes are generating similar levels of
insane quoting. The TL is occasionally getting a no-quote as well.
Last year I got a quote of 245ukp comp on my bindit.

I've been licenced since '96, have 4yrs NCB, 4 points and am 28 y.o.

I was expecting some high quotes for the TL1000S but this is silly, I
figured there must have been a spate of newbies, born agains and power
rangers killing themselves/binning their bikes and a whole host of
thievery going on as well. Bastards the lot of them, so I figure I will
wait a couple of months until the fuckwits have had their bikes stolen
or killed themselves and the market has calmed down a bit before doing
anything.

 

As SD says down there maybe it's the intention behind the micro-plates
that pisses 'em off.

Bit like the "you're the **** with the radar gun" line really. You
know, when I got stopped for speeding I would have been *so* tempted by
that response in the impulsive way I want to say "yes" to the "were you
involved in Nazi war crimes during 1939..." on the US visa form thing.

 

But not necessarily that they are underskilled and undertrained. That would
make them suicidal fuckwits.

 

I'd have put it differently. You like to draw attention to yourself,
not have a loud pipe do it for you.

 

"Neeeeeeeeeoooooooowwwwwwww!"

 

<g>

 

Dave Swindell says...

But you don't ride a proper bike, you drive a tricycle.

 

Only for the past ten years squire. So what were the fuzz doing when I
was young and irresponsible? But still aware ;-)

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PS. When my Diversion was new and tight I did Glasgow to Alt-Berg in
Richmond at an average of just over 90 mph, with a sidecar on %-)) A
notorious bit of road for the jocks in blue, saw a couple of police cars
and moderated my driving till out of sight, but still not stopped.

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Kevin Lambert wrote

No, those are the ones who have got a mate who knows a bloke who has
done an IAM course.

 

steve auvache said:

<chomp>

And half (or more) of the cunts that have done the IAM exam. Pass a
simple fucking observed ride that they should be able to do the day
after their CBT and they think they are Rossi and every fucking road is
Le Mans - only at 49.9mph.

 

49.9, you lucky bastard. We don't have roads with straights long enough
round here for them to go that fast.

 

That A272's a cool road. I lived right next to it for nearly 10 years,
and about half a mile away for 10 years before that[1]

[1] When I had a pedal powered chopper