buying a bike in manchester
 

i am flying into manchester and would like to buy a bike to tour the gp-wsb-si-circuit this spring does anyboby know a good dealer? what insurance do i need to go to france-italy-spain and maybe more? thanks dan

Dan

My advýce would be to grab a copy of býke trader and pick something that takes your fancy. Dealers in the UK are all pretty sýmýlar - you pay more but get more after-sales care etc, but often thýs is limited if you are going to leave the UK, and you may be restricted to going back to the place you got the bike whých wýll be a pain if you're touring.

Most UK insurers cover Europe but check the cover - some do 30 days at a time, some do 90 (Carole Nash can get you a suitable policy wýth various dýfferent underwriters)

Happy touring

Henry

You can also check the prices here:

www.autotrader.co.uk

Most dealers will put an ad there!

Insurance:

www.ebikeinsurance.co.uk

No time limit outside UK but you MUST be a resident, they also cover the whole of EU (25 countries) plus Norway, Switzerland and Croatia, all done online no wasting of time on the phone...They're the cheapest one by far!

I'm soon to sell my BMW 1150 GS with jesse panniers,topbox, GPS power, additional power socket. Very good condition. I used it for a few trips around Europe, ideal. Leaving London on another BMW, traveling to Russia. Will be selling before June 1st.

If you want to know more let me know.

Ken

[This message has been edited by KenButler (edited 04 April 2006).]

Try Keith Dixson Motorcycles (Accrington)01254 231221. Good, genuine and fair. His used bikes are all first class stuff. A real gent.

Sorry,

that should be 'Keith Dixon'

[QUOTE]Originally posted by fcasado:
[B]You can also check the prices here:

www.autotrader.co.uk

i tried the link and it works but i need a postage code -so went to royal mail and they neede a postage code. how do you find a postage code. seems like i'm going round in circles. thanks dan

Hello!
Try this:

London - SW19 3RQ

regards

John

Manchester postcode:

M23 0DJ

When you don't know something just google it you might come with an answer sooner than you'd have thought http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/wink.gif

Good luck on the search
Fernando

Try HD6 3NU. This is for my street in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, about 30 miles east of Manchester.
HTH
ChrisB

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padgetts
 

i read an article in porformance bikes about padgetts and the tremendous supply of parts for old bbikes. i would like to suport a shop like that. has anybody had and dealings with padgetts? thanks dan

Bike insurance
 

When you get your insurance check the cover is European and not EU. Companies like EBike are only EU so places like Andora, Switzerland although in Europe are not in the EU (Economic Union). Could find yourself riding from Germany to Italy via Switzerland with no insurance cover!

eBike WILL cover you for Andorra, Switzerland as well as Norway and Croatia, although they're not EU, just look at the policy wording.

So, rather than look for EU or European cover (which doesn't mean much either), look for exactly what they cover (i.e Territorial limits)

Insurance info
 

Hi fcasado. I think they need to get there act together. I rang to get a quote in January when my insurance was due. As I do a bit of running round Europe I asked if the cover included travel around Europe. I was told that the basic policy covered all eu countries and when I asked do you mean all of Europe, the gent said if you are in the eu you are covered. I said Switzerland is in Europe but not in the eu will I be covered if I ride there, after a pause he said I thought Switzerland was in the eu! I said no its not, then you would not be covered!!.

So went to Carol Nash when asked the same question he said yes Switzerland is covered and so is Andora, we cover a lot of trail riders there. And he was very well up on which countries/areas not covered by the policy and told me so. So guess who I went with. and was only £15 dearer.

So if my info is wrong sorry but thats what I was told. May be a little geography lesson may help them.

Hi Ted,

They really are very confusing, and I had to email them a few times to clarify some bits of the policy.

As I'm off to Europe for 4 months in June and I had to make sure of what the insurance really covered, and eBike won't have a "limited period of cover" abroad, which is good :)

As they've been for not very long in the market, they still have to put a few things together, but seems a good value...

Cheers
Fernando