AAA don't cover bikes...

[Carreg Cennen]

This may be common knowledge for many of you (apologies if that it is the case)- but I just found out that AAA (and CAA) don't provide cover for motorbikes under their reciprocal agreement - so if you're an AA or RAC member they'll give you some free maps - but won't offer roadside repairs...
The website states:
"With AAA and CAA, the membership cardholder is covered for emergency road service, not the car. These BASIC services consist of Emergency Road Service (if not in a rental car) for towing up to three miles, lock-out service, and battery service if you are in a club territory that offers the service for its own members. If driving a rental car, the rental car company is the first line of emergency road service. Please discuss the rental company’s road service policy at time of rental. Also, recreation vehicles (RVs) and motorcycles are not covered by these BASIC reciprocal road services."

You can get the free maps from any of their offices - as well as something called Trip Tiks - which might be useful...

"Reciprocal publication services of maps , TourBook guides, and CampBook guides are also provided free of charge to all international automobile club members. These publications must be obtained from the AAA or CAA office closest to your entry, or current location, in the United States or Canada. AAA and CAA maps and TourBook guides will not be mailed. Individual TripTiks may be provided at the discretion of any AAA or CAA club, subject to staff availability.

When driving in the U.S or Canada, use AAA's TripTik Travel Planner to plan your own route by visiting the AAA website at www.aaa.com redirect. When prompted to enter a zip code, type in 32746, which is the zip code for the AAA National Office. This will allow you to create a personalized TripTik to map your planned trips, and you can request the TripTik to show all lodgings, restaurants, attractions, and partners along the way."

Hope this is useful to some of you...

Cheers,

Eryl
(Only 2 weeks to go now....)

[markharf]

Used to be you needed to upgrade to their deluxe service to cover campers and motorcycles. I assume this would cover you in Canada as well. Cost was about thirty dollars additional. Don't know whether this is still true, but I'm suspecting so. Check it out.

Or: some insurance provides emergency roadside recovery. The rest of the AAA services are essentially worthless anyway--bad maps, bad service, lockout which helps if you leave your keys in your car but are of no use at all on a bike, etc.

Mark (from somewhere in Brazil, where AAA roadside assistance is just a faint memory)