Bloody Insurance prices.

[Cbx]

  can't believe that my 04 V-strom 1000 is almost double the price of my 03 fazer 1000 to insure.  £260  robbing 

[user650]

I'd check somewhere else if I had to pay that much 

[Phil254]

My quote came through this year at £311 I went onto the meercats and got it for £216 same bloody company

[mr_diver]

I only pay £220, that's for a 30 year old male with 5 years no claims, pay monthly. On a bike insured for £6k for unlimited mileage.

I've been with MCE from day one apart from a week of arguing with Bikesure and telling them to stick their super small print clauses up their a###.
So I may get some sort of discount?

I think you should look somewhere else.
I have another bike with Carole Nash and the policy was half the cost from anyone else... but they like dual sport bikes where most insurers rob you.

[SnowStrom]

£782 here... and £800 ish for my Honda Spazz.

Accidents are expensive, innit.

[ms666]

 £600 here , 0 NCD and commuting. I'll need renewal in March. I hope for slightly less than that   

[skipper]

omg I did not pay those prices even when I had 0 no claims. £120 multibike for the DL650, pan, and an xl250

[Mojo]

2002 DL1000 - 28 year old 6 years having licence but no ncd - heated grips, screen and crash bars declared £275 for the year inc full uk/european breakdown etc next cheapest quote without breakdown was £220

[SnowStrom]

It was £300ish for my Strom when I first got it (30, 2 years experience, 2 yrs NCB, fully comp) but that was before I stacked it into a lorry at 50mph ^^

[pb]

Try liverpool Victoria, they have recently started doing bike insurance as well as all the other types. I've got my Ford Focus insured with them 2010 1.6 , fully comp £280 with no NCB as I've just returned from France, also just had a quote for the Dragstar, again hardly any NCB (1 year) £58 fully comp , but then I suppose I am an old git (57)

[Brockett]

As heard on radio 4 this week an industry expert says the average motorist has seen an increase of £100 on their premiums over the last twelve months. An insurance industry spokesperson said "personal accident judgements have resulted in higher cost settlements".
It seems that younger and older drivers, are involved in incidents with more serious collateral damage than previously.
I take this as an indication that inexperienced youth and 'the elderly' cannot control the power of relatively inexpensive modern motorcars.
I fully expect bike insurance to follow the upward trend. This is especially so as the insurance providers are locked into groups  and competition is reduced.
That said LV recently insured my Honda Jazz £150 cheaper than my previous company quoted. If they are now insuring bikes I may give them a call when the bikes are due.