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European Breakdown Insurance.

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Jono

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Off to france towards the end of August (23rd), not wishing to tempt fate but having read all the threads on the reliability of the Birds electrics man8um and having suffered before, en-route back from France (Home on a low loader...Nice) :xm , who is the best for B/Down / recovery for europe. Got AA for this country. :bow:
Also anything I should specifically check electrics wise before I venture far from home or is it all in the lap of the gods. 2004 bike, 19000 miles, regulary serviced, changed reg/rec after last debacle, just had a new battery fitted.
If my sports / tourer :p goes tits up on me this time it's going.
 
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Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

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I use

the RAC. Have had to use them once when my brother dropped his bike in France and damaged indicators and a lever. One call to the centre and it was sorted bloke came to the hotel picked up the bike gave his card and we collected it the next day....job done :bow:
 
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rawly1100

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Jono said:
Off to france towards the end of August (23rd), not wishing to tempt fate but having read all the threads on the reliability of the Birds electrics man8um and having suffered before, en-route back from France (Home on a low loader...Nice) :xm , who is the best for B/Down / recovery for europe. Got AA for this country. :bow:
Also anything I should specifically check electrics wise before I venture far from home or is it all in the lap of the gods. 2004 bike, 19000 miles, regulary serviced, changed reg/rec after last debacle, just had a new battery fitted.
If my sports / tourer :p goes tits up on me this time it's going.
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Off to france next week but in the cage :xm normally just add to my normal AA on line that way you only pay for the days your there .


Rawly

ps turn ya mobile on you missed a cracker run last night !!!
 
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Jono

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Yeah I know, caught the news to late, already committed for the evening. :xm

Been looking at Breakdown Direct @ ?22.95 opposed to the AA wanting ?34.43 with members discount. Only away for 5 days. :dunno:
 
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rawly1100

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Jono said:
Yeah I know, caught the news to late, already committed for the evening. :xm

Been looking at Breakdown Direct @ ?22.95 opposed to the AA wanting ?34.43 with members discount. Only away for 5 days. :dunno:
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see what you mean now just paid 22.00 for 3 days with AA , if i knew i was going again in next 12 months would be better to get a yearly deal . i'ts not to bad for me as company pay for my uk cover so might be worth seeing what it is when i come to renew .
Rawly
 
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Oldbull

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http://www.vehicle-rescue.com/

Jono, I use these ... a mate has called them out 'twice' with no problems..

This one covers for accidents / accidental damage .. as well as just a road side breakdown, the AA have been known not to..

enjoy your trip pal.. :beer:
 
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Oldbull said:
http://www.vehicle-rescue.com/

Jono, I use these ... a mate has called them out 'twice' with no problems..

This one covers for accidents / accidental damage .. as well as just a road side breakdown, the AA have been known not to..

enjoy your trip pal.. :beer:
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Cheers M8, just got some cover from them. :bow: Hopefully in vain!!!
 
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dufus

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Firstly if your a worry wotnot then yes take out recovery assistance. Generally birds are ok if you have done the pre-checks/service before you go.

in the life of books, this is a very small chapter
 
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Jono

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Unless your playing a major role in that chapter. Nip over to the help section and check out the number of electrical problems reported on the "generally reliable" Bird. d34l
 
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Glenman

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Oldbull said:
http://www.vehicle-rescue.com/

Jono, I use these ... a mate has called them out 'twice' with no problems..

This one covers for accidents / accidental damage .. as well as just a road side breakdown, the AA have been known not to..

enjoy your trip pal.. :beer:
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Just bought this cover along with the travel insurance. Relieved to hear that it covers accidents as I couldn't find any info on this.
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R2B2

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I must have missed something then as these people were one of the one's I considered for my trip out to Mugello, but I couldn't find anything on their site about accident recovery abroad. In the UK, yes, but abroad I couldn't find anything, although I didn't actually contact them to ask.

I think European breakdown policies are just that - breakdown policies :dunno:
 
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Oldbull

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Nope Rob they cover you abroad as well m8..
the two times that my mate used them he fell off both times ...(no comment)
Its in the schedule somewhere if you read through..

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R2B2

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Fair enough - good comment, and it's great that they do!
 
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Trumpet

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The RAC only cover Bikes under 125cc in Europe. :tosser: Paid for AA European cover when I went in July on the Bike. . Even though I'm in the RAC for the Car:yo:
 
Duck n Dive

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Trumpet said:
The RAC only cover Bikes under 125cc in Europe. :tosser: Paid for AA European cover when I went in July on the Bike. . Even though I'm in the RAC for the Car:yo:
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Well they happily covered my BB for my trip to France??
 
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Oldbull

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Ive scanned the policy for you, this is the section that my mate told me to mention if the worst happened, they sorted him out both times tho with no problems...
 

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Glenman

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Oldbull - you are a life saver. After receiving my documentation, all I could find was references to breakdowns. But, as you've pointed out, there it is on page 3 :yo:
 
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Oldbull

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your welcome gents...

I insured my bike with ebike and they dont do a breakdown policy. so the price of the European & uk cover + ebike ins was less than my original insurance renewal ..if that makes sense lol..

plus the benefit of knowing that it works.. (twice :p ) and hes a bird owner and lurks on here h1d1ng2
 
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