Anyone any recommendations for travel insurance and breakdown cover for touring in europe on the bike? or even who to avoid. lookin an annual travel policy and maybe single trip breakdown cover.                                                                                                                                                                             

Carole Nash seem to incorporate a lot of these kind of things in their general bike policies. Great value if you need them.                                                                                                                                                                             

yeah but I have my insurance thru Adelaide who charge me 115 a year whereas carole nash wanted 530! summat to do with livin in Ireland I think.                                                                                                                                                                             

HSBC Bank have an 'advanced' account worth looking at for personal worldwide travel insurance. Small monthly fee. Good immediate worldwide cover with homestart and breakdown recovery for UK included. Need to open an account though and check smallprint. Don't think HSBC policy recovers vehicles from Europe.

AA have good European breakdown/recovery cover available also, but be careful what you choose. i.e. costs of single trips versus multi trips etc.                                                                                                                                                                             

I have travel cover thru my Barclays premier account but was lookin for something a bit more bike related ie that gives me luggage/helmet/gear cover which most travel insurance doesn't. there are also some policys about which specifically exclude motorcycling! :(

Doh!

Sorry KW. 

Good luck with that one. You are right of course.

We should start our own biker only insurance company, but my ex (the devil) always said she couldn't trust me with money.
More and more biking abroad now. There must be a niche there.                                                                                                                                                                             

haha - I call my ex "the devil" too ....not quite sure what that makes me tho! :/                                                                                                                                                                             

Debs I'll get the details of travel insurance we used last year, was reasonable priced, I'm with MCE for the bike and all I need to do for that is let them know the dates and countries to be visited.                                                                                                                                                                             

Sorry KW.

There is no argument, discussion or debating this.

THE devil is female. I know, I married it and have the scars to show for it.

We (including your ex) were only disciples lol.
It says 'divorced' on your profile which now makes you FREE.
I still have this to look forward to.

I'm getting off topic again...sorry.

Ride safe                                                                                                                                                                             

@Kwakgirl

I'll spell KG right next time (i.e. without the W).

It's been a long week.                                                                                                                                                                             

  Non hotmale not ALL women are 'the devil' thats like me saying ALL men are bastards too (which I know that ALL of them aren't) Please don't generalise about women.   Apologies to KG and others for detracting from the thread, anyone wants to discuss or debate this PM me or start another thread.                                                                                                                                                                               

Hi Lulu,

I didn't (and wouldn't) dream of generalising like that. It isn't right to do that. I can't see how you came to this conclusion. It's only one person I am referring to (and jokingly of course).

I have never seriously spoken ill of my ex even now. She is the mother of my children and we still try to show fair and balanced views to our grandchildren.

Sincere apologies if I unwittinlgy caused offence, none was meant. NHM                                                                                                                                                                             

WhoA! hang on a mo.....surely it is a well know fact all men ARE bastards! :o
Thanks dave! x                                                                                                                                                                             

Sorry the Devil is a bloke and he is bi.... you've heard the saying "she/ he has the devil in her/ him that one"...... well I rest my case ....

if you don't get it by now, you probably wont....

but back to insurance...I was with MCE as well it was the cheapest and the best cover and I'm sure I got 60 days cover abroad as standard...just call em and let em know your date..... on another note it is always worth having a brake down cover....lot of money to recover from europe if it goes tits up on you..                                                                                                                                                                              

I'm only a bastard by birth, not by nature. haha!

I'm with MCE now Dave, good cover as you say. £507.00 for 3 bikes for 15 months duration.
Strangely, I need to pay extra to take a pillion on my ZX12R but not the other two.                                                                                                                                                                             

ebike is the policy I had it is very good... I just got a 3 bike policy quote for a K1300S, vfr800 and a XV700 customized for £457 with free European cover also legal....get in there                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                             

its not bike insurance im after but travel insurance and breakdown cover. my policy with Adelaide covers me to ride the bike in Europe. but my existing breakdown cover (that i get thru my premier banking) doesnt give me recovery for anything over 10 years old outside of the UK....and my bike is a 99 model.

dunno about breakdown cover, but travel insurance i did through Carol Nash, as most general travel ones dont cover riding bikes over 125.. its a stand alone policy rather than including bike ins..                                                                                                                                                                             

thanks Neil - i'll go have a look.