Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Got my ride sorted for when I give the blackbird a handful:

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Oh good people

Any one do breakdown cover? Any recommendations?

Last year I paid a small fortune to join the AA just to get home after discovering my fuel level sender was faulty. I'd be tempted to have some local recovery firms to hand as seemed a lot cheaper from memory. Granted maybe not as convenient if touring or going abroad etc.

Don't bike insurance companies offer breakdown cover.

Not all of them, and it varies massively on what you want to do. Costs are interesting too.

@jambon Yeah it's a real tricky. Insurance style 'read the fucking small print'. I'll need European cover as well. Not as mental as I thought; in some cases, £90 a year with cover abroad.

From my experience it’s mostly down to being a tourist, especially if you’re visiting during the extremely busy month of August. You’ve got assholes all over the world of course but having lived in Italy for just over 3,5 years now, I’ve only ever had good experiences.

What the hell were you thinking anyway? McDonalds when in Italy? Shame on you..

Ethanol made the tank expand apparently. 1098 has / had it in the US.

The meat of my bad experiences were when living in Abruzzo, so not a tourist.

And yes, I know. It was not my finest hour.

Too far down south that mate, terrone area that is! :D

I just use autoaid, it is the insurance type of cover rather than the aa rac we have actual vans model. I am covered for any vehicle I use and this includes the bike.
Trouble with bikes, when i last used a recovery service, years back, is that you end up waiting ages for someone who can actually physically lift the bike even if it is the AA as they are all geared for cars.(AA man tried to get me to load the bike on his van and then dented the fuel tank loading it).

It’s all about Arrosticini

I'd also have a look at bank accounts.

Eg nationwide flex plus gives you personal breakdown cover - ie for you whatever vehicle, rather than a specific vehicle. It's now £13 p/m with no meaningful savings account so not as vfm as it used to be, but depending on your lifestyle that sort of thing might work out better.

My OH recently started playing Top Trumps with our eldest. Still too young to get it, but it made me wonder if anyone was selling my set on ebay.

Low and behold.

Bit of a frivolous purchase, especially as I wasn't even that into motocross and actually wanted the supercar set as a kid. But it reminded me of really wanting a whatever the road equivalent of the Kawasaki 125 Kx was that was super popular in the mid-late 80s.

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Ah shit, you bought the Australian version

Ha!

Now edited and translated to British English.

87kg seems very respectable

Talking of motocross, kind of... Michelin Trackers are fun in the wet, looking forward to getting them off road.

Where are you @jambon I forget. Because I just saw this post, maybe a second seat is useful for you to cannibalise?

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Thanks for mentioning, was very tempted when I saw it on the crf450l owners fb group. If I hadn't bought another (unbutchered) one then would have already snapped it up. I'm in Beds so might see if he'll post.

It would be worth having. I would love to have spare seats for my DR (especially for free!!) so I could try different height foam.

Damn free Ti tank too.

I know right, pretty good.

Not just the 1098, from memory.

EDIT: the crosser and some monster tanks had issues. But being the US different legal rules apply.

Nice, I await your being berated.

Haha, merely joking. :)