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- From: npet@bnr.ca (Neil Harrington)
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- Subject: Re: UK advice wanted: BMWs, insurance
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 15:45:31 GMT
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- O Morgan (own@castle.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
- : Hi. I'm thinking of getting one of these ex-police BMW's. I haven't
- : been riding a bike for 10 years so I know next to nothing about the bike
- : scene. A few questions:
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- Make sure you familiarise yourself with biking again before taking to the
- road, especially before any city riding. Edinburgh is too hectic a place
- to learn to ride on your own in.
-
- : - Are BMW maintenance costs reasonable. I'm expecting them to be higher
- : than for Japanes bikes but need to know whether if they are outrageously
- : high.
-
- BMW maintenance costs are high and unreasonable. Some parts are unbeleivably
- unreasonably high. You can save by joining a BMW owners club and getting used
- parts. BMWs are not economical bikes. I have spent a fortune on my K100RS
- and it's only an '86 model.
-
- :
- : - Can someone recommend a good insurance company for bikes, particularly
- : one where you can have 1 or 2 additional names for not much more.
- : I'll probably rent out a lockup, so it would be nice to find a company
- : that'll take that into account.
-
- I use Norwich Union through the Avis broker chain. Not very cheap but the
- best. They have always pain my claims.
-
- : - Anyone know of any lockups available in Edinburgh?
-
- Sorry, no. I'm just a filthy Sassenach.
-
- : Ta,
-
- : Olly Morgan
-
- Think nothing of it.
-
-
- Nick (the BMWd Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford
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- M'Lud.
-