By admin On Friday, 25, 2011 | Filed Under Auto Insurance Articles
All motorbike users are legally obligated to insure their vehicles, but some have to pay considerably more than others in premiums. There can be a number of reasons for this, some more avoidable than others. However, whatever your particular needs and circumstances, it makes sense to try to get the best value motorbike insurance policy you possibly can and these are some of the issues you should look into order to be properly informed.
The type of bike you have
If you are shopping around to find the best deal, it is useful to know more about the factors companies use to determine the level of the premiums. The first one is the model of bike you drive. If your bike is an expensive model, this will raise the premium, as it will cost more to repair for the company. Equally if it has a p...
By Editor On Monday, 14, 2010 | Filed Under Auto Insurance Articles
Not too long ago if you saw me travelling anywhere, it would be on my bike, but that is certainly not the case anymore. A few weeks ago, I got into a quite serious conversation with one of my friends about whether or not cars were better than bikes. The unusual part of this conversation, though, was that my friend, a car driver, was arguing the toss of the bike, whilst I was standing up for the worthy car! We came to the conclusion that it was ridiculous that we were in the wrong vehicles, and we actually agreed to swap!
I was absolutely thrilled with this prospect. I had spent too much money on that bike for what it was worth. The only good value I got through it was my insurance policy through http://www.carolenash.com/, everything else about it cost me a fortune! I was now the...
By Editor On Friday, 11, 2010 | Filed Under Auto Insurance Articles
Motorcycle riders are often endowed with an unfair reputation of being irresponsible drivers who are more prone to accidents. Although, statistics somewhat justifies this claim, some other studies tend to prove the contrary. It has been seen that, per 100 million miles covered by a car, 423.13 cars face accidents. This number is almost double when it comes to a motorbike. Here, 776.57 bikes meet with an accident when they have travelled 100 million miles.
So, this proves that the chances of being involved in an accident for a car is nearly half in comparison to a motorcycle. Again, the rate of fatality in a car accident is 15.72 out of 100,000 registered passenger cars while this figure stands as high as 64.88 out of 100,000 registered motorbikes. So, it also proves that the rate...
