Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / January 2008

AA Europe where good when I had to use them in France a few years back.
Can't remember the price though it wasn't that steep.

My bike is currently insured with CNash which includes breakdown cover. My
car insurance from the Pru came with "free" Green Flag cover.

However, I have used the above outfit, underwritten by Europ Assistance, in
past years. The service is excellent as I never had to use it. Anecdotal
evidence from the owner of MCiTours says the CNash & Europ Assistance
schemes are generally very good.

As Higgins says, you can easily flip cover from one vehicle to another
using the online form. This came in handy when I used the bike and car in
Europe in the same year.

I have a Carole Nash policy on the Tiger, and from memory it has
European Breakdown cover, but I've never had to use it.

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d.

In communiqué <nsk3q35su118trnnga6l83ltdlp4cbeovu@4ax.com>, Champ
<news@champ.org.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom

Yes, his experience is encouraging isn't it. Carole Mash insures all my
bikes. So far, the Tart hasn't blotted its copy book in parts foreign.
As this would be in France, however, there is more chance of getting it
fixed there than having it repatriated.

The breakdown cover for the rest of the fleet, with just a TPF&T
mult-bike policy is a bargain IMO.

Oh, excluding the WR which is insured in France and has no breakdown
cover.

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It was very good.

I was taken to a dealer (whose response was "too old, no parts"), then to
the breakdown firms depot.  The AXA Assistance people then arranged a
hire car for the duration of the trip.  I had to sort myself a hotel for
that night as it was a choice of hotel for the duration or a hire car for
the duration.

The breakdown driver found me an Etap Travelodge, booked it and drove me
there in his own car.  The Guzzi was left at the depot.

I went on the piss.

Picked up hire car.  "A f.cking Smart car".  Found to hire car bods
amazement that my bike can carry more luggage than the car.

Did Elefatentreffen.

Dropped car off at Rotterdam Airport, took Taxi to Hoek (75 Euros - tab
picked up by AXA).  Went on Ferry on my own ticket sans Guzzi.

Got off ferry and took train to Colchester (?1.40, I paid for that), taxi
to hire car place (?10) and then picked up another one way hire car to
Brighton (AXA picked up the tab on both the hire car and taxi).

Got home.  Guzzi arrived following morning.

Excellent and all arranged by their staff.