#$%*ing insurance companies piss me off. I'm currently looking at changing insurers and not one of them I have found will insure my old 650 for more than 2 gorillas. I know it isn't a Rolls but I would like to think that if the worst happened to it that I would be able to get more than less than 1/3 of what it has cost me. I'm not asking too much am I? Not many of these old beasts change hands but I have seen wrecks/rough runners go for that sort of money. #$%*ing thieving #$%*s.
Yeah, it's weird Andrew, you can insure a CB750 for as much as you like (my mate Fred's got both of his K1's insured for 12,000 each with Shannon's, but I haven't insured mine since I let the full rego expire last year) but other bikes are all over the place.
I've got my Triumph, Goldwing and Yamaha FJ1200 insured through "Insure my Ride". The Triumph (that my brother bought new for $32500) is only worth $24000 now, the FJ1200 is only worth $3200, but the 'Wang is worth a whopping $8K! I tell you what, if it ever breaks down on the side of the road, it might suffer from a rare case of "Spontaneous Combustion"!
Geez, I could buy two 'Wang's for 8 grand in the US, including shipping to Oz, I think I might have to go for a ride, now where did I put that box of matches.........