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Bike Insurance Quoutes for UK Bikers. There are sevral very important factors when it comes to getting the very best price for your bike insurance. Fist you should understand that not every aspect of your insurance quotes is within your control though. Things such as your line of work or where you live and your age clearly are defined by your current needs such as where you work, how expensive housing is and how efficient the local transport services are. No one in their right mind would move simply to save £80 on their motorcycle insurance would they?

We will start buy giving you a brief idea of how the above facors affect your insurance, but please realise that this is a very basic explaination and for advice or help please contact an insurer directly or refer to your motorbike insurance policy.

Your Age
Your age plays as big a factor in your bike insurance as it does with car insurance. Anyone under 23 will really find it expensive to obtain insurance no matter what bike it is you ride. My advice is stick with a smaller bike for a few years and build up about three years no claims bonus before you upsize too much. Bikes are expensive and changing your motorbike for a bigger model every year will keep inflating your insurance premium as well the amount you need to pay out buying the bike. Bigger bikes also have higher running costs when it comes to tyres, servicing and new spares. From 23 to 26 years old the insurance rates get alot better and once you hit 30 things improve alot.

Engine Size
The engine size is a major factor in the insurance price. The bigger the motorcycle engine the more power it produces and more power translates to higher BHP! You pay for BHP and you pay for more CC's. So is it simply the bigger the engine the more the insurance? No you see these factors are linked in to the bikes age too. A great example would be my last bike. I had a beautiful Yamaha FZ750 Supersport. Standard they come with an incredible 95 to 105 BHP! But even though this bike was as good as the day it was build, the insurer still insured the bike under a classic insurance policy and this meant I paid just £80 for a years insurance in 2006-7. It does not take a genious to realise that the power I had from this older 750 was higher that a Harley Davidson or most 600 sports bikes, but at a fraction of the insurance cost.

Make and Model
You guessed right. Make and model do influence the price of your bike insurance. Basically what you should look at here is how high up the range your bike falls with a model. If you buy an entry level Bandit it will be slightly cheaper to ensure than the limited edition for example. The reason is simply that the more expensive a bike is the more expensive the repair costs will be should you have an accident. If the bike is scrapped then the insurer stands to pay you out more money too, so they take this into account when you get a quote. Ducati are wonderful in my peronal opinion. With Italian styling, quality finnish and techological barrier being pushed to the boundry of any mans sanity they also command high prices at the dealers and second hand. These high prices mean just one thing to an insurer,,, they costy more to fix, work on and run per year! On the other hand if you were to buy a Yamaha Fazer it would not set you back as much money, cost far less to repair and its value would drop rapidly, the insurance companies quote will also reflect this.