Ontario Insurance For Old Katana ???

[egsols]

Hi Rob,

I'm with Jevco and paying just over 600 a year for the 79SF. Just tried an online quote for the XS and Katana with Southland Insurance....just over 800 for the XS and just under 700 for the Katana.

I don't know if I believe them as they had the list at 1993 and older. I know when I was trying to get insurance on the XS I didn't have many options because of her age. Mostly I got the excuse that they couldn't process vehilces that old because their serial numbers don't conform with the industry standards.

You can always try..www.InsuranceHotline.com

[79XS11F]

Thanks for the input guys .. i started the paperwork for title transfer this morning and should have the bike ready for a safety check by Tuesday. Once the safety is done I will start the insurance search with the outfits your guys have listed.
Rob

[79XS11F]

Ready for Safety check

Well the parts I needed for the safety check arrived and are installed. She also cleaned up pretty good. This makes the Kat ready for the safety check and day in day out use.
Rob

[Axel]

Sweeeet

Nice job man . Real clean excellent looking bike .

[Crazcnuk]

I pay $180/yr, and have never had any trouble insuring a bike because of age.

My '73 Suzuki is tough because it is not in the database, so I have to have the s/n entered in the system.


I run just PLPD. There is no point in any other coverage as you can pay for a new bike every couple years with the savings.

[79XS11F]

The age of the bike is not the issue .. It's the type. "KATANA". Regardless of the bikes age it is on the banned list with several insurers.
Rob

[Crazcnuk]

That was kind of my point.

However, there are lots of sport bikes roaming around, and many are faster, more powerful than the Katana, so I assume someone is inusring them.

Find out who insures Hayabusas...

You can insure ANYTHING. How much are you willing to pay, is the question.

[egsols]

Originally posted by Crazcnuk

You can insure ANYTHING

Here in Ontario it seems we have to insure everything.

I can't find anything under $600 for PLPD and that's with a spotless record, married, licensed for 20 years, yadda, yadda, yadda...

I would presume that the insurance companies enjoy the laws making insurance mandatory

I pay $180/yr

Is bike insurance mandatory in Alberta?

A client of mine that builds houses for a living, had one, under construction, burn down a few years ago. At first the insurance tried everything to get out of it, blaming him, his workers, and anyone else remotely connected with the project. Turned out that it was proved to be arson and the insurance company finally kicked in.

Once the dust settled they cancelled him. He asked why? They said cause he had a claim. I guess you are allowed to have insurance as long as you pay the overinflated premiums with an understanding that you will never try to collect. (BTW the premiums were $10,000 per house, under construction, so he now insures himself)

Oh, yeah, the Kat cleaned up real nice Rob!

[Crazcnuk]

Of course. Insurance is a scam.

NEVER be nice to the insurance company, they will never be nice to you.

Yes, bike insurance is mandatory in Alberta. Not sure why you think it wouldn't be.

As I said you can inusre anything. It just comes down to price. If the Katana is too expensive then you have a choice to make.

I have no love for insurance companies. They have all the cards and the full backing of our retarded government.

Funny party is I've been riding for 0ver 20 years. Always had at least one bike insured, never had a claim. My freind, who hadn't ridden in 20 years, but used to when he was younger, got a bike and pays considerably less than I do...

Another friend, who just started riding 2 years ago and still has no licence, pays about the same as I do.

Go figure.

[egsols]

[i]Originally posted by Crazcnuk

Yes, bike insurance is mandatory in Alberta. Not sure why you think it wouldn't be

I thought Alberta was more progressive then the stuffed shirt politics of Ontario.

Do all the stores in Alberta have to hide their cigarettes too? Its amazing that a product that has proven to be so bad for our health and is banned from just about every place now and can now not be displayed for sale or advertised is still legal!!! (Yes I know the government makes huge tax revenue from its sale) I recently had a spot audit by Rev Can and was told that I should have my vehicles, paid for by my company, put in my company's name opposed to having them registered to me personally. I told Rev Can that if they were registered to the Company it would be illegal for me to smoke in them as they are considered a work place!

[olebiker]

Originally posted by Crazcnuk
I pay $180/yr, and have never had any trouble insuring a bike because of age.

My '73 Suzuki is tough because it is not in the database, so I have to have the s/n entered in the system.


I run just PLPD. There is no point in any other coverage as you can pay for a new bike every couple years with the savings.

Who are you insured with. I would love to get that kind of policy. Rob Primmum is the best price I could get. the phone number is 1-866-454-8910. And damn you do a great job bringing these old bikes back to life.

[fredintoon]

So quit?

"I told Rev Can that if they were registered to the Company it would be illegal for me to smoke in them as they are considered a work place!"
Hi Ernie,
smoking being the only filthy habit that I never adopted, this is easy for me to say.
Stop smoking! Consider that every coffin nail you light up not only puts you nearer to serious illness and an early grave, it also donates ~25cents to the Government. AND they get to keep your old age pension money.

[egsols]

[I] Originally Posted by Fredintoon

Ernie, smoking being the only filthy habit that I never adopted, this is easy for me to say.
Stop smoking! Consider that every coffin nail you light up not only puts you nearer to serious illness and an early grave

I must thank you Fred as I was not aware that smoking was detrimental to my health.

My career, as a land surveyor, places me alongside many a highway and construction site. I am sure the fumes that I am forced to injest, on a daily basis, from the passing motorists and hordes of construction equipment (kept in perfect tune) pale in comparison to the toxic emmissions of a cigarette. Additionally, the wonderful additives and preservatives found in today's packaged food must surely be completely harmless. Since smoking is perceived as a "habit" I presume that it I should encounter little difficulty ceasing it.

But I digress, perhaps I wish to contiribute to my own demise and prefer it not to be brought on by legislation.

Enough said, I'm going outside. (For a you know what)

[Crazcnuk]

Lol, you can tell the TRUE addict, they will look for ANY reason to keep on doing thier drug. You can't dis a user's habit, the first thing it does is alter the part of the brain with sense.

I have insurance with Wawanesa, but remember I only have PLPD ($500,000 I think).

Yes, we have to hide the cigarettes, and if it were up to me, I'd start shooting smokers. Help out the gene pool!

You saw what happened with Prohibition. If you just outlawed smokes, the addicts would rise in the streets. What they are trying to do is wean society slowly.

This is why they will not legalize marijuana. It may LOOK tame, and mild, and all that, but we wouldn't know until it was too late and we now had a 3rd major legal addictive substance permeating society.

We have already seen the damage with smoking and alcohol, do we really want to take a chance on another completely useless crutch?

[egsols]

You can't dis a user's habit, the first thing it does is alter the part of the brain with sense

You're right, my brian tells me a lot of stuff I don't want to hear and some times it makes no sense. I personally wouldn't have a problem if they outlawed smokes. I can quit anytime, I have, lots of times. I just get frustrated with the hypocrisy of it all.

Lets not get started with the old mary jane debate, I don't know, speaking as a smoker, if I have enough time on the planet for that one.

Yes take something away from people and they only want it more.

I don't think Wawanesa would touch the bike, I had to go with Jevco.