Featured 2018 Speed Triple Rs – Ownership Thread

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  1. MrTriple

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    #101 MrTriple, Apr 16, 2018
    So Carole Nash are right - you're paying £100 because the S has no belly pan and no carbon :joy:
     
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    #102 Tony Rokins, Apr 16, 2018
    I'm with Carole Nash, mostly because I had renewed at the start of March with my 2011 Speedy. They covered me, though the premium increased from £220 to £465...
    Loving the bike though. Now have just under 300 miles on, looking forward to being to wind it up to 6k....
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    #103 MrTriple, Apr 16, 2018
    I'm sure you didn't figure on needing to double the premium o_O

    My renewal fell 10 days after picking the RS up. After several calls, Hastings (to their credit) did agree to do a change of bike and covered me free of charge, with a manual cover note until the policy expired.

    The insurance has been the only negative with this bike - but at least it feels worth paying the extra for...and mini-summer (maybe our entire summer) should arrive for the weekend. Got to improve on my 115 miles :blush:
     
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    #104 tcbandituk, Apr 17, 2018
    I was lucky with my insurance, in that they only charged £49 extra, as it's only got 3 months left to run.
    Hopefully it'll have settled down a bit by renewal time and be a reasonable amount.....
     
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    #105 Chester Monty, Apr 17, 2018
    Who are you with?
     
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    #106 Chester Monty, Apr 17, 2018
    To be fair Hastings have been good, because they can't insure me they aren't going to charge me an admin fee to cancel so will end up getting most of my money back.
     
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    #108 Chester Monty, Apr 17, 2018
    Thanks.... LV gave me a good quote until I added the quickshifter, and it went up by £100!!!
     
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    #109 MrTriple, Apr 17, 2018
    ...and they say honesty pays :weary_face:
     
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    #110 Yorkshireman, Apr 17, 2018
    It did for LV:rolleyes:
     
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    #111 Bad Billy, Apr 17, 2018
    So for my piece of mind, I assume because the quick shifter is an extra on the Speed you have to declare it as a modification? Only asking as on my Street RS it was standard so didn't get mentioned, although I did tell them about the legal Arrow can.
     
  12. MrTriple

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    #112 MrTriple, Apr 17, 2018
    That is correct Bad Billy :)

    They don’t appear to like any form of modification...performance enhancer or not.
     
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    #113 Bad Billy, Apr 17, 2018
    Stinks of a money maker to me!
     
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    #114 Chester Monty, Apr 17, 2018
    What size plate you using there Mr T?
     
  15. MrTriple

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    #115 MrTriple, Apr 17, 2018
    Just a slight reduction to 8 x 6 :)
     
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    #116 Tony Rokins, Apr 17, 2018
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    I did check the quote against Go Compare, and got found only 3 other providers offering quotes. Only one of those was lower than Carole Nash, the difference was not worth moving for. I've not had the "shift assist" added.
    Couldn't get a discount for the tracker either. Which stinks as the ABI's own stats says a vehicle with a tracker is 85% more lightly to be recovered within 48 hours than a vehicle without.
    Loving the bike though, just over 300 miles up, 6,000 rpms and sports mode is just grin inducing:D
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    #117 MrTriple, Apr 17, 2018
    Very similar experience on The Bike Insurer comparison site - two quotes at £1,580 and one at around £800. I called The Bike Insurer and their attitude was appalling.

    I've earned 5,000 rpm and haven't tried Sports mode yet (I'm saving it for later :yum). The Shift Assist is surprising smooth and loads of fun...even with limited revs.
     
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    #118 Chester Monty, Apr 19, 2018
    Had a nice surprise today, the dealership phoned to say the rs was ready to collect 24 hrs early......so I've done 85 miles already and hate staying below 3500 rpm!
     
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    #119 MrTriple, Apr 19, 2018
    That’s a fantastic surprise - and what a day for it!

    I unlocked the Level 2, 5,000 rpm bonus at 90 miles, so you’re very close to a completely different dynamic.
     
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    #120 Chester Monty, Apr 19, 2018
    I hope so nothing more embarrassing than being the slowest thing on the road!
     
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