Stoke on Trent Bikers Forum - Star Bikers Charity Toy & Egg Run Message board

Was on our drive yesterday doing general checks on Grumbler (quad) and had just done a quick run up and down the estate (trying to sort out the noisy chain) when a lady appeared. She is the mother of a disabled lad just down the estate from me (have seen him about on his silver Cobra trike till recently) she said that he had his trike nicked and then set on fire a few weeks ago. That is bad enough but the insurance company are playing silly devils regards what counts as 6 months. Basically if the trike is stolen, written off etc within 6 months they pay out the full amount of the new value. Well according to the insurance company the poor lad is one day over what they class as 6 months (he bought the trike in february). She basically wanted to know what sort of quads were available as he needs an automatic machine due to his disability. His age also limits him to max of 125cc (if I remember rightly he was on L plates on the trike) as I did suggest the small Boom trike which is 500cc and auto before she said about the cc limit.
Don't insurance companies love finding ways of taking your money but not paying out when you need it.