Archive for May, 2008
Bikesure at the UK launch of the Can-Am Spyder
May 29th
Tuesday 13th May saw part of Silverstone racecourse taken over by Can-Am for them to showcase their new “Spyder” to prospective clients. The Spyder is a revolutionary new vehicle that combines the performance of a motorcycle, with the extra stability of a trike.
The main emphasis for the day was for clients to come down for the day and try out the vehicle for themselves and really get a hands on feel.
As the biggest insurer of trikes in the UK, Bikesure were asked to come along on the day and offer quotations on the spot and share an insight on what it takes to get it road legal. Attending was myself and show virgin Helen who seemed to enjoy the day basking in the hot spring sunshine whilst quoting and Dave our dealer liaison representative.
The day was a great success with all our quotes bringing near enough the same reaction “is that all?” This is a great indication that our markets are ever getting stronger and we are always looking to push a more tailor made approach to specialist vehicles.
Unfortunately the nearest I got to trying out on of these great looking bikes was sitting on it and making the noise of the engine like you do when your 4. To be fair my mental age isn’t too far off that so its understandable.
Stay tuned
Grant
Bikesure at the BMF Peterborough
May 22nd
Its been a while but I’m back!!
Thanks for all the lovely cards and gifts…who am I kidding, the only post I got was bloody bills!
I digress…….
The 17th and 18th of May saw thousands of bikers descend on the Peterborough showground for the biggest outdoor bike event of the 2008 calender. Attending for the first time was Bikesure and to make sure we got noticed we invited 2 of our Flux babes along to make me and Jon look good. If your not familiar with the Flux babes…SHAME on you…..they are a collection of beautiful woman who accompany us to numerous shows in the year and they all actually work for the company!…..see below 2 good reasons why I love coming to work.
( I mean the girls….not Jon )
The whole show was set out so that the girls went out and gave out our goody bags full of sweets, key rings, magazines and bike stands….no expenses spared! Whilst me and Jon were offering free quotations there and then to anyone on anything!
Needless to say the tradition of the good old British weather having its say on the Saturday didn’t disappoint. The heavens decided to open and it pi**ed it down on the Saturday but that didn’t seem to put off the thousends that came flooding through the door.
As a whole it was good to see so many Bikesure goody bags being carried around the show and the quotes we did on the day seemed to be very well received by the public. An ever growing sign that Bikesure Insurance are becoming a major contender in the motorcycle, quad,trike and custom bike market.
We plan to be at the BMF next year but a lot bigger and better so put this date in your diary and make sure you come say hi…..or just grab loads of freebies!!
Grant
You’ve Got To Feel Sorry For This Bloke
May 1st
Now you’ve got to feel sorry for this bloke, Imagine you out for a nice Sunday afternoon ride cruising down the dual carriage way when OOPS your bike goes one-way and you go another,
What would make this worse how about you and your bike sliding along the road at 85mph passing a speed camera and FLASH, not only do you face reporting a single vehicle fault claim but also a possible speeding ticket, although I suppose technically you could claim at the time of the incident you were not RIDING the bike,
This poor 50 year old Dutch motorcyclist was clocked at 137kmp (85mph) on the A28 at Staphorst after laying down his Kawasaki ZRX 1200, on the sunny side of things this gentleman was cleared of the speeding charge,