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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:21 am
by Tim Bontrager
I have always carried emergency road service (ERS) or towing insurance
on my cars, but find that my insurance carrier (American Family Ins.)
doesn't offer it for motorcycles. It has typically been very cheap
(about $5/year) for a car. For local riding, it's really not necessary,
but I would like to have it for LDT.
Does your insurance carrier offer it?
Is there a "club", like AAA that offers a supplemental plan?
Thanks,
Tim
'01 KLR
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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:41 am
by Krgrife@aol.com
In a message dated 5/14/04 8:26:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
tbontrager@... writes:
> I have always carried emergency road service (ERS) or towing insurance
> on my cars, but find that my insurance carrier (American Family Ins.)
> doesn't offer it for motorcycles. It has typically been very cheap
> (about $5/year) for a car. For local riding, it's really not necessary,
> but I would like to have it for LDT.
>
> Does your insurance carrier offer it?
> Is there a "club", like AAA that offers a supplemental plan?
AAA offers RV/MC coverage, I seem to remember it costs me an extra $29.00/yr
and allows three tows/pickups per year of up to $200.00. They are supposed to
provide flatbed carriers and the one time I have used it the service was
good. If you are already an Auto Club member it seems to me like a good deal.
Kurt Grife
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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 1:38 pm
by Kathleen Tyre
I have MoTow through AMA; used it once and was very happy with the service.
The dispatcher gives you an estimated time, and calls you back to make sure
the tow truck has arrived. The tow truck driver had already called me to
let me know that he was running about 15 minutes late.
Rates are reasonable. Check with
www.amadirectlink.com
My AAA says that they do not tow motorcycles even with the "Plus" services.
I gave up trying to figure out why some people have this service.
Kathleen
Yamaha TDM '92
Kawasaki KLR '99
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Subject: [DSN_klr650] Emergency Road Service Insurance
I have always carried emergency road service (ERS) or towing insurance
on my cars, but find that my insurance carrier (American Family Ins.)
doesn't offer it for motorcycles. It has typically been very cheap
(about $5/year) for a car. For local riding, it's really not necessary,
but I would like to have it for LDT.
Does your insurance carrier offer it?
Is there a "club", like AAA that offers a supplemental plan?
Thanks,
Tim
'01 KLR
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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 1:53 pm
by pdstreeter@mmm.com
Tim Bontrager wrote:
>Is there a "club", like AAA that offers a supplemental towing plan?
The AMA offers a motorcycle towing plan.
Paul Streeter
emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 4:47 pm
by Krgrife@aol.com
In a message dated 5/14/04 12:03:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
irshkate@... writes:
> My AAA says that they do not tow motorcycles even with the "Plus" services.
> I gave up trying to figure out why some people have this service.
>
Kate, As my earlier post mentioned, you have to have the RV/Motorcyle service
which is different than the "Plus" one.
Kurt Grife
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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 6:09 pm
by Kathleen Tyre
I have just had a light bulb moment! Apparently the lady that I spoke to at
AAA
was from New Jersey and didn't know what the .....she was talking about. So
Kurt and Stu, what happens if you break down in New Jersey and you call AAA?
Now, what does WDCHTHTDIIC mean.
Kathleen
Yamaha TDM '92
Kawasaki KLR '99
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From: Krgrife@... [mailto:Krgrife@...]
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 2:47 PM
To: irshkate@...;
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Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Emergency Road Service Insurance
In a message dated 5/14/04 12:03:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
irshkate@... writes:
My AAA says that they do not tow motorcycles even with the "Plus"
services.
I gave up trying to figure out why some people have this service.
Kate, As my earlier post mentioned, you have to have the RV/Motorcyle
service which is different than the "Plus" one.
Kurt Grife
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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 7:07 pm
by Krgrife@aol.com
In a message dated 5/14/04 4:14:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
irshkate@... writes:
> Now, what does WDCHTHTDIIC mean.
We Don't Care How The Hell They Do It In California! Common on workshop
walls when I lived in Minneapolis in the early 70's.
KurtG
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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 7:15 pm
by Krgrife@aol.com
In a message dated 5/14/04 4:14:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
irshkate@... writes:
> . So
> Kurt and Stu, what happens if you break down in New Jersey and you call AAA?
>
They claim they will pick me up but since the odds are slim to none that I
will ever be in Jersey again on a bike or anything else it isn't much of a
factor. I've now become just like the native Californians and regard anything on
the other side of the Sierras as "Back East".
KurtG
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emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 8:37 pm
by squasher_1
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Krgrife@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/14/04 8:26:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> tbontrager@b... writes:
>
>
> AAA offers RV/MC coverage, I seem to remember it costs me an extra
$29.00/yr
> and allows three tows/pickups per year of up to $200.00. They are
supposed to
> provide flatbed carriers and the one time I have used it the
service was
> good. If you are already an Auto Club member it seems to me like a
good deal.
> Kurt Grife
>
>
last year (NOV) i called AAA (california) and they wouldn't tow my
bike. They said they stop doing bikes because there were to many
claims for damages during the tow (Harleys? Sportbikes?) I told them
they could put my bike in the back of a dump truck and it wouldn't
hurt it but they would go for it.
I now have AMA moto-tow but they only cover 35 miles
emergency road service insurance
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 8:49 pm
by squasher_1
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Krgrife@a... wrote:
I've now become just like the native Californians and regard
anything on
> the other side of the Sierras as "Back East".
> KurtG
