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It's that time of the year where I have to look for bike insurance

I don't ride to work anymore as I largely work at home - especially at the moment.

Both my remaining bikes - a 1983 Honda C70 Cub/Passport and a 1981 Honda NS50 Melody are getting on a bit. I've let everything else go over the last 12 months to fund work on the house which we are slowly renovating.

Called around a bit. Quotes for £180, £150 to insure the pair of them, which I didn't think was too bad. Made one last call for comparison, and the chap asked if I'd considered classic bike insurance. It hadn't crossed my mind because they're both dogs and I have never really thought of them as classics, just as bikes that happened to survive to 37 and 39 years old.

But, apparently, insuring classic bikes is cheap - £75 for the pair for the year. Whoooooooo!

Hi,

If it's in the EU and has fuel injection, you are going to struggle a bit.

On 4 stroke 50s, the only thing worth changing is the CDI but only if a manufacturer-supplied unrestricted one is actually availalbe.

There's a long thread on here about people struggling to de-restrict new Kymco 50cc. It's a lot of hassle. Don't be fooled by those saying "big bore kit, racing exhaust, air filter" etc - it's just not that easy on a new fuel injected 50cc.

I have to be honest, the service intervals seem insane. I wouldn't even dream of touching the best cover until 10-15K miles, but if you gots to keep warranty, you gots to do it, I guess.

You didn't expect crumpets and tea did you?

I just want crumpets now. The square type that go in toasters... mmmm.

Hi Jeeves,

Was is that orange coil that failed? I used to sell those - they were notoriously rubbish.

I think the loose plug and cap were just incidental!

The only way to actually know this is to visit a showroom and sit on one, I'm afraid!

Well, I live in the West Midlands?

I'm from Cornwall in the UK.