I’m looking in to buying a new bike, which has aftermarket slip on exhausts, and while gathering a few insurance quotes i was not sure if this should be declared as a ‘modification’ or not? one site had a drop down menu for mods, and exhaust was not listed, so perhaps it falls in to the same category as tail tidy, belly pan etc. as just an accessory?
anyone got any experience of this? don’t want to accept a premium and find out it is invalid as there are new pipes on the bike…
many thanks.
I had a similar issue with the drop down list on insurance search engines not showing exhaust as a modification. When I contacted the insurance company direct I told them about it. As long as it’s not performance enhancing it shouldn’t affect the premium, it’s more the total value of the bike that does that. It is worth telling them however, they’ll use any excuse not to pay out.
^^I echo what he said.
perhaps an excuse to ring them up on the basis of complaining that the website is insufficient. Complaints always get read by someone at least.
if you run an aftermarket endcan etc thats road legal you’ll be ok.
but some insurance companies will only replace to the standard can
that’s great, thanks chaps. the new bike just happened to have them on and it is good to know it should not affect things. going to view it tonight, it is a cheeky little Speed Triple that I love the look of. just need to decide if I should take the plunge…
cheers.
When I put one on my old CB500 the insurance company were only concerned if it changed the performance of the engine to make it more powerful. It didn’t so the premium stayed the same.
just quickly following on from this…
is it vital that the fuel mapping is re-set up when some slip on cans are added? they were added by a previous owner and current owner is unsure if anything was then tweaked for them.
thanks
