Lifetime Warranty £ 395.91 ????

[Neil.M]

Guys

I started looking for a new Warranty for my bike and came across this one, it purports to offer a Warranty for as long as you own the Bike and will cover all Mechanical and Electrical aspects.

This sounds way too good to be true, have any of you ever heard of these guys or have had dealings with them. It would be good to hear.

Thanks

Neil

Bike: 06 R1200GS with 14000M on the clock.

WarrantyWorks.co.uk

https://www.warrantyworks.co.uk/registrationProcess.jsp

Period: As long as you own the bike
Maximum value per claim £ 2000
Maximum Claim value for period of Warranty £ 6000
Premium £ 395.91
Covers All E&M (All Electrical and Mechanical) Except the usual Service and ware and tear items.

 

[rodders]

did a search on google and found this

http://pthu.net/

 

[tunnie]

if it sounds to good to be true, it usually is. Heard to many stories of these kinda of companies not paying out, i'll still with BMW one!

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Dont know if it is a reasonable policy or not but the page that was linked to I think is unreasonable. Most policies wont even touch things like a clutch as it is a wear item the same as brakes. His problem should be more with TVR for making a badly manufactured car.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Just read a bit of the premium policy and it all reads pretty good till the line that general wear and tear is excluded. So who decides what that is? It could be argued that a failed pinion bearing on an FD is due to it being WORN it also specifically excludes all worn or leaking seals and cylinders so things like suspension and brakes. The Select policy on the other hand does specifically say it covers thing like brakes suspension, bearing and all that so that to my reading anyway is the only policy that might be worth having but I dont think that is the policy your quoting? Also I cant see anywhere that lifetime cover is on bikes, I only see it on cars but then I haven't went any further into the process by putting in my reg number and all that.

 

[Rasher]

Just read a bit of the premium policy and it all reads pretty good till the line that general wear and tear is excluded. So who decides what that is?

My thoughts exactly, a real get out clause for any claim, the fact the fault was not there when new and is there now suggests it must have worn.

Another favourite is excluding gaskets, when your engine melts they claim it was a gasket that blew and the subsequent chain of events wrecked your motor, but as the gasket caused it your not covered.

Also exclusions such as clutch, understandable if they just apply to plates, but what if a bearing on the clutch drive fails, this is not a consumable part, but again many companies will tell you it is excluded as it is the "cluthch"

If in doubt write and ask for more specifics, or list some sepcific examples you have concerns about, such as Final Drive failures - I bet you will not get a straight yes from them.

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

Agreed: "Except the usual Service and wear and tear items.". What are they then, the whole bike?