Feck! What is happening

Hi All

Last year I insured my bike with no problems an Aprilia Tuono "Fighter" well! it was put through as a Millie but was rectified to a Fighter.

This year I received a letter saying to phone them, upon phoning I was advised that the "Fighter was no longer on the database and they couldn't insure it. I phoned several with all the same answer. The insurance blokey said that the Millie, Tuono Milllie, Factory and the RSVR 1000 R were the only ones on the list and not the Fighter.

Before anyone states about he Millie being the faired version etc, I already know. I just don't' want to insure it under the wrong model as if anything were to happen the insurance company would squirm out of paying. A slight discrepancy would be all they needed to refusal to compensate. In the log book it also states it is a fighter and not just a Tuono.

Even in this forum there is no separate category for the fighter is there some sort if under hand discrimination towards the fighter? soon we might have to sit at the back of the bus and cue in a different cue or not being allowed to speak to the Millie owners which would be frowned upon. Maybe Nelson Mandella could fight our corner.

Does anyone have advise as to what is going on with the insurance companies or any other Fighter owners with a similar problem or solution. The insurance blokey is going to speak to the underwriter and put it through under a factory heading but the factory is priced more than the fighter and I believe I will be paying an awful lot more than needed if done so.


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I could but if it is not the same as is on the log books it will invalidate the insurance. Insurance companies will look for any excuse not to pay

That has already been tried, it's not stolen and it's not modified in anyway. It is totally standard, it has totally disappeared of the database sytem

Well long story, spoke to Swinton bikes and they spoke to their under writer, came back and said it would be £300 nearly 5 times the original price. Well **** me sideways what is going on. I was insured last year no problem noww the bike has been taken of the MIIC database for some reason

Thank You, someone with a bit of experience, that is what I have done. It's down as a Millie/Tuono 2003 now there were so many model changes and addition around the time of 2003 and each one I was putting in started around 2004 or was a different engine size, the only one that fitted the criteria was the Millie/Tuono but a slight difference on the engine size of 1cc less than mine at 998cc well it's down to 0.3 of a cc. I have sent an email to the MIB (not men in black) to see if they will get me an answer as to why it was removed from the list of available bikes.