[zOU]

I've always wondered what were the requirement for a Test ride in the different irish shops.

So maybe, if some of us have this knowledge, we could regroup it in this topic.

This way, anyone willing to do a test ride would be able to prepare himself/herself before asking for it.


Bikeworld, Long Mile Road, Dublin:
- need Full Unrestricted European licence
- Bring a copy of your Insurance Cert with you. While you are there with them in the shop prior to the test ride, they will transfer your insurance cover onto their bike for the duration of the test ride. This is done by phone call from them to your insurance co. In my case they offered times of test ride during normal office hours or Sat mornings to allow for this to take place.
- 1000€ either in cash or credit card. (given back after test ride)

Killeen Motorcycles
Full license - restricted is OK
Bring a copy of insurance cert or original and Paul will make a copy.

RR Motorcycles
- Full License,
- Insurance must be able to ride bikes not belonging to rider, & a wavier is signed in shop,.

BMW - Joe Duffy's, Finglas
- Bring insurance cert & full license along.
(Kev: They wanted my Credit Card to clear €5000 deposit or a draft for the price of the bike before they would allow me near it.)

BMW - Maddocks, Bray, Co Wicklow.
- Full license and insurance.
- They'll transfer the bike to your policy for the duration.

Maddocks Co Wicklow
- Full licence
- Insurance. They'll transfer the bike to your policy for the duration.

Motopoint
- Full License
- Fully Comp Insurance

Kearys BMW Motorrad in Cork
- Full License
- No mention of insurance
(A full licence seemed to be all that was required, although to be fair, I bought my first bike off Mark in his previous establishment..)

Harley davidson Waterford
- Full License
- No mention of insurance





NOTE
from johnnynobikes - Bikeworld wouldnt let me take a test ride because my (comp) insurance is with Adelaide who wont permit temporary transfers !

from golly - CN don't do temporary transfers unless it is to an identical bike, which is pretty damn useless cos it ani't never gonna happen.




Please feel free to post <you>relevant/verified</you> information and I'm sure that a mod would be kind enough to edit/add it in the first post (this one)

EDIT tidied up posts below and merged into original post - OBW - 11/07/2009

This post has been edited by OlderButWiser: 11 July 2009 - 07:02 PM

[TC]

Kileen Motorcycles in Crumlin allow test rides too I think!
TC

[JONY]

Bikeworld - Long Mile Road.

Bring a copy of your Insurance Cert with you. While you are there with them in the shop prior to the test ride, they will transfer your insurance cover onto their bike for the duration of the test ride. This is done by phone call from them to your insurance co. In my case they offered times of test ride during normal office hours or Sat mornings to allow for this to take place.


As Zou said full unrestricted Irish/European Licence.


can't remember the name of shop but it is at Connolly Station, offered me a test ride on an R1 and asked for nothing in relation to my insurance, only asked to see my licence. May have been a fluke and person dealing with me was not well up. Refused test ride. Too big a bike for me at that stage and traffic was ballistic on the road outside. Wimp Doh!!!!!!!


Jony.

[carsQhere]

Joe Duffy's, Finglas - Bring insurance cert & full license along.

[nab301]

zOU, on Jul 20 2007, 12:52 PM, said:

I've always wondered what were the requirement for a Test ride in the different irish shops.

So maybe, if some of us have this knowledge, we could regroup it in this topic.

I only have TPFT at the moment so transfering insurance is pointless (for test rides) . Took a few bm 's out last year by filling in the enclosed form and paying €30 euro ,( policy excess €350 ) . Was speaking to someone on the Honda stand re test rides and they seemed quite eager , (Just transfer your insurance ) . I mentioned my tpft and also what I has done with BMW , but it was insinuated that the bm policy was not what it seemed....

This post has been edited by nab301: 20 July 2007 - 07:46 PM

[IBF_Topcat]

RR Motorcycles- Full Licence, Insurance must be able to ride bikes not belonging to you, & a wavier is signed in shop,.
Plus, you will never make it back to border if you f__k up ;-)

anyhow the border is your fault anyhow :-0,. especially those fecking Wicklow heads

[KaosTheory]

zOU, on Dec 13 2007, 01:23 PM, said:

Anyone knows about Test Ride condition in The Italian Center ?

Ask James, he test rode the shops Benelli before he bought his one.

Kaos

[seanybiker]

Harley davidson Waterford have a buell test bike thing down there nowand according to me man down there all you need is your licencse and off you go.

[Kang]

nice job dude, should be very helpful for some lads.