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Probably because as a motorhome it spends a lot of its life sitting in the one position.

Sounds as if politics is creeping back on to the forum. As a wealthy person myself, I'm more than happy to pay my fair share of tax but if what you say is true, do you think that the situation is any different in France? I'm pretty sure that on the corruption scale the UK comes a long way down...

Yes, it's definitely not a mountain bike. In this case MTB stands for MoTorBike for the reasons I gave in post #9

Still a great buy at that price considering it has a crank mounted motor which give the most stable ride due to the lower centre of gravity and the power coming from the pedal area rather than being on the wheels.

Maybe you should have worded it better then as your first statement which I quoted implies that you can break the law with impunity where electric bikes are concerned.

So that makes it OK to break the law? The police may indeed turn a blind eye - until you have an uninsured accident which is quite likely given that many on here maybe don't have much experience never mind the skill on a pedal cycle with a fraction of the performance and a quarter of the...

Unfortunately only seems to be free if you subscribe to Kindleunlimited (on my Amazon account anyway).

Still cheaper than buying a car, running costs, ferry charges each way and possibly a big fine as well!

Another option would be to hire a small car there. Might be cheaper in the long run and certainly a lot less hassle.

Ultimately if the criminal fraternity want something badly enough then they will have it no matter what you try to do to keep your property safe but a garden shed is so easily broken into which is why the insurance company will not cover bikes stored there.

I think that the £1000 quote that I received were also from Direct Line and were generated during Covid when bikes were in big demand and when presumably therefore there were a lot of thefts. Premiums are also very dependent on area covered. As I pay a fraction of the above quote (the lowest...

Unfortunately, the higher the desirability, the greater the risk of theft and so the higher the insurance premium. We were quoted almost £1000 to cover 2 e-bikes a couple of years ago!!

You're in no different a position wrt insurance on a legal electrically assisted bike as on a standard non assisted one - you should really have some sort of third party liability for both. As far as " "illegal" electric bikes as concerned, that may be another matter

I'm afraid that it's not just a wild camping thing or a motorhome thing. It's an ignorant, selfish person thing and you find it in all walks of life nowadays. The problem is that it reflects on others who wouldn't dream of that sort of behaviour but suffer because of it.

I didn't think that my post was political either. I was only asking a rhetorical question.

Careful what you say on here or you'll be in trouble with the thought police. I've already had a post deleted on this thread because of a comment about McNeish's political leanings.

It was actually Queen Victoria's gamekeeper, John Brown who when she asked what the name of the mountain was called said it was called "The Devil's Point" so as not to offend her. The proper name of the mountain is "Bod an Deimhain" which literally means penis of the devil. I think that he...

Keswick is our favourite place to stay in the Lake District. Only problem is that we feel that we're the "odd ones out" as everyone else seems to gave a dog with them.....

I realised that after I posted - I thought that I'd got away with it!!

Then it's burning oil if the smoke is blue. If that is indeed the case then you should be seeing a drop on the dipstick level.