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Ninjette Newsbot · April 10th, 2015, 06:30 AM

ANYONE wondering if they can afford Kawasaki’s £22,000 Ninja H2 might be well advised to do some insurance research before agreeing a bank loan.

Visordown has been experimenting with insurance quotes for the 200hp supercharged Ninja, using details of a middle-aged motorcyclist with a long, clean riding record. As an Essex home owner, the only quote he received was £5,752. Changing his address to north London pushed it to £7,183.

We used a high-profile price-comparison site that instantly retrieves quotes from 44 providers.

We said the rider was a 43-year-old married accountant who had held a full motorcycle licence for 25 years and had over nine years’ no-claims bonus, with no accidents or convictions.

Both the London and Essex addresses resulted in just one quote from the same provider.

The quotes were for fully-comprehensive cover and social, domestic and pleasure use. Asking for third-party-fire-and-theft cover resulted in no quote being retrieved.

We also checked what would happen if we added an accident to our man's history. We said he had been hit by a third-party driver three years ago while driving his own car. We said the accident was not his fault and did not lead to a claim on his insurance. With the incident added, no quote was returned.

Fully-comp insurance on a new Suzuki SV650S is available using the same details for around £200, with or without the accident.

We decided to try getting an insurance quote for Kawasaki’s 998cc Ninja H2 after problems were raised by a Visordown reader.

Commenting on our Ninja H2 video review, the user said he was 53, with a clean licence and 30 years’ no-claims bonus, and that his cheapest quote was £5,752 – the same as ours.

The reader wrote: ‘I put my £5,000 deposit down on an H2 back in October. Just got an insurance quote – 53-year-old rider, full licence 33 years, 30 full comp insurance, 30 years’ no-claims, clean licence, always rode Kawasaki's flagship sports bikes. Best and only quote £5752.44.

‘Looks like another ZX10. I can insure that for £180.’

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Ninjette Newsbot All the news that's fit to excerpt Name: newsie Location: who knows? Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): only digital replicas Posts: Too much.	[visordown.com] - Think the 22000 Ninja H2 is expensive Try getting insurance ANYONE wondering if they can afford Kawasaki’s £22,000 Ninja H2 might be well advised to do some insurance research before agreeing a bank loan. Visordown has been experimenting with insurance quotes for the 200hp supercharged Ninja, using details of a middle-aged motorcyclist with a long, clean riding record. As an Essex home owner, the only quote he received was £5,752. Changing his address to north London pushed it to £7,183. We used a high-profile price-comparison site that instantly retrieves quotes from 44 providers. We said the rider was a 43-year-old married accountant who had held a full motorcycle licence for 25 years and had over nine years’ no-claims bonus, with no accidents or convictions. Both the London and Essex addresses resulted in just one quote from the same provider. The quotes were for fully-comprehensive cover and social, domestic and pleasure use. Asking for third-party-fire-and-theft cover resulted in no quote being retrieved. We also checked what would happen if we added an accident to our man's history. We said he had been hit by a third-party driver three years ago while driving his own car. We said the accident was not his fault and did not lead to a claim on his insurance. With the incident added, no quote was returned. Fully-comp insurance on a new Suzuki SV650S is available using the same details for around £200, with or without the accident. We decided to try getting an insurance quote for Kawasaki’s 998cc Ninja H2 after problems were raised by a Visordown reader. Commenting on our Ninja H2 video review, the user said he was 53, with a clean licence and 30 years’ no-claims bonus, and that his cheapest quote was £5,752 – the same as ours. The reader wrote: ‘I put my £5,000 deposit down on an H2 back in October. Just got an insurance quote – 53-year-old rider, full licence 33 years, 30 full comp insurance, 30 years’ no-claims, clean licence, always rode Kawasaki's flagship sports bikes. Best and only quote £5752.44. ‘Looks like another ZX10. I can insure that for £180.’ Sign up for Visordown's weekly newsletter, Bugsplat, to get the best motorcycle news, road tests and features plus exclusive competitions and offers direct to your inbox. Register as a Visordown member here and tick the box for Bugsplat in your newsletter settings here. Related Content Video: Kawasaki Ninja H2 R on the dyno at Motorcycle Live Intermot 2014: more pictures of Kawasaki's Ninja H2R Kawasaki Ninja H2 price announced in US More Kawasaki Ninja H2s coming to the UK Kawasaki Ninja H2 coated in ‘pure silver’ Click here for full story... __________________________________________________ I'm a bot. I don't need no stinkin' signature...