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Membership Benefits
Although MAG's main activities are political, since the appointment of Henry Marks as our Chief Executive we have built up an impressive portfolio of member benefits which is being added to on an almost daily basis. We intend to offer the best possible choice of members' benefits bar none and at the current rate, that won't be long in coming! Click on the links to find out more.
Streetbiker Magazine
MAG's bi-monthly tabloid newspaper delivered direct to your door. Keep abreast of whats happening within MAG and the motorcycling community in general
Discounted Events, Goods and Services
MAG members get discount for pre-booked tickets for MAG events. In addition a wider range of events offer discounts to full members.
- Dealer discounts at hundreds of retail outlets on production of a full MAG Membership card.
For details - Ring 0870 444 8 448- Discounted magazine subscriptions from Inside Communications (Back Street Heroes etc.).
For details - Ring 01732 459925- There is also a full range of MAG branded products available from The MAG Stall.
For details - Phone: 0191 261 6177, Fax: 0191 286 7007
or Email. products@magstall.freeserve.co.uk
Motorcycle Insurance
MAG Insurance Services (MIS) has been formed by MAG together with AXA, The worlds largest insurance company. Before you renew your insurance, ring us. If you're not a member, your membership can be included in the premium and you may still save loads! Six wheel and Rider policies available. Try us - Ring 0870 444 2555
The types of cover and the keen prices will be exclusive to MAG - They will not be available from any other source.
Travel Insurance
Annual Worldwide Travel Insurance
This is a comprehensive Worldwide Annual Travel Scheme with optional extension for continental Breakdown and Recovery Insurance. Exclusive to members of MAG and their families, arranged by Edgar Hamilton Ltd and covers all aspects of your holiday arrangements.
Uunlimited trips with a 60 day maximum stay per trip, also covering 17 days of winter sports for only £49. (£69 for member plus partner, £79 for a member and family)
Optional Extension Continental Breakdown and Recovery
This policy provides you with the option of extending cover to include Continental Breakdown and Recovery Insurance for Europe AND North Africa for up to 60 days per trip. Motorcycles up to ten years old £32, 11 to 15 years old £48
For details - Ring 0845 300 2211 or click here for a summary of cover
UK Road Rescue and Recovery
No matter how careful you are you can still have a mechanical breakdown or an accident. Usually they happen at the worst possible time - the annual holiday or just enjoying a day out in the country. Eastgate Rescue members never face accidents or breakdowns alone, They know that just one free call will bring them proffessional help, wherever they are, whatever the time of the day or night.
MAG members can enjoy the peace of mind provided by a complete breakdown recovery service for just £25.00 Just compare these benefits with your current package.
- We cover your motorcycle for any authorised rider.
- Sidecars are included free.
- No surcharge for older motorcycles - any motorcycle up to 20 years old can be covered.
- No enrolement fee.
- Free call from anywhere in the U.K.
- Roadside assistance and recovery automatically included for only £25.00.
For details - Ring 0870 444 8 448 or click here for a summary of cover
MAG Six Wheel Rescue
What IF....
You're in a foreign country - alone - cold - tired - hungry - it's getting dark and you ain't going nowhere. You knew you wouldn't need breaknown cover as your bike's pretty new and has just been serviced which means it can't break down or get a ouncture doesn't it...?
MAG Members have access to another unique rescue service provided by Eastgate Assistance called MAG Six Wheel Rescue.
The service, which follows on from the success of the MAG UK Rescue Package launched in September last year provides members with breakdown cover for their cars in addition to their motorbikes in over 21 countries in Western Europe. Cover under the new MAG Six Wheel Rescue service includes:
- 24 hour assistance.
- Home Service.
- Recovery service including up to five passengers.
- Minor roadside repairs.
- Replacement bike or car for up to 48 hours.
- Overnight accommodation.
- Public transport costs.
- Caravan and trailer cover.
- Freephone messaging service.
- Full legal cover.
- Motorist legal helpline.
John Spillane, Marketting Director of Eastgate Assistance said: "MAG Six Wheel Rescue is an exciting new product that Eastgate has developed specifically for MAG members for use at home and abroad. It is a good follow-up to the success of the MAG UK Rescue package and strengthens our existing relationship with the Motorcycle Action Group."
Henry Marks, Chief Executive of MAG commented: "Eastgate Assistance have developed another invaluable service for our members at a very attractive price. This will provide our members with another excellent breakdown and recovery service not just for thr U.K."
Eastgate Assistance and a network of specially selected rescue agents will provide thr roadside assistance and recovery services 24 hours a day.
Assistance for minor mechanical breakdowns will be dealt with at the roadside with larger repairs being carried out by a local garage. Cover is also provided for up to five passengers and the vehicle to be transported to the members home or original destination if no local garage is available.
MAG members are also provided with legal expenses cover for the pursuit of civil claims for personal injuries resulting from a road traffic accident, and will have access to Eastgate Assistance's 24-hour legal helpline.
MAG members can enjoy the peace of mind provided by this breakdown recovery service for just £59.50
Other services include the recovery of the vehicle if it is immobilised by theft and covering the costs of transport if the rider is unable to continue their journey because of sickness or injury.
More information can be obtained by telephoning: 0870 444 8448
MAG Gold European Accident Management Cover
In the unfortunate event that you are involved in an accident all you have to do is call the freephone number and a team of experts will swing into actoin to ensure that you are back on the road with the minmum of fuss.
This service is FREE to members
For details - Ring 0870 444 8448 or click here for a summary of cover
MAG Mobile Phone
MAG LAUNCHES AN EXCLUSIVE MOBILE PHONE DEAL
With over 20,000 individual members Motorcycle Action Group, the UK's leading riders' rights organisation, has teamed up with Odyssey Corporation PLC to offer members a free Vodafone Nokia mobile phone package worth over £200.
With reduced line rental at just £9.99 per month the phone comes complete with free connection, a protective leather case, a car charger, a portable hands free kit, coloured fascias, home delivery and 300 minutes of off-peak calls per month.
On start-up a cutting edge MAG logo is displayed.
Also as a special introductory offer for the first 500 customers - A FREE personal CD Player worth £30.00!
To order your exclusive mobile - Ring free: 0500 740000.
For details - Ring 0870 444 8448 or click here for an aplication form
Specialist Houshold Insurance for Bikers
Also provided by Edgar Hamilton Ltd. This covers loss or damage to motorcycle leathers, biking equipment, tents and accessories. Cover against fatal motorcycle accidents. Loss or danmage to motorcycle memorabilia. Option to insure classic or unlicenced motorcycles. Rates individually assessed per houshold.
For details - Ring 0845 300 2211 or click here for a summary of cover
Loss of Licence Plan
INSURANCE THAT KEEPS YOU MOBILE
It is easy to take your mobility for granted, whether it’s for getting to and from work, making service calls or simply for your weekend enjoyment.
But have you ever thought what might happen if you lost the use of your bike?
Deprived of your Licence your livelihood could be at risk and, as any biker will agree, it is all too easy to gain speeding convictions with ‘GATSO’ Cameras snapping today’s high performance machines.
Unfortunately, you can also lose your mobility for many more reasons than you think.
DISQUALIFICATION
Just one speeding offence or 12 points over three years could cost you your licence. While speeding and totting up offences are avoidable, even careful bikers can be caught out. Convictions continue to rise now that photographic evidence is admissible and penalties have become tougher.
Nearly 400,000 motorists each year are learning the hard way that roadside speed cameras are not always dummies with no film inside.
REVOCATION THROUGH ILL HEALTH
Sadly, many bikers every year have their licences revoked as a result of ill health. Reinstatement can be a lengthy process; covering the cost of alternative transport in the meantime will invariably prove extremely expensive.
INABILITY TO DRIVE DUE TO INJURY
It’s all too easy to suffer an injury. Whether it happens at work, playing sports or as the result of a bike accident. Just one broken limb or even simple whiplash could be enough to keep you from driving for some time, severely disrupting your daily life.
ACCIDENT, THEFT OR VANDALISM
If your bike is off the road because of an accident, theft or vandalism, it could be weeks before you are mobile again. The cost of hiring a replacement could be prohibitive, and is often not covered under your standard motorcycle policy.
Compare the cost of alternative transport to a premium from just £3.50 per month
Alternative transport to maintain your mobility could prove inconvenient – and very expensive, as the figures show.
Distance from Home to Office Cost of taxi @ £1.50 per mile per day Cost of Taxi @ £1.50 per mile per month 15+ miles 5 – 14 miles
£45.00 £30.00
£900.00 £600.00
MAG Loss of Licence Plan is a low-cost alternative that pays up to £14,400 for your choice of transport, such as hire cars, motorcycles, hired drivers and taxis to keep you on the road.
For details - Ring 0845 300 2211or click here for a summary of cover
Private Medical Insurance
Details to be confirmed.
For more information - Ring 0870 444 8448
Discounted Ferry Crossings
Orgainised by Motorsport Travel, up to 30% discount on ferry crossings.
For details - Ring 01759 301010
MAG Protected
Nobody is doing more than MAG to beat bike theft and to protect your bike from thieves. Through our MAG Protected scheme we offer cash rewards to catch bike thieves. If you are a MAG member and your bike is stolen we will
- Produce a poster and leaflet which you can photocopy and distribute in your locality.
- Notify all MAG local groups and affiliated clubs via our activists newsletter Network.
- Notify the theft in Streetbiker, read by more than 100,000 motorcyclists every issue.
- Guarantee a cash reward of £500 which you can advertise to help catch the thieves.
Every MAG individual member's bike is covered by the guaranteed £500 cash reward. Moreover we will pay up to £5000 for information leading to the conviction of organised gangs of bike thieves
As a member you will also get the best deals on anti theft devices such as Datatag and AlphaDot. Plus a range of locks, alarms and security anchors etc from dealers participating in our discount schemeWarn them off
You can also buy a MAG protected badge or sticker to let thieves know that your bike is not an easy target.
MAGMAX Clubs affiliation package
What is MAGMAX? Well we within MAG have spent a lot of time listening to our affiliated club members over the last 5 years. It had become clear to us that certain changes were needed to the MAG Affiliated Club Scheme and we have spent the best part of a year working through these changes. We have now been able to put together a whole new package, which we hope will meet the needs of your club. The name of this package is MAGMAX.
The list of benefits to your club contained within MAGMAX is extensive and includes public liability cover at an extremely competitive rate, the need for clubs to have such cover is increasing and is always a wise when organising your club events. Free advertising is also available in our fantastic tabloid bi-monthly newsletter 'Streetbiker'. Individual members of the club also get benefits including discounts at Premier MAG events. For a full list of all the benefits and conditions please see the benefits section of this leaflet or contact us direct for a more detailed information pack.
The clubs information pack not only includes full lists of benefits but tells you more about, MAG as an organisation, it's history, it's aims, and it's position on various issues, it is available free of charge from MAG Central Office so why not request your clubs pack today.
Part of the new MAGMAX scheme has had to include a new scale of membership fees. For some clubs this involves a small increase in the fee payable, for others it means a decrease. The new scale can be found overleaf so you can see what affiliation fee will be payable by your club. Fees range from as little as £50 for up to 50 members to £600 for over 3000 so as you can see we cater for clubs of all sizes no matter how large or small.
Administration wise all renewal dates for affiliations have now moved to 1st January with fees payable by the 31st of January. This months flexibility is to aid clubs who also have a January renewal date for their membership and may not know till the end of the month the number of members they wish to affiliate. Remember that the scale shown overleaf is for fees due for the full year so your fee should be reduced pro rata if you are joining after January. If you are unsure as to the revised amount due then please contact MAG Central Office and we will be glad to calculate it for you.
Representation of your club within MAG is through two channels, firstly in future your club will be allocated one full voting membership per each 1000 members or part thereof that your club affiliates, with a minimum of one full voting membership and a maximum of four per club. We will do this by giving full individual membership to the members of your club that your club nominates to receive the full membership package.
The full membership package will of course also entitle the nominated officers to receive the enhanced range of benefits available to full MAG members.
The second channel is through direct representation on MAG's National Committee, by the elected Clubs Co-ordinator, this is currently Debbie Jones. Debbie is known to most motorcycle clubs in the UK and was last year rewarded for her work on behalf of MAG Affiliated Clubs by being presented with Honorary Life membership of MAG at our Annual Group Conference in Scarborough. She can be contacted through Central Office or by email direct at magclubs@mag6.demon.co.uk.
We hope you will agree that the new MAGMAX package is fair, clear and attractive and that you will feel able to offer us your valued support in our fight for riders' rights and become one of our affiliated clubs. We look forward to receiving your completed application form with the appropriate fee for your membership.
Should you have any questions relating to the scheme or other issues please feel free to contact us direct.
For details - Ring 0870 444 8448 or click here for a summary of benefits
MAG Benevolent Scheme
MAG, the UK's leading riders' rights organisation has launched another new member benefit. MAG has set us a benevolent fund and from 1st January 2000 will make a cash payment of £200 to the next of kin of any full individual member who suffers death by accident.
In proposing this new member benefit MAG Chairman Neil Liversidge said: 'MAG aims to look after its members. I personally am determined that MAG will provide its members with more benefits and better benefits than any other motorcyclists' organisation. £200 is not a large sum but it will still help in the unfortunate and tragic circumstances of a sudden death by accident. As MAG grows larger and financially stronger the payment will grow in both amount and scope, so that we provide a constantly increasing level of support to MAG members and their families. We are not the richest bikers' organisation by any means as will be obvious when you consider that the BMF's profit on its annual show exceeds MAG's total turnover. All the same, we aim to use what money we have to the absolute best effect. Our members give a great deal to MAG. We want to give some help back to them when they need it most'details to be confirmed
For details - Ring 0870 444 8 448
Comfort Hotels
Comfort Hotels offer a discount of 50% on all their rates.
For a brochure - Ring 0800 444 444 - and quote reference no. 200733
MAG Car/Bike Purchase Scheme
Any make or model of new car plus some low mileage used cars. Volume purchasing power ensures significant savings of list price (typically 10%), special offers providing even greater savings always available. Low deposit terms (zero% available) subject to status and free Motor Legal Protection Scheme.
For details - Ring 0870 444 8 448
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