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Seems I had misjudged Motorrad.

I got back a nice letter apologising & saying their database had been wrong but would now be updated and they would refund me the extra costs I'd incurred due to their incorrect information.

Well done them.

Bought an MRA Vario today.

I had the OEM tall screen on my 1100. I am 5'8" and I have fitted the RD Barbacks (which I think are wonderful!) but the buffeting I was getting was unreal. Anything over 60 was just so unpleasant as to make dual carriageways a real no-no. Couldn't live with that, so read ...

No. I am still covered. All the brokers refused because their system only showed (correctly) 1085cc so I went directly to insurance companies where they make their own decisions and ended up with LV. They band machines into capacity groups, in this case 1050 cc to 1150 cc so on that basis I am still ...

To bring this sorry saga to an end I did finally get an answer from BMW .

Thank you for your e-mail.
BMW R 1100 S has only been produced with an engine with 1.085 ccm ex factory. The engine with 1.130 ccm has only been used at the R 1150 models. For this reason we are not able to confirm the ...

and mine is a bog standard (ish) version from 2002 so right in the middle of production?

I'm sure the calculations are correct but the point I was raising was were some 1100 fitted with 1130 motors as standard from the factory (which according to BMW here mine was?)

I know it's a trivial thing but I found most brokers didn't want to quote for insurance because of this, which was a pain ...

You've got a better chance of wining the lottery tonight then your S be 1130 :D

Then I guess I just won the lottery. My 2002 1100s has the stated capacity as 1130 and is, as far as I'm aware, bog standard.

The problem as I see it is that most insurance companies show the 1100 as 1085 and should ...