Code of conduct?

Hi fellow motorcycle enthusiasts. I'd just like to share an experience
with the forum which i experienced a couple of weeks ago.

I received last minute free tickets to to the F1 GP in Melbourne which
i gratefully accepted so i rode the bike up from Geelong with my 11
year old daughter for what mostly was a great day out.

Upon return to bike i was somewhat dismayed to find some low life dog
had stolen both of our helmets and jackets which had been locked to
bike with a reasonably sturdy although obviously not theft proof lock
and cable. How's that for a kick in the guts!

Story ended ok after the initial disappointment, a mate came up from
Hoppers witha a spare lid and ferried my daughter back to Werribee
where yet another mate came up from Geelong and took her home for me.

I'd like to think it wasn't a fellow motorcyclist who carried out this
act of thievery but i'll be left guessing on that one.

Helmets were a pair of Nolan N42's Mine had a white outline of Aus with
"**** of we're full" inset and a sticker of Sponge Bob Squarepants
under said tasteless proclimation. Daughter's helmet had several
paintball splotches randomly afixed to left/rear area. Jackets were
Dririder RallyCross Evo size 54 and a Dririder Jewel in small.

I don't expect to see them again but if you happen to be browsing Ca$h
Converters and come across them at least you will know their history.

Oh and BTW, Shannons Insurance didn't cover me although they tout Gear
cover against damage AND theft up to 3K Rider and 1.5K Pillion.....
seems you have to have your bike stolen as well before they'll honour
that coverage..............

Cheers Graeme

 

Ouch, that last bit sucks as much as the whole story.

One to keep in mind.

I have claimed a damaged helmet on household insurance (up to $500)
before so that might be an option to explore?

Kev

 

They have more fine print than 20 copies of War and Peace.

 

Yeah, you can never go wrong with insurance fraud.


BTH

 

5.2km? Why don't you just walk?


BTH

 

Totally legit. I had to send them the damaged helmet before they would
pay. It was covered under my household insurance for anything up to
$500 that was taken outside the house, ie, portable CD player,
clothing, etc.

No fraud there matey.

Kev

 

By the time he gets that Hyosung started, he may as well have walked

 

AFAIK saying '****' in Victoria is against the Summary Offences Act
(objectionable behaviour or something). The apparel was clearly
confiscated by Victoria Police and he should go ask for it back - taking
care to keep his hands in plain sight at all times, of course

 

The theft was a bit over the top. Normally I'd think just pissing in a
xenophobic redneck's helmet would be sufficient.

 

I expect it's on the back of the helmet to help his 11yo pillion learn
proper Bogan spelling while they ride along.

 

Normally I just take a dump.

 

And if he did happen to put it on his head, you could really call him shit
for brains

 

Technically, that would be *leave* a dump.

(definitely better to give than to receive)

 

They wrap everything up nicely though.

Said I had to send in my helmet for them to see before they paid up for it.

I said, since I was left with an injured left calf muscle, arthritis in
my right hip, and one very fucked up bike that THEIR client wrote off,
and no other form of private transport, they can fucking pick it up
themselves.

Conveniently, they're not set up for that.

 

I'm not sure that it is unreasonable for them to ask you to send it
in. Otherwise you'd get a heap of fucktards claiming helmets that are
not damaged and getting a nice free helmet. And they are an insurance
company, not a courier company . . .

Kev

 

I never said they couldn't have it. I said I was not in a position to
bring it in myself because their client tried to kill me.

I'm a low income earner, so I'm not going to fork out for courier fees,
and going on how hard they were making life for me, they could bloody
well come and get it themselves.

More so, this was AFTER they originally requested to see the helmet
earlier, AND tried to get me to bring the fucking bike in for them to
look at (yeah sure, I'll just tuck it under my arm and bring it on the
train), I suggested the assessor have a look at the helmet and/or take
it) while he was here at our place.

He did, agreed it was fucked, took notes, and left without it.

Later on they ask for the helmet again. I said the assessor dude DID
look at it, said it was fucked, took notes, and left without it.
"There is nothing in our records about that, we need to see the helmet".

By this stage, I was more than shat off, questioned their parentage,
and told them to get fucked. Though they were equally uninterested in
those suggestions as the previous ones.

 

True Kev, but wouldn't you think they would have something better in place?
As we were all told a long time ago, by the Police and the insurance
companies, somewhere in the late 1960's early 70's, that if you are
involved in an incident where you come off your bike, or even happen to drop
your helmet onto the ground after a ride, then it should be thrown away
because it may develop a fault around the impact zone and should be
replaced.

 

OK, yeah sounds like the assessor should have been onto it.

Kev

 

That'd stop someone stealing it.

 

Spelled like that? Probably a school-teacher. I certainly don't know
anyone who has a helmet with those sentimentspainted on. I thought
that type of statement was reserved for blokes with mullets, in utes.

Theo