Death of a Bandit

Just had a phone call from the insurance assessor. The bike is an
economic write-off; over £4500 would need to be spent on repairs to
make it roadworthy again. The damage includes, but is not limited to:

Forks bent and torn from mounting (!)
Tank dented
Frame scraped
End can dented and scratched
Swing-arm bent
Subframe bent
Front wheel cracked & buckled
RHS engine casing smashed

Due to Bandits being low-value bikes, they should settle for in the
region of £2000 plus recovery costs; other claims & losses to be dealt
with separately.

R480 ORM, rest in pieces.

I'm temporarily removing two#1 from my sig until I get another bike.

 

<fx: shamelessly hijacks thread>

Bear - wassis?
"omnis culpa ursi est."

Does it mean "everything's Bears fault" or "all bears are at fault"?

Hmmm culpa -ae f. [fault , blame]; esp. [the fault of unchastity]; meton.,
[a cause of error or sin].

Everyone's shagging bears?

 

Right - so I started off close and went rapidly down hill! Given that the
extent of my classical education is having once met someone who knew a man
who had one, it wasn't a bad guess

 

You're evil.

 

Get a bandit. But get a proper one this time, eh? There's a good lad.

 

Darren Robinson wrote

See this is where you lot have got this two bit all wrong. I reckon you
should renounce your two and allow all the others to shuffle up one.
Thus, in the pecking order of two's those with the most commitment to
the cause gain kudos by having low numbers.

 

Thanks, but no thanks. If I get another Bandit it's going to be a 12.
Oh yes. Preferably black.

 

Hmm. Had to be, really. Guessed the forks and frame would be fucked
and that's game over before you start.

Game on. Onward and upward, mate.

How go the claim machinations - and the hurty bits?

 

I'm hoping to get a photo to upload sometime, but it sounds pretty
comprehensively fucked. The assessor reckoned salvage value of £100
would not be out of order. Even so, there may be someone willing to
take it off my hands; more news as and when.

Cheers; that's certainly the intent.

Well, I spoke to RSS after the assessor phoned; they reckon it'll take
about a week for the other bloke's insurers to make an offer;
according to one source, the Glass's value is £2000 so fingers crossed
(on one hand only, of which more later). After that, RSS will unleash
the lawyers for the injuries, loss of use etc. which as we all know
may be some time (see Oates, Captain Lawrence). The hurty bits are
better, but not completely. My left heel hurts to stand on, the right
ankle doesn't like bending sideways much; both knees are quite
amazingly painful if I crouch or kneel. Both hips feel a bit stiff.
Lower back can feel uncomfortable at times. Bollocks are of normal
appearance again, but more tender than usual (TMI?). Left wrist
hurts if under pressure, as does left thumb. Right forearm is still
in a cast (which right now feels like it has sand in it, anyone got an
angle grinder?), until next Tuesday at least. I tire easily. Further
appointment with GP pending, I think.

I just got a payout on an endowment policy I've had for the last 10
years. It's underperformed, no shocks there, but I've got £2600 back
from putting just under £2400 in overall. About £1500 of that *may*
be available for the replacement fund...

<Arnie>
I'll be back.
</Arnie>

 

Or in my case arthritis..

Phil

--
Phil Launchbury, Network & Infrastructure PHB
Triumph Tiger 955i
'Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they
are quick to anger and have no need of subtlety'
Remove sick person to email me

 

So you wont be needing them card heaters then )

 

... and the first vulture banks in off the thermal ...

I knew it wouldn't take long before the Bandit bandits started picking
over the carcass.

 

Are you playing with a cold deck?

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6? DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19

 

Stay tuned. I may have an "all or nothing" offer; if I can get you
them off I will.