Paging Ins write off experts

Had a bit of an off last Saturday morning at the hands of a pedestrian
an extendable lead and a chocolate brown labrador. Chap let his dog
enter the highway whilst on the extendable lead, I came around
theblind right hander on the Old Leicester Road in Wansford to be met
with a dog on the central white .ines a lead going from it to the
bloke on the left kerb.

Stood the bike up, swerved to avoid the dog and in doing so stoppied
and went over the top. Missed the dog but broke 3 ribs, cracked my
left shoulder blade and mashed the end of my clavical. Bloke told
Janitors that it was his fault etc so claim in due course.

In the meantime the ins co have written the RRS off at a value of
£2450 and offered me it back at a v v silly price. What have others
done in this position? It is a class c write off so can be rebuilt,
but is it worth the effort? Mjuchly appeciate your views and opinions
[first time for everything I suppose]

Cit
Fireblade RRS [fooked]

 

Hello there Cit mate! LTNS etc.
Sorry to hear about your off. Hope you're well in all other respects.

I've no advice re insurance write-offs but perhaps you should be taking
those blind bends a bit slower?! Could have been a legitimately stationary
metal car rather than a soft, squishy, myopic pooch! ;o)

 

Heavy beasts.

Best of luck with it.

SWK will be along.

 

Indeed I seem to have as they say "fallen of the planet"

In all other aspects I am indeed well.

Here we go. You are right, there could very well have been a
stationary metal coffin in the "centre" of the road. Either way just
call me Cilla "Compo" Battersby.

Idiot fucking dog was doing the puppy dance in the middle of the road,
was not what I wanted at 08:25 in the morning I can tell you. As for
your advice you have been no fucking help at all.

Cit

Fireblade RRS

 

Are cold noses on a dog an added biking hazard? I think we should be told.

Wha..?! Oh, right. As you were.

 

Blimey, that sounded a bit close.

Glad the Dog's ok.

 

Built streetfighters.

 

Yes. Coincidentally, Bike is running a "rebuild a doggy Blade" feature
at the moment, spread over four issues, so I'd use that for some useful
ideas.

 

Cnut ;-)

It's Roop Paul's piece anyway.

 

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Yes. Coincidentally, Bike is running a "rebuild a doggy Blade" feature
at the moment, spread over four issues, so I'd use that for some useful
ideas.[/QUOTE]

Could always do what a friend at work did when his bike got hit by a
bus. Accept £2200 as insurance pay-off, by new rear light and number
plate bracket for £50, then PX "repaired" bike for £1700 against a
BMW.

Cost to change from a damaged R30 to a year old Beemer - £2100.

 

message

Wotcha.

I never realized that 'doggy' damage was so rife - must keep an eye out
for 'em in future.

 

[snip]

At least the guy owned up, that's a large part of the battle - GWS etc.

I bought my R6 back off the insurers for about a grand (under 1/4 of the
expected sale price).

Mine was a cat. d write off "cosmetic damage only," even though the forks
were bent and various other bits that I wouldn't really term "cosmetic."

It depends what's bust. I didn't realise the forks on my R6 were bent when
I bought it back off the insurers, and it cost me another 100 quid to put it
right. That said, I've only spent about 800 quid on the bike since I bought
it back and it now looks like new again (thanks to eBay). So the entire
'cost' of my 2002 R6 is under 2 grand, which means I don't mind if I drop it
again[1]! It rides like new, which is always a bonus.

If it's dirt cheap and you have a good idea of how much it's going to cost
to put right, and you want to hang on to the bike (rather than sell it),
then I say go for it. If you want to do it up to sell, then be very
careful, as I'm not sure that many people will want to touch a written-off
bike.

[1] Well, I don't mind too much. I think I'm going to buy some crash
mushrooms.

 

[snip]

Paging sir.tony...

 

<g> I did the same.



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Well if they are I hate to think of the injuries I might have
sustained. I am with you on this 'we should be told'
Fireblade RRS

 

Yes, which sys/looks as though the damasge is pretty much cosmetics.

CIS want £245 to give it back and in light of the engineer's report I
am inclined to think it is worth rebuilding.

Fireblade RRS

 

Yes but I really do not have the image for a street fighter.

Fireblade RRS

 

Cheers fella

Fireblade RRS

 

Interestingly yours was cat d with bent forks etc, mine is a c yet he
hasnt mentioned frame or forks or anything spensive.It looks as though
his calculations to repair have been against plastics 550 and exhaust
350, but I was on way to MOT so it had all standard pipes on so I
really dont need to replace them.

I have owned the bike for 7 yrs -- I just cant be parted with it...

Yes I considered that, but I was thinking that I ciould either ride it
or turn it into a track day bike, that way I dont wreck my road bike
on binning. At somepoint I will need to go and assess the damage but I
cant drive yet so will rely on my mate but at £8 per day storage that
needs to be soon.

Fireblade RRS