A helping hand

[cs363]

Can't find this posted elsewhere on the site, but apologies if I missed it.

If you've seen the news story about the poor bugger in Christchurch who lost his house, budgies and bikes in the scrub fire, here's the link to the Givealittle page that's been set up to give him a helping hand: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/supportbruce2015#

[jellywrestler]

what sort of bikes were they?

[Akzle]

yeah... and anyone who wants to give me money, drugs, booze, hookers, internets, drugs, meat, boats, guns, bitches, utes, cars or bikes, just get in touch with me directly

[nodrog]

what sort of bikes were they?

Burnt ones

[BEAMER89]

5 vintage Triumphs, one being a 69 bonnie he had just bought and the rest were to be his retirement fund/project he estimated them to be worth around 80k. Unfortunately only one of them was insured :no:

[jellywrestler]

5 vintage Triumphs, one being a 69 bonnie he had just bought and the rest were to be his retirement fund/project he estimated them to be worth around 80k. Unfortunately only one of them was insured :no:

1969 isn't vintage, pre 1930 is, $80K divided by 5 is $16K each. Few triumphs are worth as much as $16k far less a whole collection of projects so one wonders whether his claim is fraudulent, or just over valued for one's own ego.

One would hope that the bikes aren't beyond restoration, they may be cooked but not burnt to the ground.

[BEAMER89]

Lol his words not mine, l just read it in todays paper it didn't say what year the other bikes were tho. Still feel for him the poor bugger l couldn't imagine how l would feel if l lost any of my bikes. :( :(

[Virago]

Did he not have insurance?

[Maha]

Did he not have insurance?

They asked him that question last night, he said he was not sure because the house was for sale, translation: um no.

[ellipsis]

...insurance?...Christchurch?... strange mix of fucking hard and pointlessness as has been proved by the last four or five years...

[BEAMER89]

Just seen the news, no insurance on the house and now saying they were Norton's :brick:

[Akzle]

now saying they were Norton's :brick:

whew! No great loss then.

[awa355]

Just seen the news, no insurance on the house and now saying they were Norton's :brick:

Thank christ they were only Nortons and not Chinese made GN250's. :( On a serious note, its pretty tragic to see any motorbikes burnt like that. If they were mine, I'd be gutted.

[FJRider]

1969 isn't vintage, pre 1930 is, $80K divided by 5 is $16K each. Few triumphs are worth as much as $16k far less a whole collection of projects so one wonders whether his claim is fraudulent, or just over valued for one's own ego.



As I recall ... Vintage is considered to be ... 50 years old ...

[jellywrestler]

As I recall ... Vintage is considered to be ... 50 years old ...


as far as motor vehilce in nz goes,
veteran pre 1918
vintage pre 1930
you may be thinking of tea towels and aerial flags?

[Grumph]

I don't know him personally but we've moved in overlapping circles for years. I remember him as a Triumph man and what little I saw on the news looked Triumph...He's best known in ChCh as a speedway competitor, cars. TQ's and sprints. last time i saw him drive was a carburettored sprinter in which he gave the more exotic injected cars fits. A very decent bloke and a genuine trier.
Insurance...well as Ellipsis has said, it's ChCh...for those not here it's often been a choice between what you can afford and none...And if as has been said, the house was under offer and the insurance came up for renewal complete with the seemingly mandatory increase....How many of us would have paid up ?

I hope he does well out of the fund, it could have been any one of several guys i know - Eurodave for instance is just a few doors away.....

[Taxythingy]

And if as has been said, the house was under offer and the insurance came up for renewal complete with the seemingly mandatory increase....How many of us would have paid up?

I would have thought - ah, wait, crap. How to screw up in four words.

Living in Christchurch has kind of taught most residents that up-to-date insurance is a bloody good idea, even if you know you are getting screwed over. If you can't afford the loss, it needs to be insured.

Having said that, he's been put in a rubbish position that I wouldn't wish on *almost* anyone.