Buy back or not?

[texmo]

OK as most of you know I crashed and wrote off my cbr250rr, its was a 1990 mc22 that had just under 30,000kms on the clock and was in pretty good nick. I am considering buying it back the insurance company hasn't given me a price yet but will have one buy Friday.
The damage to my bike that I know of is; Bent forks, bend radiator, smashed ferrings (every ferring is damaged in some way front ferring and main left ferring are both shattered), Tank is a goner, air box damaged, handle bars bent, clutch lever bent, wind screen smashed, mirrors smashed, head lights smashed, and instruments all stuffed, there are a few other little things, from what I know there is no damage to the motor it self.
Now I have a whole new set of ferrings but they need plastic welding and painting I have a friend who plastic welds so that's no problem and another who paints cars so that's taken care of, I also have a tank, windscreen, forks (one needs a new seal), second hand head lights and instruments all of which I obtained for $400, So that means All I need is; Radiator, handle bars, mirrors, lever and Other things that I don't know about yet.

So is it worth buying my bike back and putting it on the road again, or should I just cut my losses and buy a new bike?

[SPORK]

Dude it looks fine. Harden up.

[*sic]

if you decide not to buy it back, hook the gear lever off and sell it to mee!!




please!

[Colapop]

Did ya end up down the hole with the bike?

As far as buying it back goes, have you got the cash to buy a new one and the messed up one? If so buy and ride, and fix up the other for a spare or flick it off. As long as you recover costs (pos. make a profit) then sweet.

[**R1**]

Mate that things fucked, let it go, and shop around for something else,

by the time you buy it back, replace or straighten the forks, replace the tank, and replace the radiator, you could have bought another bike,..

[Goblin]

This is ONLY my opinion...with all the spare bits you already have, you could buy the wreck back...get it back together and set it up for the track, get yourself a racing licence and do all your hard out riding on the track. Buy yourself another(if you can afford it) for the road and take it easy on the road.
Whatever you decide, good luck with it.

[Sketchy_Racer]

NOOOOOOOO buy it, then ill buy it back off you

how much as it is do you think?

[DMNTD]

Since you've got most of the parts required already and IF the insurance Co. doesn't want much for the wreck...buy it back for sure.
Judging by the pic's I reckon they won't want much for it due to condition and age.
A good cheap bike in the end....if not for you someone else

[HDTboy]

Yes, and buy my bike too

[mattt]

So is it worth buying my bike back and putting it on the road again, or should I just cut my losses and buy a new bike?

Nup - buy my vfr400rr :weird:

[In The Breeze]

A good cheap bike in the end....if not for you someone else
A good point:niceone: There are many people trying to get into riding that would be keen as

[bugjuice]

have you been told the reason it's been written off? If the frame is fukt, then I wouldn't bother. If it's bent or cracked, then it won't be road worthy. But saying that, you could make a mean gokart from it.

If the frame is ok, it then boils down to how much you have to spend and how much the insurance wants for it. If it's wiithin your budget, then fixing it up is a piece of piss. An afternoon's work at the worst, if you have all the parts. The biggest expense will the the plastics. Fairings can be costly for half decent ones. You could get a mix-match, and get them sprayed in a custom job, but remember your idea of custom, might be someone else's idea of crap, so you won't get as much resell value than if the fairings were stock. But you'd pay a premium for half decent sets.

Tank, forks, rad, clipons etc, is a quick trip around a couple of wreckers. Be a few hundy, but they're easy.

So to sum up - is the frame buggered? If not, can you afford to get it back on the road? If no and yes, then go for it. Else leave it and see what pay-out you get, and then buy something that isn't from a dealer so you can't get ripped again. The price you paid for that bike is criminal alone..

[Bartman10]

I'd buy it and turn it into a track bike

[Sketchy_Racer]

what did he pay for it in the first place??

[bugjuice]

something like $6G..
And Pyro isn't much better.. What did you pay Pyro?

[HDTboy]

If the frame's bug(juice)gered he could use my frame

[bugjuice]

true, he could mash the two together.. is your engine poked then? or you just trying to get a sale?

[Sketchy_Racer]

bugger, he got shafted!!

[R6_kid]

make your f*cking mind up kid. Thought we were gonna rebuild it in my garage and give it a good paint job. You could probably fling it for $4500 or more if you forget to mention the accident.:ar15:

[texmo]

Nup - buy my vfr400rr :weird:
how much, I wont be able to give cash till after x-mas day I get my pay out on friday.



Mate that things fucked, let it go, and shop around for something else,

by the time you buy it back, replace or straighten the forks, replace the tank, and replace the radiator, you could have bought another bike,..I cant really afford to buy another nice 250 I will get about $5700 after my excess, I have new forks already but one needs a new seal thats no biggie, I also have a new tank.


I have got all the parts and will need another $500 in parts that $900, then buy back which will be around $600, im sure I can get it on the road easy, the frame is perfect...

[texmo]

OK FUCKING HELL!
I have just spoken to my broker again, and insurance company said my bike isn't worth $6500 because they know all even though red baron said that's what its worth, so they are gonna get it re-valued by somebody else... My bike has only $5k worth of damage or something so may not be a write off and they have been offered $500 for the wreck so far... the insurance company also said its taking a while to get my driving record from the LTSA and that's holding them up!

I mean I pay like $2k in insurance and they still fuck me around.

[WRT]

Argue it with them. I had to with state, was well worth it in the end. Get another valuation done by an independant 3rd party, it may mean that you have to wait to get the money, but better than taking what they offer you. Dont be surprised if their valuation comes in at something like 3k, be prepared for it, dont get angry with them, just find out what you need to do to contest their valuation. When they valued mine, the assessor didnt even go out and look at the bike, they just plucked a figure from thin air and hoped I would accept it.

Get your own valuations done, and ARGUE IT! Keep a level head when dealing with them, but fight it!

[texmo]

Yer well there is $5k damage and they are considering putting it back on the raod for me

[Coyote]

Buy it as a race bike and buy a RGV250 road bike with the rest of the money

[John]

Yer well there is $5k damage and they are considering putting it back on the raod for me
and the problem is, if it is a write off then your going to go through a few hard years if you live anything like me.

ps if you buy it back sell it to me because I want it to do burnouts on, by on I mean get my bike and burn some rubber all over the gay honda shit.

[pyrocam]

insurance standard is if its more than 75% of the pre-accident valuation then its a write off.

yeah getting a driving history can take up to something like 4 weeks (one of mine to 8)

[NinjaBoy]

Yer well there is $5k damage and they are considering putting it back on the raod for me

and they are contesting its worth $6.5K? Doesn't make any sense they want to put it back on the road. I've had far less damage on my bins and my insurance coy were really quick to assess a write-off.

[poorbastard]

Good luck with the inurance company.

My old gsxr got written off but with bugger all damage (was only valued at 2500) the 3rd partys insurance company paid out and I got my bike back for 50 bucks. Spent a couple hundred on it and got it road worthy again. However it did take 5 months to get the bloody money off the bastards(Tower).

[inlinefour]

Hope all this shyte is sorted out before the summer really starts. I'd suspect that you'll be waiting over the Xmas period anyhow. Bike does not look too bad in the picture, but you never know exactly what your going to end up in the end. If it has had a big knock then the motor could be screwed in 12 months or there abouts. Had a 4WD hit one of my old cars from behind, 15 months later the gearbox is playing up and the motor is not too happy.. Either way I hope you get back on the road soon without too many more hassles.:crazy:

[froggyfrenchman]

something like $6G..
And Pyro isn't much better.. What did you pay Pyro?

Holy Crap! poofiddys must be damn expensive round your parts!

[metric]

crunch the numbers and the time bro, shouldn't be too hard to figure out...

[HenryDorsetCase]

Argue it with them. I had to with state, was well worth it in the end. Get another valuation done by an independant 3rd party, it may mean that you have to wait to get the money, but better than taking what they offer you. Dont be surprised if their valuation comes in at something like 3k, be prepared for it, dont get angry with them, just find out what you need to do to contest their valuation. When they valued mine, the assessor didnt even go out and look at the bike, they just plucked a figure from thin air and hoped I would accept it.

Get your own valuations done, and ARGUE IT! Keep a level head when dealing with them, but fight it!

thats good advice WRT. Remember folks, insurance companies make money by taking yours, and then NOT paying out.

its not a co-operative society, they are rapacious capitalist pricks. and the claims staff are card carrying National Socialists, or their offspring.

like the man says, keep a level head though. also, send them faxes and emails (i.e. keep records of correspondence) and be prepared to argue (you are within Disputes Tribunal jurisdiction, although thats a bloody lottery as well).

[Suney]

Looks pretty munted to me
I wouldn't buy it back but if you are really keen on a project this would be great! Could learn alot from it.
But if you do decide to buy it back to sell off and not fix it, I could be keen on the engine

[texmo]

Finally got word from insurance company. They want $1k for my bike so i'm not buying it back, They are gonna pay me out $6500 minus my excess so I'm pretty stoked, I am gonna buy a gilera runner 180 on monday. So back to scooters for a while.

[Goblin]

:niceone: Sounds like a good decision.


See you round Coro sometime:soon:

[gamgee]

I am gonna buy a gilera runner 180 on monday. So back to scooters for a while.
:pinch:
why:spudwhat:

[texmo]

Because I am gonna lose my licence as soon as I pay my next fine off. I want something for a short period of time

[gamgee]

Because I am gonna lose my licence as soon as I pay my next fine off. I want something for a short period of time

haha oh, fair enough then why not get a road reg enduro bike or something that you can ride off road once you lose your licence... anything but a scooter :crazy:

[APPLE]

my opinion mate, it aint worth restoring and spending precious dosh,on a 2fiddy,look for another?

[Coyote]

Get an SJ50 if you want a scooter and keep the money aside for a RGV250. Although the Gilera Runner is pretty cool for a scooter, at least you don't want the Italjet Dragster Dragster :crazy:

[texmo]

haha oh, fair enough then why not get a road reg enduro bike or something that you can ride off road once you lose your licence... anything but a scooter :crazy:
I would bet money that on a gilera runner I could
a) do better wheelies
b) do better rolling stoppies
c) reach 0-100 faster
Than you could on your bike.

[gamgee]

I would bet money that on a gilera runner I could
a) do better wheelies
b) do better rolling stoppies
c) reach 0-100 faster
Than you could on your bike.

yeah most probably but you'll still look like a tool riding a scooter :shake:
i'd bet money i could get through a set of twisties quicker tho ;)

[texmo]

yeah most probably but you'll still look like a tool riding a scooter :shake:
i'd bet money i could get through a set of twisties quicker tho ;)
Ok how much and what twisties?

[gamgee]

three mile hill, uphill, $20
from the bottom to the top hehe should be interesting, takes about 2 minutes to go from bottom to top, and if you win i'll hand over the cash with a sheepish grin, knowing i was beaten by no good dirty scooter scum :motu:
laying down the challenge on post number 800 ;)

[texmo]

I have no clue where that is and I live in auckland I will meet you in wellington though.

[gamgee]

:rofl: drive nearly 1000km for a $20 bet :crazy:

[texmo]

Its not the money I care about more giving you the learn on a scooter in some twisties.

[John]

Its not the money I care about more giving you the learn on a scooter in some twisties.
i laugh at you queer boy, common giveme some sexuall pleasure.

[texmo]

i laugh at you queer boy, common giveme some sexuall pleasure.
Shut up farm boy dont make me come up to the hicks and smash your stoner ass.

[John]

Shut up farm boy dont make me come up to the hicks and smash your stoner ass.
what, on your scooter? it'll be 07 by the time you get here.

[texmo]

what, on your scooter? it'll be 07 by the time you get here.
well it took me 55mins to get to mangawhai so I'm sure I could get to whangarei before 7am

[John]

well it took me 55mins to get to mangawhai so I'm sure I could get to whangarei before 7am
see you bright and early then, you will be just intime to cook me some steak breakfast just before the day starts, and a bit'a'head wouldnt be misplaced.

[texmo]

Sorry decided to go for a small bike ride saw a mate on his bmx so we went to westernpark where he decided it would be a good idea to ride down a 50' angle in the wet with no vision at all and ended up 5 meters away from his bike lying in rocks so I was in the hospital for most of the night... comedy plus

[texmo]

I just recived $5700 in the mail today from nation auto club been what two months about bloody time makes me want to do this (http://www.devilducky.com/media/25187/)


Oh, and my mate ended up with a few broken ribs.

[pyrocam]

I just recived $5700 in the mail today from nation auto club been what two months about bloody time makes me want to do this (http://www.devilducky.com/media/25187/)


Oh, and my mate ended up with a few broken ribs.

thats the slackest turn around I can think off. (I would know)


edit: I lie I had one guy on for about 10months

[Satch]

Hey Texmo, just thought id let you know just saw this post, i ended up buying this bike and fixing it up!

cheers

[texmo]

haha far out, got any pics? did you like my pegs?

[Satch]

haha far out, got any pics? did you like my pegs?

Ha ha, yeah small world aye,

i bought it off a guy in whangerai who must have given up on it

was def your bike tho!

yeah pegs were a bit ground to say the least i actually replaced one of them!!

heres a pic of her, i sold her to some asian a couple of months back

[placidfemme]

OK as most of you know I crashed and wrote off my cbr250rr, its was a 1990 mc22 that had just under 30,000kms on the clock and was in pretty good nick. I am considering buying it back the insurance company hasn't given me a price yet but will have one buy Friday.
The damage to my bike that I know of is; Bent forks, bend radiator, smashed ferrings (every ferring is damaged in some way front ferring and main left ferring are both shattered), Tank is a goner, air box damaged, handle bars bent, clutch lever bent, wind screen smashed, mirrors smashed, head lights smashed, and instruments all stuffed, there are a few other little things, from what I know there is no damage to the motor it self.
Now I have a whole new set of ferrings but they need plastic welding and painting I have a friend who plastic welds so that's no problem and another who paints cars so that's taken care of, I also have a tank, windscreen, forks (one needs a new seal), second hand head lights and instruments all of which I obtained for $400, So that means All I need is; Radiator, handle bars, mirrors, lever and Other things that I don't know about yet.

So is it worth buying my bike back and putting it on the road again, or should I just cut my losses and buy a new bike?

Hey

Just speaking from experience... My ZXR had less damage than your CBR (by the looks of things) and so far I've spent over $3800 getting it fixed, yours looks like it'll cost more than that...

Hence I voted no.

[crazybigal]

with 5k damage there is no way they will do that.
ive seen bikes writen off over less than 1k damage on a 6k bike.


Yer well there is $5k damage and they are considering putting it back on the raod for me

[Satch]

red bike in pic above = texmo old bike!

thread 1 year old nearly

[Snowcarver04]

The insurance company offers really low prices on buy backs from my experiance any way.

I crashed my 89 cbr250r a few weeks ago and the insurance has offered it for $250.It has a brand new rear tyre which I payed $200 for.Brand new x ring chain and new sprokets $170 and the engine and gear box are fine.

Is there much of a demand for engines?

[R6_kid]

there are always crazy westies or engineering students (or a combination of both) wanting engines for go-karts...

[terbang]

Yes I remember that one, my first KB ride. It was a BLACKYOSHI coro loop. Fark it was fun. Met some cool people and there was also these dodgey looking guys that looked like they had come straight from Te-Aroha or something. Some poor guy binned in the first few kays just down the road at drury. Weestromer and I helped put texmos wreck up onto the ute. Texmo was in the ambulance. Goblin was fussing over his well-being with a knowing look in her eye. That was the day 2much took the plunge and decided he should buy a Gixxer. The local Tairua Rozzer was also a good helpful bastard. Think it was ZRXers first KB ride too..?
Interesting debut to KB rides I suppose...! Oh well here I still am..:innocent:

[Goblin]

Chur Bruce! That was my first Kb ride too, and fark yes it was fun! Texmo asking how to stop his pegs scraping...:shit: I think a few knew it was enevitable. Then 2much coming to grief...dont think anyone saw that one coming. Laughing at the hung-over Dover and Dorkland-we-dont-ride-in-the-rain crew for turning back at Coromandel. Then the shitfight that broke out after certain pics were posted :innocent: :laugh: What a welcome!

[terbang]

Oh it was your first as well Kel. Yup it was real eye opener after riding with the Ulysses guys. You looked like such a vetran and I can remember Steves comments about having being given a serious reality check by you on yer beloved "Ratty". Oh well, he's still here and so are you.. Oh yes and all that righteousness that broke out on line afterwards.