Low speed crash - Bike a write off!

[Genie]

You are right there. My first one cost me $10k cash, the house, car and kids. I did get to keep my chainsaw though!

One could say the same for husbands, mine cost me close to 80k and i got to buy a new chainsaw.

Glad the wife in question was not seriously injured, I can imagine the fright she got, even some of those bees out there can be right scarey when they smack into your visor at 100k (never speed).

Today's society has become hugely disposable from bikes, cars to dishwashers and washing machine, nothing is built to last forever. I was pleased to note they will crush the bike as I have heard of some buying them and fixing them to re-sell.

Have fun shopping for a new one, do it fast this weather is awesome.

[The Everlasting]

Wait, are you still talking about the wife?

Hahaha...

[Conquiztador]

I was pleased to note they will crush the bike as I have heard of some buying them and fixing them to re-sell.

What a total waste. Heaps of usable bits. Insurance company only needs to sell it to a reputable wrecker and the issue is solved.

[p.dath]

Glad to hear the wifey is ok, and still keen on biking.

You mentioned the bike kissed a concrete post. Concrete posts are rather unforgiving, and that probably did the damage. A simple slide and it may have been a different matter.

[Jackal]

Thanks all for the caring comments, they are appreciated. Mrs Jackal had me down at the Suzuki shop after work pricing up a new VL! So this incident certinly has not dented her confidence and desire to be out riding. Good to see.

[Genie]

Thanks all for the caring comments, they are appreciated. Mrs Jackal had me down at the Suzuki shop after work pricing up a new VL! So this incident certinly has not dented her confidence and desire to be out riding. Good to see.

Hey wow, what an awesome chick is Mrs Jackel.

[raftn]

Huh - I'm STILL paying for mine ....

Mine cost me $490,000 + $70000 in lawyers and accounts........., I did keep the cat though.

[Jackal]

Hey wow, what an awesome chick is Mrs Jackel.

Yeah, I think so.

[bogan]

What a total waste. Heaps of usable bits. Insurance company only needs to sell it to a reputable wrecker and the issue is solved.

there speaks a modder! a bike is only as good as the sum of its parts, and mines got parts from fucking everywhere

gas-axe the headstock off it, and sell it as parts is way better option than crushing it, or as conquiztador says, reputable wrecker.

[Dutchee]

Might not help in your case, but years ago mum had an oops in the car. Assessor told them it was fixable. Insurance would only put second hand parts on the car, and due to demand & supply, it took 9 months for the damned thing to be returned. We were a one car family (bloody hell, shows my age) so they had to buy another car for in the interim.

After they got it back, someone told them they could have disputed the assessor and got another one to look and maybe write it off. Up to 3 assessors could be used and majority rules. (Mum took out a farmer's fence but the car bent around the strainer post - my canaries lived to tell me all about it when they got home).
I almost had my scooter written off when it was only a few months old as I got sidetracked and bumped into the car in front of me, resulting in the fairing shattering. I didn't dare put in another claim a couple of weeks later when someone's bike fell over in the bike park in town and cracked the fairing again.

Glad your wife is okay though

[zealchick]

I wrote my first bike off....3 weeks after getting it. Low speed also....just pulling out of my drive and before you ask no, there was no other vehicle involved grabbed a handfull of throttle and slid her sideways across the road and slammed into the curb bent the wheel, forks, disc break and obviously scraped the exhaust etc broke a foot peg 11k worth of damage all up I bought a new bike 3 weeks later but my confidence was shattered so I wish your wife well and hope she is keen to get right back on...cause I am so glad I perserveerd. ask anyone who helped me get there it has been one hell of a journey, but well worth it.

[porky]

crusher .... Yeah right.... take the cash and run. New bike for xmas sounds like a good plan, and a good way to forget the bumps and bruises.

[trailblazer]

we have had to get bikes xrayed at work to make sure there was no unforseen damage as if the insurance company says to fix and there is damage that hasn't been spotted and you go have a crash as a result they are liable for up to a $2mil law suit. I looked at buying a written off gsxr750 and buy time I brought the bike and all parts and allowed for all the things that I may need to get bike back on the road it wasn't worth doing as there wasn't much differance from my price to a dealers price.

[davebullet]

I suppose the VL is such a cheap bike - not worth fixing it up (Esp. frame damage which must be done properly and will cost). I'm guessing the frame has to be stripped of parts before straightening therefore lots of labour. Had it been a 1098 Troy Balliss edition - might have been worth a fix up.

Good she realises it wasn't her that caused the crash and that it hasn't put her off.

[Jackal]

Mrs Jackal found her replacement bike today. Another VL250 but this time in silver! 2nd hand but very low k's and in excelent condition. We pick the bike up from Chch tomorrow. Only problem is she is laid up with a crook back, (another story!) so I will
be riding it back home. She cannot wait to get her leg over it and head back out there.