mattian has obviously gone AWOL missing his bike (I know how he feels).

Assessor rang me today, he assessed the bike yesterday, agrees it's pretty much cosmetic or bolt on pieces, so they are happy to repair (my first choice as well). He also just wanted to check with me before giving authorisation etc.

So now I wait for the parts to arrive... realistically we're looking at 4 weeks to being back on the road. Roughly half for the parts to arrive, then book it back into the workshop, pieces fitted etc.