How is a bike judged to be a write off?

[hellokitty]

hmmmmm might have to head to the BNZ and get em out

My bollocks are firmly attached to Mr Hellokitty

[skippa1]

My bollocks are firmly attached to Mr Hellokitty

I dont care about yours, its mine Im more interested in

[pete-blen]

when the cost to repair is more than the min
they can get away with paying out to the owner
as a write off....
And they also take into account the amount they can
recover selling the bike as a wreck...

[Old Steve]

Plus my husband can plastic weld! He welded our mate's Aprillia back together!

So Aprillias are made of plastic? No wonder they go like they do, they'd be so light. I'd have thought they'd have a steel or aluminium frame for strength. Hmmmm, interesting, don't think I'll ever buy one.

[spanner spinner]

the price that they can get for the wreck has a big input in to whether the bike is written off or not, the insurance company will know what the average price they get for the make/model of bike. if they can get a good price for the write off and this is bigger than the difference between the repair cost and what they have to pay you they will write the bike off. less cost to them and as has been eluded to no extra surprise damage to pay for that you don't find till you have started repairing the bike. I have done several insurace quotes for small repair costs to see the bikes written off because they sell for silly money as a wreck. insurance companies love trade me as the write offs sell for a lot more than they use to when the insurance companies sold them themself.

[carburator]

Yeah, all it needs really, is the handle bars and back brake pedal. The body work is cosmetic. But, if it does get written off, then I can pay my mortgage while looking for work. Apparently having a mortgage for 9 years with your bank that you have had an account with for 23 years and owning 50% of the value of the house means JACK SHIT. Also having insurance to cover the mortgage in case of redundancy means JACK SHIT too.
BNZ you suck hairy bollocks.

ASB are no better!

They do a basic frame alignment check as well which can point out that the frame or swing arm is damaged
also do run out checks on the front and rear wheels.. its the little things that add up..

Yamaha RRP for total fairing replacement on a 08 R1 ( 6K )

[hellokitty]

ASB are no better!

They do a basic frame alignment check as well which can point out that the frame or swing arm is damaged
also do run out checks on the front and rear wheels.. its the little things that add up..

Yamaha RRP for total fairing replacement on a 08 R1 ( 6K )

The workshop guy said that we may find more damage once he starts looking at. Very hard for me with no knowledge to guess how bad it is.
I bought my old Honda as a write off - the back guard had a small chunk out of it and it was $3K to replace apparently!

[hellokitty]

So Aprillias are made of plastic? No wonder they go like they do, they'd be so light. I'd have thought they'd have a steel or aluminium frame for strength. Hmmmm, interesting, don't think I'll ever buy one.

obviously I was talking about the fairings...