Get to an empty parking lot and practice some braking. The body is all fine and your gear wasn't damaged?
Get to an empty parking lot and practice some braking. The body is all fine and your gear wasn't damaged?
I had a CBR 600 written off years ago, and the insurance company gave me the option of keeping it for a slightly smaller insurance pay out.
I went with this option stripped off what I wanted to keep and sold the wreck through Turners Auctions (A work mate bought it and street fightered it... Badly, bloody UGLY!)
It is worth arguing with the insurance company if the amount they offer is well below what you think the bike is worth. I did and eventually we settled somewhere in the middle. I think we were both unhappy with the result!
The wreck sold for more than the reduction in the pay out so all good for me
Glad you got off (so to speak) unhurt.
Not completely unfair. I have a lot to learn. It's was a swervey/brakey kinda stop. Locked and turning seems to mean "dump rider". One of those brake or smash harder crashes. There was no time to "progressively" brake.
Have been taking it reeeeeeeeal easy this week on the new bike. Really don't want to bin this one.
Work gave me the day off!![]()
"This is not a car."
Crikey, you're doing pretty well to tuck it on proper rubber
Gn brakes aren't...good. Mine's got a fresh system ont he front and it's like running two dicks on a dead parrot, not completely ideal and feels wrong.
Biggest problem with them is really the geometry ad the silly skinny tyres.
yes. Generally, if its a write off, you have to PROVE that there was no structural/frame/fork damage. there are a few ways to do this. If the intended repairer immediately after the crash assessed it, and wrote explicitly on the paperwork 'no structural/frame damage, cosmetic damage only' then you can use that bit of paper to prove it and avoid the cost of an engineers report.
the issue with that is that when buying a damaged bike at auction, you seldom get any paperwork other than the bill of sale or a receipt. Its uncommon for the assessor or intended repairer to actually state 'no frame damage' and even if they do, you as the eventual purchaser of the wreck are unlikely to get that paperwork anyway, unless you knew the previous owner and they go and get it for you. repairers etc won't just provide you with that paperwork due to 'privacy' etc.
bottom line is that its smart to get an engineers report regardless, if you are going to be riding the bike around you want to know its safe for yourself. I got an egineers report for the last bike had re-rego'd (was bought as a damaged bike) and thankfully, the engineers report confirmed that the damage was only cosmetic. Allow anywhere between $250 and $600 for the report, different places will charge differently.
actually, yes you can!
Correct. If I remember correctly the wording is 'a competent person' so anyone with the tools at home can do it - you can just ask at VTNZ, or at the certifiers for a copy of the paperwork, and fill it out, it isnt hard to do, but if you havent done much mechanical stuff yourself, youd be a fool to just go do it yourself anyway - its your brakes after all!!!
Sounds like you didnt give yourself enough following distance (had to say it before KM did!)
Well, you could wait and see what the damage is. If it is just cosmetic damage, and you dont mind riding a bike that has some dents and shit, then yeah, it could be economical to buy it back and just tidy it up over time.
Hm... I haven't had my GN very long. I have full insurance for $2000, but could my insurance company try and dick me around/not pay out the amount insured for if my bike is written off/damaged?
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