The sh*t hit the fan

[SPman]

kk... now why would you think it was andrew in need of fairing repairs?? I don't understand!! (no, honest... I really don't... I just don't see any connection at all. Nope, none WHATSOEVER.. nuthin... anywhere..... *oh wait a second, whats that over there?*)

Has Andrew got any fairing left to need repairing. Or maybe he was just subconciously, getting in early......

[Firefight]

Hahahaha i had a small discussion with FF about this when the bike finally limped into coromandel. It's just a silly coincidence i think. I don't know about you guys but i was in my comfort zone. Things for some unknown reason went wrong. If you read this FF please can you give me your opinion as to what happened/what you saw. At the end of the day no-one is to blame you f$#ked it so get the repair bill, cry a little, and get back on.

Aff , I will pm you.

F/F

[bikerboy]

Look out FF, the knives are out tonight.

[Yamahamaman]

hmm... FF, maybe its all these young 250 riders getting distracted by your super sexy R6 that causes them to have an off? I think you better stop polishing it so much

Now ya know why I haven't been on a KB ride since I have had my even SEXIER, FASTER Silver R6

[Kwaka-Kid]

Cmon Yamaman Live a little!! take a risk!

[Coldkiwi]

Now ya know why I haven't been on a KB ride since I have had my even SEXIER, FASTER Silver R6

ahhh but its all in the riding isn't it?

which reminds me... i must go for a ride with andy1 up skyline road again and see if I can get to the top without him overtaking me this time!

[claire]

nope had to wait 4 hours in coromandel for dad to come pick me up with trailer and then a 3 hour journey back

Hey aff-man

my partner has just been on line reading this thread and has offered to plastic weld your fairings for you if they are repairable. you'd just have to get them down to us by courier or whatever.

cheers

claire

[Kwaka-Kid]

and to think i was just in rotovegas 3 hours ago got family down there, shit i could have taken them dude! had racebike in back, will be down @ vegas net aupo racemeeting with space in van if you can wait? - id offer to plastic weld too but im not good enough to work on other peoples bikes and just dont have any time :S

[aff-man]

Cheers clair but here are my options.
1) bike gets written off i pay the $1000 excess (in 3 months it wouldv'e been halfed cause i'd be 21) and buy a new bike
2) bike gets written off and i buy back wreck get all the mechanics fixed and then do the cosmetic when i can (thanks for the offer clair i will contact you as soon as i know what i'm doing probably mid week next week)

But due to the stupidity of certain insurance agents it will take longer. She had to consult a handbook when i phoned because she hadn't delt with a bike before and then sent me to a pannel beater for an assessment. Of course the pannelbeater laughed and after a quick call to insurance agents i found found i had to go to the north shore for an assessment.

By the way has anyone dealt with turners before i am going to go to an auction but they told me i can't test ride anything so i don't know if i will be swapping one wreck for another???

[claire]

Hey aff-man

just let me know what you decide. Who are you insured with? Most of our bike repair work comes via a bike shop as most people when they have an accident go straght to a bike shop.....don't know why they'd want you tripping around Auckland with it - but then who are we to question!!!!

Claire

[aff-man]

It was state. They only recognise registered assessors and thier one is spectrum so i had to go to north shore. I asked the guy for a gestimate at repair cost with all the little broken bits he said about 3000 so my bike is probably a definate write off so i'm gonna have to have a serious think about what to do???

[Motoracer]

It was state. They only recognise registered assessors and thier one is spectrum so i had to go to north shore. I asked the guy for a gestimate at repair cost with all the little broken bits he said about 3000 so my bike is probably a definate write off so i'm gonna have to have a serious think about what to do???

WTF?? You're jokeing right? I am sure with a bit of DIY, you can get it done for less than 1/3rd that ammount.

[aff-man]

yes i know but with an excess of 1000 if i want to get insurance it has to be a write off anyway

[wkid_one]

Yeah - they told me my VTR was gonna cost $7200 to repair - write off limit was $7500 - so I was bloody lucky.

Thing with Insurance Companies is that usually require OEM parts and ask the company to quote on this. I got a screen from Visual Plastics for $115 for the VTR and the quote to replace the screen to the insurance company was $660+GST. Needless to say - that covered my excess in that one part.

Biggest thing is to make sure your bike is adequately insured as I nearly got caught out by under-insuring the VTR and losing out if it was written off.

[Coldkiwi]

It was state. They only recognise registered assessors and thier one is spectrum so i had to go to north shore. I asked the guy for a gestimate at repair cost with all the little broken bits he said about 3000 so my bike is probably a definate write off so i'm gonna have to have a serious think about what to do???

thought it was with AMI? confused now!

MR, I've seen the damage and I'd agree with spectrum (not that I know sod all about repairs but its in line with what i've seen)

i still reckon the best way is to get an assessment done is get your fav bike store to run a full itemised checklist and take it to the companies assessor. When he realises he can save 3 hrs work by just duplicating the list, you're sorted (and odds are all he thinks needs doing is paint/panel work). But its all a little irrelevant eh affman