Insurance hassles

**MikeL** · 17th April 2004, 08:48

Originally Posted by Lynda Blair

SO WHAT IS THE NEW BIKE??????!!!!!!!! We're all dying to know!!!!

Patience, patience. Going to pick it up this morning. Will take some pix and post them. But don't get too excited: it's not a GSXR, R1, Brutale, or anything like that.

**Firefight** · 17th April 2004, 08:52

Originally Posted by MikeL

Patience, patience. Going to pick it up this morning. Will take some pix and post them. But don't get too excited: it's not a GSXR, R1, Brutale, or anything like that.

Come on mate, you don't have to tell them, JUST PM me.

F/F

**MikeL** · 17th April 2004, 11:00

O.K., here it is...

**Firefight** · 17th April 2004, 11:19

Originally Posted by MikeL

O.K., here it is...

Nice Bike Mike, can't wait to see it properly, bugger Ia'm workin to day and tomorow.. ..F/F

Yamahamaman · 17th April 2004, 11:21

Originally Posted by MikeL

O.K., here it is...

Welcome to the Silver Bike club MikeL

**Motoracer** · 17th April 2004, 11:55

Hi there Mike, Thats a nice lookin bike you got there

You commin to the track nex friday?

Edit: I am such a menace, I keep talking about the 23rd track day on every single thread I can find

. Shows you how excited I am about it!

**MikeL** · 17th April 2004, 12:55

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Hi there Mike, Thats a nice lookin bike you got there

You commin to the track nex friday?

Will be at the track for part of the day (heading off Coromandel way about 2:30) but haven't decided whether to go onto the track and if so on which bike (probably the 400 rather than the XJR), or just to watch and take some videos of the rest of you.

**Holy Roller** · 18th April 2004, 21:28

Great looking bike
The silver streak reminds me of my first bike

**aff-man** · 19th April 2004, 12:06

What can i say except nice very very nice. As to insurance they are screwing me as well bloody state. They got an assessor to check the bike and said that prior to the accident the bike was only in average condition and worth $2500. AVERAGE condition i mean bloody hell it was a bit old but there was nothing wrong with it. So i am stuffing the insurance guys getting it fixed myself. Have fun mike i am looking at joining you guys for a ride asap

LB · 20th April 2004, 05:35

Nice choice! Thanks for putting us out of our misery!

See you on the 23rd.

**fritter** · 22nd April 2004, 18:14

Congrats on the new bike

I've been fucked around by insurance companies for six months now and still waiting for them to fix my bike.

You know the ironic part? It was a police vehicle that caused the damage (my bike was parked at the time).

Betya if I'd smacked a cop bike or car they'd have the money outta me lickety split.

Turns out the cops self insure, and they use a third party 'risk management' company to help them with their claims.

True, within a month they got work done on it, but the repair job was worse than the original damage. I'm gonna have to take them to court over this would you believe

Problem is working out exactly who I am taking to court - the cops, or their claims company.

Moral of the story? Either make sure your own insurance company fully cover you for any damage caused any time, or make sure that if someone does cause damage to your bike that it isn't a cop

**MikeL** · 22nd April 2004, 20:37

Well I'm sorry to hear that others have had insurance hassles as well, but I'm relieved that mine have now been sorted. I still don't know whether it was the finance company that lost the cheque or the insurance company that didn't send it (I wonder how much extra interest they would earn anually if each payout was delayed a couple of weeks???). Anyway, after the major worry about my loan account being in default the news that the finance company will take at least 10 days to calculate my refund is a minor annoyance that I can live with. After all, I wouldn't want their abacus operator to get repetitive strain injury...