Binned the Bird this morning

[BigB]

Do you have to replace like for like when carrying out the repairs?
Don't know if you are interested but if the insurance company basically signs off on the repair quote can you then spend the money how you see fit?

Not sure what the story is with that but will find out. The shop has come back with a quote for about $7000 including labour. Now just waiting to hear from the insurance company to see what they say ie will they pay $1300 for a new wheel rim or just get it re painted for $300.

It really sux's not having a bike.

B

[RT527]

southbound is the sweeper i was there today noticed what looked like a bit of diesel stain? ****in trucks droppingthat **** everywhere lately in mt wellington/ellerslie/remmers it's pissing me off.mayb e it was grit to soak up the diesel.?

Not to mention the cars dropping oil, the import diesels that drop oil and fuel from poorly looked after vehicles , and then theres the poor bikie who couldnt help drain away a few litres of oil, bastage roadwork fellas should be sweeping the road just for us, but then that means trucks and we all know that trucks are evil, lol

[N4CR]

not to mention the cars dropping oil, the import diesels that drop oil and fuel from poorly looked after vehicles , and then theres the poor bikie who couldnt help drain away a few litres of oil, bastage roadwork fellas should be sweeping the road just for us, but then that means trucks and we all know that trucks are evil, lol

when there is a new decent 50cm-1m wide 50-100m+ long diesel spill on most of the roads i ride every day it's usually a truck they overfill the bottom tanks and then it pisses out as teh excess fuel sits on the top of the tank or expands out a breather i don't know how it works. i've seen them go past doing it. just more common lately for some reason esp in my area. and in the middle of a corner in the wet it's not cool. and oil stains from the 4wds and cars are not too bad, usually just screw up rolling stoppies on them at the lights. in saying that most trucks are okay it's just the few cowboys that wreck it for the rest. like fireengines, bunch of hoons. what if a grandma pulled out infront of them or something they couldn't stop in time. jeeesuz.

[RT527]

when there is a new decent 50cm-1m wide 50-100m+ long diesel spill on most of the roads i ride every day it's usually a truck they overfill the bottom tanks and then it pisses out as teh excess fuel sits on the top of the tank or expands out a breather i don't know how it works. i've seen them go past doing it. just more common lately for some reason esp in my area. and in the middle of a corner in the wet it's not cool. and oil stains from the 4wds and cars are not too bad, usually just screw up rolling stoppies on them at the lights. in saying that most trucks are okay it's just the few cowboys that wreck it for the rest. like fireengines, bunch of hoons. what if a grandma pulled out infront of them or something they couldn't stop in time. jeeesuz.

Yup your right , most Trucks systems mean that there is a return from the injector pump which sends unused fuel back to the tank ...with the heat build up through friction the fuel coming back to the tank is hot where as the fuel in the tank is cool so you get a reaction and also any air gets returned as well causing an expansion in the tank.
now if a truckie overfills his tank which happens often as a lot of drivers arnt aware that the the tank has written on it not to fill to the top due to expansion , where it then blows out any breather hole.

So yeah, it is a prob and i agree with you .

Even tho i drive trucks my self you have a very valid point.

On a side note I used to work in onehunga about 14 yrs ago and used to travel from the Nth Shore to onhunga every day on my bike.

One morning heading down rockfeild rd by penrose High School a 3rd former decided he would play chicken with the traffic on a ped xing he would wait for a car to come then run out in front of it.

I was behind a car...probably about 4 car lengths when said little sod ran out in front of the car in front of me , he promptly stood on the anchors , as did I ....this is where it went pear shaped....the house before the xing had had its drains re down and as a result there was fine scoria out front of his house which i hit and my front went out from under me i slide down the gutter and my bike carried on into the back of an insurance assessor from State.
I swear my bike actuall went faster as it went down the road .

Long story short he blamed me and my insurer Sun Alliance listened to me and paid out , and i didnt loose my no claims as they deemed the little shit to be responsible ( cops got him as ther was one down the rd who saw it all(he was off duty but grabbed the little shit as he ran off).

Anyways cheer up Big B your all right cept for a bit of hurt pride like I was...Glad your ok too.

[Zapf]

Not sure what the story is with that but will find out. The shop has come back with a quote for about $7000 including labour. Now just waiting to hear from the insurance company to see what they say ie will they pay $1300 for a new wheel rim or just get it re painted for $300.

It really sux's not having a bike.

B

Ouch sorry to hear BigB. What slowpoke said is correct, it is the insurance company settling with you. Not the bike shop. So once you have a settlement from the insurance you can decide how to spend the money. E.g you can buy cheaper OEM Alternator covers from US than buying Honda items... etc. Also with your left hand exhaust is it a factory item? And do you want a factory item again?