$12,700 repair bill

**EnzoYug** · 15th January 2008, 23:32

So - I took a spill on my GT250R 2007. It was stock-standard when I threw it down the road. Damage was as follows:

LHS Fairings: all fairings torn up but not broken. (one intake vent gone)
LHS Indicators: snapped off & badly grazed
Clutch lever: Ground down but otherwise fine
Gear lever: Little bent and a bit worn down
LHS mirror: Missing in action
LHS Handlebar/grip: ground right down, probly bent
LHS peg: missing in action
ALL OVER: A few paint chips that could be spotted out with some model paint and match stick.

Etc... you get the idea. So I went in lowside and tore up the plastics, ground the metal. snapped a few bits off.
There was also some deep (but thin) grazes on the muffler, RHS wing mirror and fairing when it slid then flicked itself onto the other side for good measure, just as it came to a rest.Red baron have written up the repairs (most economical option, ie. don't paint it when replacing is cheaper etc..) as costing, with labour, $12,500ish.

Thats FIVE THOUSAND MORE THAN A NEW BIKE. Fuckin ace. GO red baron! Glad I don't work for the insurance company (covered in full) and glad that I counted my fingers after shaking their hands at the shop.

So - anyone got any GOOD stories about red baron auckland?
PS. I'm not judging the guys, im just interested in reactions to that figure. THEN I'LL JUDGE THEM :P

**Conquiztador** · 15th January 2008, 23:37

Fark... I always knew I was in the wrong business...

How can they justify that? If a new bike is soo much cheaper, then why not give a new bike as a quote???

Talk to the insurance Co and say: hey dudes, I take 1/2 of that in cash and keep my crashed bike...

**Shadows** · 16th January 2008, 00:51

Yeah, so the insurance company writes it off, the bike shop gets to sell somebody a brand a new bike (I took a wild guess and assume that they sell Hyosungs), and everybody's happy.
Apart from those that pay for it in their insurance premium. Which is everybody else.

**Jantar** · 16th January 2008, 01:27

Plus, Red Baron buy the old bike from the insurance company for $1000, spend $1500 for basic repairs, and sell it some unsuspecting bugger for $4500.

**skidMark** · 16th January 2008, 04:52

jesus you cunts are cruel jumping down red barons neck in every thread lately i mean fuck honesty guys!....

.......what took you so fucking long.

**Patch** · 16th January 2008, 05:08

buy the bike back and fix it yourself.

Buying the original plastics from Japan is expensive - quite normal for a repair bill to be just as much if not more than the retail price of the actual machine (without labour)

Talk to your insurance company.

**Harry33** · 16th January 2008, 06:07

Yip what Patch said...It's sounds like a easy fix up. Maybe make it into a track bike or set it up for stunting or something.

**bobsmith** · 16th January 2008, 06:30

Originally Posted by Patch

Buying the original plastics from Japan is expensive

But but but... the plastic is from Korea not Japan...

**James Deuce** · 16th January 2008, 06:36

It's got nothing to do with Red Baron. Building a bike from parts bought from the parts manifest has always been more than twice as expensive as buying one assembled by the factory. It costs money to either store spare parts or change your production run to produce spare parts on a JIT basis.

You've just learnt the harsh truth that a fully faired bike can be written off by an Insurance company very easily through cosmetic damage, largely because there are no options out there to repair damaged fairings instead of replacing them.

When my RC30 was destroyed in 1992, the repair bill was $30,000. They were $22,000 new at the time.

**LilSel** · 16th January 2008, 06:49

haha... moral of the story?? If you bin... go to red barron for a quote to repair... then insurance co will write it off... so you get a shiny new bike lol

**James Deuce** · 16th January 2008, 06:50

Sigh. ANY bike shop would have come back with the same price for repair. That's what the parts cost to buy from the distributor.

**LilSel** · 16th January 2008, 06:53

oh... oook... well... make sure your insured then... n if ya have an oops you can get a new bike

**RantyDave** · 16th January 2008, 07:06

Originally Posted by Jim2

Sigh. ANY bike shop would have come back with the same price for repair.

What he said. Little tiny replacement bits and bobs cost a farking fortune because someone needs to pay for them, ship them, store them, and front up to the risk that after all that they won't actually sell. Although twelve grand seems considerably over the top. As another poster pointed out they've done you and themselves a favour - at the cost of everyone else's insurance. With any luck the insurance companies will start to put a premium on learner's bikes with fairings because this happens all ... the ... time.

Dave

**jonbuoy** · 16th January 2008, 07:34

$12,500 seems a bit much for plastics and brackets, how much is a new GSXR600 - not far off that either. I'd be blaming Hyosung or whatever the hell their called not Red Baron.