I had EXACTELY the same thing happen to my 6mth old vl250 except it was a guy and he had asked if he could sit on the bike. As he owns a bike I said yes thinking it would be fine. Didn't expect him to 'forget' to put the stand down when he got off it and wandered off.
He was young. He said sorry then promptly wiped the incident from his mind so when 3 weeks later I told him I got the bike all fixed up he said "oh I had forgotten about that.. lol" I punched him. yep. I did.
I learnt a few things.
1. How to fix chrome, alloy and plastic
2. Its my bike and I dont have to let anyone else near it.
3. Noone who respects me is gonna make me feel bad if I say they are not allowed on my bike.
4. At least it wasn't me who put the first dent on her.
Feeling your pain here mate. Its a hard one. I chose to obsorb the cost of my incident cause I was stupid enough to tell him he could sit on the bike. And I was in a position to fix it up pretty much without having to use insurance. Good luck what ever you decide to do.
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