Is my bike a write-off? Place bets here!

**EatOrBeEaten** · 10th February 2009, 22:40

After the suspension had a disagreement with a shitty bit of asphalt last week and the bike ended up on top of me (quiet at the back) in a state of disrepair (I'm talking to you, fizbin), it's finally made it to the garage for an insurance assessment. Now, according to the good people at Red Baron, it's going to be a close-run thing on if the insurance spods will repair it or write it off.

So, as I'm bike-less for the moment and suffering from withdrawal (OK, I sniggered), I desire to know what you think. Given the damage, do you the good denizens of KB think that my plucky, suspension-softer-than-cake-in-this-weather Kawasaki ZZR 250 will survive? Damage rundown as follows....

Right fairing buggered
front fairing buggered
left fairing a bit buggered
fairing substructure smashed in on right side
front forks twisted slightly
front suspension bottoms out during normal road riding

given the bike cost just over $4k, what's the prognosis? Am I doomed to GN ownership, or will the noble Tox rise again?

**pete376403** · 10th February 2009, 22:43

fairing damage alone will write a bike off. Plastic is apparently more expensive than gold.

**EatOrBeEaten** · 10th February 2009, 23:05

yeah, it's not cheap!

Maybe I could make a fairing out of corrugated plastic and duct tape?

**SARGE** · 10th February 2009, 23:08

Originally Posted by EatOrBeEaten

yeah, it's not cheap!

Maybe I could make a fairing out of corrugated plastic and duct tape?

i think ShitMark and Rent-a-kid Masterbator already own the patent on that idea

**EatOrBeEaten** · 10th February 2009, 23:10

Originally Posted by SARGE

i think ShitMark and Rent-a-kid Masterbator already own the patent on that idea

Bugger. Will just have to go naked then...

**ducatilover** · 10th February 2009, 23:19

i chose the daft bint idea.

please dont get a gn

**DIN PELENDA** · 10th February 2009, 23:24

Originally Posted by EatOrBeEaten

Bugger. Will just have to go naked then...

U cheaky

**hmmmnz** · 10th February 2009, 23:27

if i owned it un-insured i'd say it would be back on the road with in a week or 2 at minimal cost, but since you seem to be insured they would definitely write it off, whats 4k to them

**R6_kid:Me** · 10th February 2009, 23:28

Considering the cost of a fairing panel from Kawasaki for your bike I'd say its a write off.

Next time you have a bike that handles that bad, perhaps get it sorted before you end up in the same situation.

**PirateJafa** · 11th February 2009, 04:16

You'd be surprised how easy it is to write off bikes - my bike would have been written off recently due to a chap doing nearly $8,000 of damage to it - but I'm still riding it around town quite happily, and it's [almost] completely road-legal still.

**RoadRacer04** · 11th February 2009, 06:06

Their was a Duc on trademe as an insurance write off because someone had put a screwdriveer through the ignition barrel.... rest of bike was mint.

**hayd3n** · 11th February 2009, 06:23

pics or it neva happened

**RoadRacer04** · 11th February 2009, 06:44

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-201103957.htm

**EatOrBeEaten** · 11th February 2009, 07:13

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Considering the cost of a fairing panel from Kawasaki for your bike I'd say its a write off.

Next time you have a bike that handles that bad, perhaps get it sorted before you end up in the same situation.

The irony being that I was going to get in touch with people about getting the suspension sorted when I binned it. Oh well, you live and learn...

**fizbin** · 11th February 2009, 07:14

Originally Posted by EatOrBeEaten

(I'm talking to you, fizbin),

Right fairing buggered
front fairing buggered
left fairing a bit buggered
fairing substructure smashed in on right side
front forks twisted slightly
front suspension bottoms out during normal road riding

What wa wa what did i say???????

the bike is a write off dudeet time to go shopping!
oh yeah if you are going to ride around naked then pics or it never happened!