April 22, 201410 yr Author Moderator it's going to be a bugger wiping your arse with a broken finger andy. I expect you would be eager to help Kev.
April 22, 201410 yr I assume the Citroen used no indicators, or anything... Are they insured? Bad news to hear, but glad that you and the bike are relatively OK. Just hope you can get back on the road before we start getting some proper good weather!
April 22, 201410 yr Author Moderator I assume the Citroen used no indicators, or anything... Are they insured? Bad news to hear, but glad that you and the bike are relatively OK. Just hope you can get back on the road before we start getting some proper good weather! no indicators, wasn't even in the position that would tell me he was going to turn (usual alert sign for me). slowed right down near to the curb so i went around, then he accelerated and turned into me to get to his vacant spot opp the road.
April 22, 201410 yr Glad you're ok - same happened to me a couple years ago. Luckily only a twist and go and only cracked the fairing and bruised my knee.
April 22, 201410 yr Shit this is bad news , hopefully the bike can be fixed and your finger doesnt give you too much grief, do you still want this spacer? was just off out to fire up the lathe when i stumbled across this
April 22, 201410 yr Fuckin hell,hope you dont get screwed by the insurance co,it prety hard to put a dollar value on that bike that would be fair to the amount of work and time you have into it. As said at least you walked away.Any more bruses show today?
April 22, 201410 yr Author Moderator Fuckin hell,hope you dont get screwed by the insurance co,it prety hard to put a dollar value on that bike that would be fair to the amount of work and time you have into it. As said at least you walked away.Any more bruses show today? I have what's called agreed value insurance. its for classic bikes and stops them being written off for £5 when in reality they are £2k+ Shit this is bad news , hopefully the bike can be fixed and your finger doesnt give you too much grief, do you still want this spacer? was just off out to fire up the lathe when i stumbled across this course I do mate, appreciated. I can get new forks etc so all is not lost
April 22, 201410 yr Moderator Phwew not too bad then. Have to admit I dont like reading wreck reports. Took my time before looking at this. Glad your ok,(ish)
April 22, 201410 yr Author Moderator Phwew not too bad then. Have to admit I dont like reading wreck reports. Took my time before looking at this. Glad your ok,(ish) cheers, bit more sore all over now. taking a few paracetemols
April 22, 201410 yr Glad its repairable, my old Swift got written off because the car was only worth about £1000 and the repairs were quoted at around £400, would hate to see such a rare classic bike meet the same end if you need a runabout in th mean time, there's a DT50 over here in need of a spin!
April 23, 201410 yr Author Moderator Glad its repairable, my old Swift got written off because the car was only worth about £1000 and the repairs were quoted at around £400, would hate to see such a rare classic bike meet the same end if you need a runabout in th mean time, there's a DT50 over here in need of a spin! Thanks Foams still got the tracker and the FZ to play with. engineer will inspect and as its agreed value it won't be written off. solicitor booked in to see me too!
April 23, 201410 yr Author Moderator update; driver has admitted liability, which stops all the shenanigans. His insurance phoned me and apologised and they are sending an engineer round to inspect the bike. bankstone are handling the claims and looking at their site are specialists in motorcycle claims. so far so good
April 23, 201410 yr That's really good Drewps. My old Mini had an agreed value with the insurance company and takes so much stress away for any such incidents.
April 23, 201410 yr shit, is this that gilera 4V you just restore? glad to hear you are ok... well almost ok
April 23, 201410 yr Author Moderator shit, is this that gilera 4V you just restore? glad to hear you are ok... well almost ok yes, what a bummer the whole thing is
April 25, 201410 yr This sucks!!! Damn cagers.... glad you're alright, sucks to hear about your finger, at least there were some witnesses (on your side!)
April 25, 201410 yr Author Moderator got a call and the driver has admitted fault. so solicitor coming round tomorrow morning and awaiting the assessor to look at the bike. as I am on agreed value, the ins normally call it if more than 65% of value. This means that I have £1600 to play with, so should be ok.
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