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Ha! I too am a tack-tack-ding sort of cook but I have had to have er' indoors do most things for me, so that's something to think about.
Re what I'll get for the bike - sure I've read on here that if the accident is fully the other party's fault, then you can insist your bike is repaired rather than written off? If that's true then surely they'll want to make you a good write-off offer as repairing could get very expensive for them?

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Sorry to hear about the crash Chris, hope it's all sorted out soon and glad you're relatively ok!

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Thanks mate - you're the kindly young fella who gave me the screen for nowt aren't you?!

Yeah I'll live. Dreaming of a Kawa for my next bike (ZX9R possibly) - was it a 636 you replaced your SV with?

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Chris, very sorry to hear about your crash, but very glad you're relatively unharmed. Hope you make a super fast recovery and find an awesome replacement for your curvy.

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I'm afraid not. The insurer will put a pre-crash value on the bike. They will not pay out more than that value. We write off if the repair costs exceed 70% of that valuation. You can then negotiate around that figure. Don't take thir first offer; most insurers will up their off within reason.

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Thanks for that - thought it didn't make sense as repairing in some circumstances could be impossible, not just uneconomical.
Having never dealt with insurance before it's been a steep learning curve. Spoke to a solicitor from White Dalton today who explained a few things, eg as I'm TPF&T, watch out for the company which my insurers put me through to drumming up unnecessary storage costs as these could be disputed from the other insurers and I could end up paying them! Turned down their kind offer of a hire bike for the same reason.

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On a positive note, the solicitor said his insurers should pay out, irrespective of the issue with his licence.
I've also just taken some delightfully trippy painkillers which the doc gave me. :-)

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Yeah that's me, I don't come on here very often anymore with no longer having an SV.

Got myself a GSXR600 track bike now too.

The ZX9Rs are meant to be brilliant sports tourers!

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The ZX9 are also very cheap to insure and not bad on fuel. I get about 120 miles for £15 - £17 and that's with mine running like crap. With lots of filtering I usually get about 10 miles per litre.

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Do you mind me asking what model/spec you bought and roughly what you paid...?

(Sorry Chris for the derail.....)


Been PM'd now, cheers.

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Quick update - got 1200 for the curvy, which was a cat b. Bought it back for 130 and a pal who builds custom quad bikes is having it for the engine, so it should live on.

Now get to choose a new one - want something significantly bigger and faster than an sv but on a budget of around 2k max. Image not an issue - would prefer sports tourer as they tend to be looked after better and thrashed/messed around with less.

So thinking zx9r, Blackbird, Suzuki rf900, Firestorm, Ducati Sp 2,

Thoughts?

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How about something like this,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VFR-...item2c7f14773d

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Or if you don't mind something a bit ugly....this is a lot of pretty good bike for the money.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-Suzuk...item20e08e3d86

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check this one out...

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/bi...?mfy=51.656782

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or this one...?

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/bi...?mfy=15.333620

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You could pick up a nice fazer thou in that price range. Best ever do everything bike there is. Bit like the SV with bikini fairing?

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Do like them but the only ones I've seen for that money are very high mileage bikes - circa 60k. The 600s are much more accessible of course.

Cheers for the suggestions - should have said, VFR 800 also a possibility. Think the design has aged really well but thirsty and not that powerful really. Re the gsf 750 - I know I said image isn't an issue but there are limits!

Just showed the Mrs a Blackbird and she said it looked like "a child's drawing of an alien from the 70s".

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VFR 800 have high service costs too if I remember !
Firestorms are very thirsty too and small tanks ! My mate was lucky if he got 90-100 miles out of his before refuelling !
Not the most attractive bikes but see if you can pick up a vstrom 1000 for that price !

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Just so you are all aware, if you need to claim off the MIB, each claim carries a £300.00 excess that will be deducted from any agreed settlement figure.

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I would seriously consider the VFRs if I were you given the sort of rding you describe. I've had three of various vintages.

OK, so it's not as powerful as a B'Bird/ZX9 or such, but the V4 delivers the power really well and is very usable on normal roads - in fact, I 'd be willing to suggest that on most roads you'd be as quick, if not quicker, on a VFR than on any modern sports bike. It's relatively nimble too assuming the tyres and suspension are good.

Service costs for major services can run up a bit, but the intervals are high and reliability is excellent. If I were in the market for an everyday, sometimes two-up, occasioinally "spirited" bike, I'd struggle to look past the VFR again.

As others have said, the VTR is fun to ride (I've had two) but it's as far from practical as sandals in the Arctic.

MICK..

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Personally, I go for something like the VFR800 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2514700229...960%26_rdc%3D1 .
Or the VTec model. I do prefer the Vtec models myself.

It'd do all you ask it to do. And it's a Honda too...

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Thanks for the info but his insurance paid out thankfully. Waiting on the 250 I've claimed for gear and then the personal injury will follow at some point.

VFR recommendations noted - I probably shouldn't dismiss them without trying one and there's loads to choose from within my budget. It's not that I'm planning on doing 10 second quarter miles everywhere, just want something exciting that never feels lacking on the motorway, overtaking trucks etc.

Plus I'm a fatty so you can lop 20bhp off any bike's output at the back wheel straight away.

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Cheers fella - btw is yours back on the road yet?

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Btw check out the curvy's little-known safety feature - a frontal crumple zone:

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?...pictureid=7505

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Is that the 01 curvy with the peal red paint? Or the flat red?

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I'd consider a VFR. Loads of grin factor. I test rode one last year, but then found I couldn't finance it.