It's looking like goodbye to my beloved SV, written off this week after a front brake malfunction. I'm well ****ed off
, as I'd only just spent £350 on new tyres and chain to see me through the winter. I hope to buy it back as salvage, but will have to see what price the insurance company will offer it at.
Details: I'd been having some problems with front brakes binding a bit in the mornings, but this morning, after touching the brakes because a car looked like pulling out in front of me, they suddenly started to drag more and more, until, when I hit some wet leaves frozen onto the surface of the road, the front wheel locked up and dumped me off. Damage is mainly cosmetic apart from broken rear brake lever broken indicator and bent clip-on and broken bar end, but the insurance repair estimate is £4200, while book value is only around £1000.