Damn - bike damaged - SV650.org

Red ones · 28-09-13, 11:21 AM

I got my blue pointy (2nd hand) exactly a month ago. Yesterday morning I paid the first installment. Yesterday afternoon it got knocked over.

Had the garage cast an eye over the damage for a ball park figure. Possibly write off time. A write off wouldn't cover the finance, so I'm trying to reduce the damage bill.

Recommendations for a good sounding legal aftermarket can would be greatly appreciated!!!

Tomor · 28-09-13, 01:06 PM

Look at free flow on eBay to see if they do one. Got one on my vstrom and it's just an unbadged Beowulf. Sound good and mine cost £99 new.

andrewsmith · 28-09-13, 05:52 PM

Whats the damage?

Red ones · 28-09-13, 06:06 PM

Front caliper, bar end, brake lever, twisted top yoke, exhaust, that rear snow plough monstrosity, front right indicator, chipped fork.

Red ones · 28-09-13, 06:10 PM

I can see it being a tail tidy and after market exhaust to keep the cost below write off value

kaivalagi · 28-09-13, 06:41 PM

what's the twisted top yoke gonna mean? New top yoke only? Those can be aftermarket too....

New after market levers, exhaust and tail tidy cover off the majority and might been what you'd do eventually anyway....if it were me I wouldn't bother with the claim assuming you would be making a claim against you own policy?

Red ones · 28-09-13, 07:06 PM

It'll be in third parties insurance. My worry though is that it will be written off if OEM stuff is used, so I'm trying to find ways to drop the value of the claim. Bizarre situation really.

28-09-13, 07:11 PM

Get second hand parts, shouldn't cost more than a few hundred with that list.
I got a mint top yoke a few months ago for £45 quid. Calipers can be had for a similar price, pretty sure I have a spare left front one somewhere in the garage.

andrewsmith · 28-09-13, 07:17 PM

Red ones I've got a full set of rebuilt front calipers for £75 posted

28-09-13, 08:06 PM

My curvy was knocked over by a van in our car park two weeks ago. I was told this week that it's been written off and an offer of £1200 made to me for it. I'll buy it back but try for a better offer first. What pee's me off is that it was a perfectly good bike before the accident and I'll now be the one out of pocket having to spend a heap of time sorting it out. Fecking van drivers.

28-09-13, 11:21 AM	#1
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Damn - bike damaged I got my blue pointy (2nd hand) exactly a month ago. Yesterday morning I paid the first installment. Yesterday afternoon it got knocked over. Had the garage cast an eye over the damage for a ball park figure. Possibly write off time. A write off wouldn't cover the finance, so I'm trying to reduce the damage bill. Recommendations for a good sounding legal aftermarket can would be greatly appreciated!!!

28-09-13, 01:06 PM	#2
Tomor Member Mega Poster Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Yateley, Hants Posts: 2,306	*Re: Bgger. Bike damaged** Look at free flow on eBay to see if they do one. Got one on my vstrom and it's just an unbadged Beowulf. Sound good and mine cost £99 new. __________________ Yam XT125R - Sold SV650 -Sold DL 650 K6 - Sold 2012 Street Triple R - For Sale - Linky here

28-09-13, 05:52 PM	#3
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Damn - bike damaged Whats the damage? __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

28-09-13, 06:06 PM	#4
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Re: Damn - bike damaged Front caliper, bar end, brake lever, twisted top yoke, exhaust, that rear snow plough monstrosity, front right indicator, chipped fork.

28-09-13, 06:10 PM	#5
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Re: Damn - bike damaged I can see it being a tail tidy and after market exhaust to keep the cost below write off value

28-09-13, 06:41 PM	#6
kaivalagi Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norwich Posts: 1,955	Re: Damn - bike damaged what's the twisted top yoke gonna mean? New top yoke only? Those can be aftermarket too.... New after market levers, exhaust and tail tidy cover off the majority and might been what you'd do eventually anyway....if it were me I wouldn't bother with the claim assuming you would be making a claim against you own policy? __________________ Mark Triumph and Suzuki owner

28-09-13, 07:06 PM	#7
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Re: Damn - bike damaged It'll be in third parties insurance. My worry though is that it will be written off if OEM stuff is used, so I'm trying to find ways to drop the value of the claim. Bizarre situation really.

28-09-13, 07:11 PM	#8
punkyp Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Damn - bike damaged Get second hand parts, shouldn't cost more than a few hundred with that list. I got a mint top yoke a few months ago for £45 quid. Calipers can be had for a similar price, pretty sure I have a spare left front one somewhere in the garage.

28-09-13, 07:17 PM	#9
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Damn - bike damaged Red ones I've got a full set of rebuilt front calipers for £75 posted __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

28-09-13, 08:06 PM	#10
svrich Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Damn - bike damaged My curvy was knocked over by a van in our car park two weeks ago. I was told this week that it's been written off and an offer of £1200 made to me for it. I'll buy it back but try for a better offer first. What pee's me off is that it was a perfectly good bike before the accident and I'll now be the one out of pocket having to spend a heap of time sorting it out. Fecking van drivers.

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