Sylvie down and damaged

[gruntygiggles]

First thing I thought was...sensors won't pick up on a toddler that has wandered behind a car and if she hit it as hard as you say...she needs to start slowing down when she's reversing as she'd have a tough time blaming that on her parking sensors!As she is a friend, I think the ONLY way to go forward is through insurance. Do it any other way and your friendship could be compromised by bickering over quotes and necessary work.Sorry Sylvie has been damaged, but I'm just glad it wasn't you!

This is not good. At least you weren't injured.

As others have said, go through insurance and it won't compromise your friendship.

Originally Posted by Stingo

Good point...perhaps some of us do become too reliant on technology...or perhaps some of us are just cr@p at coming up with a suitable excuse for our actions!
Hope the bike gets fixed up ok.

+1
What sort of excuse is that? "My reverse sensors didnt pick it up", please thats pathetic.
She was reversing an estate car not a box van FFS.
Having had one I can vouch you can see a damn site more out of those than you can a normal hatch back, they're like greenhouses on wheels!
You should have poked her in the eyes and said, "now you've got an excuse for been a silly blind bithc"

(My mood today isnt getting any better can people tell?)

My dad says reverse sensors are great... for getting into really tight parking spaces. The doesn't mean you don't still look behind you while backing up!

Sorry to hear it Jayne, better tell her how big the bill is and ask if she's still willing to pay out of her own pocket.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by metalangel

My dad says reverse sensors are great... for getting into really tight parking spaces. The doesn't mean you don't still look behind you while backing up!

Sorry to hear it Jayne, better tell her how big the bill is and ask if she's still willing to pay out of her own pocket.

In the same way you won't get away with blaming your sat nav for driving your car off a cliff. Some people are just idiots!

[yorkie_chris]

Woman and reversing... FFS...

^ lol

now you just need to street fighter it

looks to me, going by the alpha sports website and converting $ to £ that a new tank and 1 side fairing panel is going to cost your mate about £900-£1000 on its own,

[Jayneflakes]

In the cold light of day it looks horrid. Carol noticed this evening that there is a scratch on the rear panel and even slight damage to the hand rail.

That puts damage down the whole left hand side. How is that possible? I know that it moved a bit when I picked it up, but even so. I didn't cry though, it was dust in my eyes.

My friend however said chin up and relax. She phoned her insurance company and explained what happened and said that it was entirely her fault. My bike is being collected tomorrow lunch time and taken to be assessed for repair. The one scary aspect was them explaining to me that if it is uneconomical to repair it, they will write it off! I truly hope that they don't write it off for a couple of dents and some nasty scratches. I will be horrified!

Interestingly, I am being supplied with a loan bike while my Baby is away. Not sure I would ever want one to be honest, it is something called an Ess Vee six fifty Ess!

I am thinking of buying a GPZ for commuting to work now! If I can't find a GPZ maybe something similar, but in Honda flavour! The thing that strikes me as most sad is that only this week I tried on a VFR and told the chap when I thought about trading my SV in, that she was in perfect condition. Not any more.

[yorkie_chris]

Dear god don't buy a GPZ.

Yeah chances are they will write it off for a few scratches, it is after all an old-ish bike with a lot of expensive parts that "need replacing".



So it's still rideable, with basically a couple of scrapes on it, what's the point of fixing it? Get your mate to bung you £300 (which is basically what you've lost in resale value) and ignore it. She doesn't get hit next renewal time and neither do you.

Or, they write it off, pay you say £2k for it, you buy back salvage for say £500, basically leaving you with a lump sum of £1500, a rideable bike... but without the warm fuzzy feeling you get knowing you haven't cost everyone elses insurance weeks and weeks of extortionately priced hire bike.