Do I get a T-shirt or summat?

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

Cheers guys..Dave...how do you know he was wearing a hat?!

and yes...fully comp...worst thing is I loved that bike

He was wearing a hat?! I would have had his thumbs.

Bad luck Nobby. There are some blind buggers around, you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Get well soon mate.

Did you get any pics? Numbers for people and any chance of a silly paint diagram?

[Nobbylad]

Yep got some pics, but phone battery dead. Will take some more in daylight tomogs.

Day off tomogs so google earth with paint overdrawing will be in order!

lol

P.S. Baph - didn't even have time to blast him with the air horn

Sorry to hear about this mate, at least you worked away without any serious injuries and got the guys details.

gutted for you mate... hope all goes smoothly for you.


Dave

Did you get some independant witnesses? If so you shouldnt have anything to worry about when it comes to blame.

Hope it goes through quick for you. Make sure if they write your bike off they tell you what they think is wrong with it... If the forks are bent, which is quite possible with it mounting a curb then id leave it and get another.

Sorry to hear about your off - glad you're ok.

[SoulKiss]

Your a bit too Northern for a T-Shirt - and you never turned up to a Soho meet so....

Glad you are ok - bike can be fixed.

However you need to get your self checked out - somehow you managed to type "tomorrow" as "tomogs" twice and not notice it

[timwilky]

ERS can be a bit of a pain to deal with. I am convinced that sometimes they do not use an assessor, simply take a repairs statement that it is beyond economical repair and hit the Glasses guide.

You then get their claims handlers who know nothing about bikes makes/models/condition. In my case when I told them they had quoted me £800 below Glasses they finally admitted that somebody had used the wrong model/year etc. conceded that a 6 year old bike with less than 2000 miles (I had only had it for 6 days) would have a far higher than Glasses value etc. and lo and behold a further cheque for £900 came through the door.

So be prepared to hold out if they write it off for a reasonable settlement. You are also entiled to recover costs of damage to helmet/clothing and personal property on the bike. But you need to take that through an uninsured loss route, if you have legal cover, your appointed solicitor will do that for you. Remember you can appoint your own solicitor. You do not need to use the one your insurer wants to place your claim with.