Had My First Accident :( Thoughts?

In your situation i would be as gutted as you obviously are, after all it was pristine now its a weeny bit secondhand. With that said its not worth claiming on insurance for sure.
The only thing concerning me is your seemed reluctance to accept you may be slightly at fault nearly all accidents can be avoided, filtering at junctions is very dodgy fullstop. If you are going to filter past a junction (I do I admit) it must be done at a snails pace to avoid possible nasty outcomes.
Not trying to preach btw i am not anywhere near above reproach myself

[yorkie_chris]

Not snails pace, just get on brakes so you are going to stop before the path of travel from junction (this can be as gentle or as hard as you want). Soon as you can look over the car and see it is clear, give it beans.

Right hand junctions can be worse, better to get out wide to give yourself time to react. Watch for wheels turning, guaranteed they won't check for you.

one thing to remember is, some bikes they won't insure you on unless you have at least 1 years no claims.

Originally Posted by gsak

No i fell of all on my own(numpty) so i had to repair on my own. Got exhaust system, front brake lever and handlebar end weight from members on here, new fairing lowers kit brand new on e bay, and used a pattern rear brake lever, cost me less than 180 quid all in.
The only things that i did not do was to repair a small scuff on the top fairing and replace the front indicator as it only had scratches underneath and could not be seen.
With a bit of haggaling i found that the p/x figures i was getting were broadly similair to yours.
Hope that helps and if you need help changing exhaust etc then just pm me.

Hi,
just thought i would re show you this post as as you know i did p/x with damage still on top fairing, The rest is cheap and probably not as much as your excess on your insurance anyway!

[Bibio]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Suzuki-SV6...item4cf4ec7fa4

rear lever

[kaivalagi]

Thanks all

First off, yes I was partially to blame as I didn't plan and react well enough to the situation, I am under no illusion that things would have worked out better if I had more experience and sense. I'll know better next time

Just to summarise I wont be claiming and I will only be replacing the foot peg and rear brake lever for now, the rest is superficial and can be sorted out as and when I find cheaper options than new...unless I really want to sell and move on to something else that is and then I'll have to just sort it out as best I can quickly...

Atleast I now have an excuse for an aftermarket can....told the mrs that they aren't that loud at low revs and when the baffle is in Gsak, I'll definitely PM you closer the time I want to look into a replacement exhaust etc...

Once back on the road I think I'll shell out for some Avon Storm Ultra's to replace the stock 220's on it too

Delkevic can

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Bibio

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Suzuki-SV6...item4cf4ec7fa4

rear lever

Or there's this one with a spring loaded peg for next time:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...r#ht_938wt_905

Anyone used either of these non genuine levers before?

Originally Posted by Reeder

Delkevic can

Yeah I've always had my eye on the carbon fibre oval stubby:

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

Yeah I've always had my eye on the carbon fibre oval stubby:

there nice but no good for mid range power mines longer than that and doesn't do any good for performance

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

there nice but no good for mid range power mines longer than that and doesn't do any good for performance

So long as the performance isn't worse than the stock can I'd be happy...are they atleast on a par with the stock cans?