Originally Posted by Red ones

Personally I would persue a claim for my damage and make the whole ssue very complicated. Unless he is a real prat he will get tied in knots as you claim the damage to your bike and let your insurance know that he settled before the claim.

I had a knobhead write off the wifes car and dent mine when he slid 50 yards into them whilst our cars were parked. He claimed it was my fault (?! - they were parked in marked bays and teh wife and I were watching The Bill at the time - go figure) He admitted fault at the scene (hard not to) and made several ofers to fix the cars. He then claimed on insurance and changed details etc. By the time I had let insurance know, and insisted on courtesy car, claimed structural damage to the neighbours house, mentioned the complaint to the police about the noise from his exhaust (rich from me I know!) etc the case got so confused he gave up!