Bike write off advice

[badger]

Gents, Thats brilliant advice thank you all. It has now made the process alot clearer in my own mind. I will try and see if I can squeeze a few more quid out of them which will help source a new bike. I think a couple of things stand out form the above comments, 1. Once you have decided to let your insurers deal with it, you have to go with the flow and let them deal with it, with the final outcome not always being to your liking. 2. If you go alone and decide to do your own repairs there are other pitfalls, i.e. getting the bike insured, repaired ok. and the biggest learning of all out of this is dont throw your bike down the road !
p.s. if anyone knows of a lowish mileage foxeye for around £2k let me know