accident

[taylor]

glad your ok young one, the bike don't look that bad, good luck with the pain,.

[Punkstig]

First lesson- if the third party doesn't accept liability to their insurance company then it'll take more than a year to get full payout!

[youngsterbiker]

I just want the bike to be fixed and me sent on my way.
I know it needs to be looked into, but with 3 witness statements + the fact i had a green light should make it easy right?
I am starting to hate the world more and more each day...
 

[fazersharp]

I am starting to hate the world more and more each day...
 

Ahh now youngster becomes oldster ------------ wellllllcooooome !

[Punkstig]

I just want the bike to be fixed and me sent on my way.
I know it needs to be looked into, but with 3 witness statements + the fact i had a green light should make it easy right?
I am starting to hate the world more and more each day...

Even with my gopro footage my last accident took 2 years for full payout!
I'm not saying that's a definite time line for your accident, but don't expect anything to be resolved next week!

[Gnasher]

Glad your ok mate.

Out of interest how old was she?

[fazersharp]

Going by the car I would say 28

[youngsterbiker]

at a guess id say mid 30 - mid 40

[youngsterbiker]

So quick update. Called my insurance today, to see if they had done anything. Nope, they are waiting for the other company to contact them... Great i thought.
So what did i do? I called the other insurance company, spoke to a guy in the claims department. He took the details and stuff. Should be getting a call-back within the next 24 hours telling me where to take the bike to get it fixed. So hopefully all is sorted and right with the world.... 

[Dave48]

Glad you are ok.
Regarding the illegal tyre on car...her insurance company could well say she was in breach of her contract for failing to maintain her vehicle in roadworthy condition.
Makes you wonder how many others there are out there :eek
Unfortunately, as you now know so many dont  look & even fewer actually SEE bikes.
Hope all is resolved speedily.

[noggythenog]

I think what resonates with me here is that someone let her out.


This really really really irritates me on the roads that instead of just abiding by the rules and letting the traffic flow that everyone is blocking their own lane or even contributing to crashes because they're letting someone out.....it is courtesy gone wrong.


Ive had folk stop on a roundabout in front of me to let someone out......its a foccin roundabout!!!


& when people are let out the tendency is to rush so as not to inconvenience mr goody two shoes that is flashing you out, then what happens......too much rushing, too much trusting, not enough looking.


Lorries flashing each other in on the motorways.......does my tits in too.....if you need flashed in mate then you dont deserve your HGV licence, never mind vans and cars doing it too.......has this died a death yet?


:grumble

[Deefer666]

[quote author=youngsterbiker link=topic=15955.msg183471#msg183471 date=1423865264]

I am starting to hate the world more and more each day...
 

Ahh now youngster becomes oldster ------------ wellllllcooooome !
[/quote]

Welcome to the dark side  :evil

[Gnasher]

I think what resonates with me here is that someone let her out.


This really really really irritates me on the roads that instead of just abiding by the rules and letting the traffic flow that everyone is blocking their own lane or even contributing to crashes because they're letting someone out.....it is courtesy gone wrong.


Ive had folk stop on a roundabout in front of me to let someone out......its a foccin roundabout!!!


& when people are let out the tendency is to rush so as not to inconvenience mr goody two shoes that is flashing you out, then what happens......too much rushing, too much trusting, not enough looking.


Lorries flashing each other in on the motorways.......does my tits in too.....if you need flashed in mate then you dont deserve your HGV licence, never mind vans and cars doing it too.......has this died a death yet?

:grumble

:agree

Noggy

You've hit the nail on the head here matey, these do gooders at times put peoples live at serious risk, the road layouts dont help at times either. 

Especially them little islands as you approach or leave smaller round abouts or traffic lights, some think there crossings and stop to allow perdestrans to cross.  I saw the aftermaft of one a while back, the woman who stopped got a very large HGV up her arse which pushed her into the poor sod she'd stopped for  :eek 2 other cars hit the HGV at least 3 people hurt and 4 vehicals damaged it's madness  :rolleyes

The standard of some peoples driving is shocking, anyone live in an area with a lot of our Middle Eastern or Indian friends, roads signs or lanes dont exist, red light means 2 more can get through, left indicator means turn right.  But never mind we have speed cameras to sort it all out.... it's a joke a bloody deadly one  :evil             

[fazersharp]

I think I may see what factors COULD of contributed to this one. Youngsterbiker is not at fault here.
I blame cars daylight running lights. I always ride with my bike lights on as do a lot of bikers, a few years ago before the stupid EU ruling when cars did not have to have them, if you saw a light you knew it was a bike or a volvo and could see them a mile off.
But now we are lost amidst a sea of lights, and there seems to be a stupid fashion from car manufactures building cars with ever fancier light clusters with shapes and patterns just to build a brand into lights that can be reconcilable for miles. And they are designed to compete with the sun on the brightest of days but in this country with many months of low light and long twilight they are just too bright.
I have taken to wearing a high vis top through the winter months as just having my lights on is no longer enough.
Sorry for ranting on your post youngsterbiker !  I blame noggys post --- he set me off

[midden]

Excellent point Fazersharp, manufacturers will be making them flash next just to interfere with other road users vision, including the poor pedestrian trying to  cross the road........especially at night

[fazersharp]

So now I hear the EU have voted for it to be mandatory for new bikes to be fitted with ABS. SO WE CAN STOP !!!  WHEN some idiot did not see us because of the stupid EU daylight running lights ruling in the first place
Ahhhhhhhh. I think Im going to have an embolism.   

[mtread]

The giving way problem amplified by the 'I don't bother to use indicators problem'. You don't need to know where I'm going, so just guess. Then you can hesitate and I can  pull out in front of you  :rolleyes

[darrsi]

[quote author=noggythenog link=topic=15955.msg183823#msg183823 date=1424159417]
I think what resonates with me here is that someone let her out.


This really really really irritates me on the roads that instead of just abiding by the rules and letting the traffic flow that everyone is blocking their own lane or even contributing to crashes because they're letting someone out.....it is courtesy gone wrong.


Ive had folk stop on a roundabout in front of me to let someone out......its a foccin roundabout!!!


& when people are let out the tendency is to rush so as not to inconvenience mr goody two shoes that is flashing you out, then what happens......too much rushing, too much trusting, not enough looking.


Lorries flashing each other in on the motorways.......does my tits in too.....if you need flashed in mate then you dont deserve your HGV licence, never mind vans and cars doing it too.......has this died a death yet?

:grumble

:agree

Noggy

You've hit the nail on the head here matey, these do gooders at times put peoples live at serious risk, the road layouts dont help at times either. 

Especially them little islands as you approach or leave smaller round abouts or traffic lights, some think there crossings and stop to allow perdestrans to cross.  I saw the aftermaft of one a while back, the woman who stopped got a very large HGV up her arse which pushed her into the poor sod she'd stopped for  :eek 2 other cars hit the HGV at least 3 people hurt and 4 vehicals damaged it's madness  :rolleyes

The standard of some peoples driving is shocking, anyone live in an area with a lot of our Middle Eastern or Indian friends, roads signs or lanes dont exist, red light means 2 more can get through, left indicator means turn right.  But never mind we have speed cameras to sort it all out.... it's a joke a bloody deadly one  :evil           
[/quote]

Near my work the record was nearly broken at a crossroad junction the other day at jumping the hard RED light but the EIGHTH car bottled out!!
I've seen seven cars jump the red light three times now, it's really quite shocking, and why I look everywhere before moving off.  :eek

[youngsterbiker]

The bike is a total loss according to the garage... after only 2 and a half months.
Has anyone had this happen to them? If so did the insurer offer you an acceptable amount for it?
Been told my best bet if they under value it is to find the same model, with the same accessories, from other dealerships and send them those?

And Noggy you are absolutely correct with: I think what resonates with me here is that someone let her out.
Some one let her out 2 lanes over, She then didn't bother to look.

[rustyrider]

The way insurance companies work, a cracked fairing would probably make it a total loss.  They look at the price of the parts (brand new, dealers list price) the cost of the labour to fit it and any paintwork that might be needed.  You can soon rack up a huge bill working it out like that when they compare it with the trade value of the bike.  Get a list of the damage from the dealers that assessed it and then tell the insurers you want to buy the salvage.  They will pay you the value of the bike, or something close, less a couple of hundred at most which will be what they value the remains at.  You then hunt around eBay and ask on here to get the bits that need replacing, buy them secondhand, fit them and with what's left over pay for your trip to Scotland.