Better than losing 2 years NCB and then paying for a claim.
Gotta hurt though nearly a grand when you were expecting it to be a fair bit less!
Im assuming you just got parts from honda/honda forums and bolted yours back on no problems, didnt look too bad at all. And then theres went to a dealers, £850 wont have got them much there, spray and replace a pannel and a light at best!
Ill have 4 years by September, I guess that would be only 1 if I don't reimburse them. No biggy though, I've been waiting for it to come along so money is waiting.
Your right, I fixed mine with second hand parts, cost me about £250.