Bike stolen and recovered last night. Worth claiming?

Fiocca · 5 Mar 2013 at 09:19

Hi all.

So My R1 was stolen last night and i found it dumped around in the alleyway with the steering lock snapped, the ignition wires cut and damage to the paintwork and mirror :rolleyes:

I had it up for sale because i needed the money for moving out and was wondering if its worth claiming or not? I've not claimed before so i'm unsure but i need the money as soon as possible. I have looked at buying a new barrel myself but i cant find one on the net in the uk as its a 1998.

Cheers

Ben

Souleh · 5 Mar 2013 at 09:49

Insurance can take time.

Ive had 2 write offs (1 "fault" - bike blew up in fireball. 1 non fault car pulled out) and they took 2 months before I received money...!

In my opinion, if you ever intend to get another bike.. its not worth throwing away your NCB and having a claim against you for anything less than a 3/4/5k bike. a 1998 R1 youll not get much back as if youre paying monthly they will deduct total policy cost and excess.

Perhaps quicker to just fix and or sell it for less or for parts to anyone racing them.

Sorry to hear this too fella :mad:

Fiocca · 5 Mar 2013 at 10:01

Ah right so it probably is worth just doing it myself then. I was either going to downgrade or get a pushbike so i'm not bothered about claiming too much but it probably isn't worth it anyway by the sounds of it!

Really annoying though :/

wazza300 · 5 Mar 2013 at 12:04

how badly cut are the ignition barrel wires? you might be able to solder them back together?

Fiocca · 5 Mar 2013 at 12:14

Well they are solder-able i guess but the steering locks been broken :/ I've spoken to a bike shop and they might take it off my hands for a good price with the damage which might be easier as i need the money really. Just bad timing not that there's ever a good time!

wazza300 · 5 Mar 2013 at 12:20

well atleast you got it back,some never see or hear of them again

but yeah its every bikers worst nightmare,need to bring back hanging imo

Linkex · 5 Mar 2013 at 13:12

You know the puke sticks from minority report? When I come to power, first order of business will be inventing them. Second order of business will be ordnance that bike thieves have them surgically grafted under their skin and be left alone in a cell to puke themselves to death.

Fiocca · 5 Mar 2013 at 15:09

Well in a bizzare twist i've managed to sell it to the local bike shop. Got 1300 for it which isn't great but i just cant be bothered to deal with the repairs and then trying to sell it when im in the process of moving.

The police were pretty useless as they said they couldnt do any forensics as it was outside in the frost :/ Another guys bike had the same in my street too last night but they didnt manage to start that either, just caused damage.

Oh well it's gone now, shame i couldn't have one last blast before it went!