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Finedaddy1
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 04:48 pm: | 
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Here's the # on the paint that was requested.
By the way Marcodesade, I kicked myself so hard over laying my bike down that it made me sick, but after replaying it over and over in my head I realized that I made a mistake. I'm just happy that I didn't go into the guard rail and that I had enough sense to wear all of my protective gear.
Hang in there bro "the sun will come out tomorrow", and if you have any questions concerning any of these repairs just PM me, I'll be glad to help out if I can. |
Buellerxt
| | Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 01:26 am: |
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Good man, Finedaddy1, and nice offer. |
Dktechguy112
| | Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 03:26 am: |
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Finedaddy1,
thanks for the p/n on the paint. |
Jules
| | Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 05:45 am: |
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Thanks for that Part number - i'll order a can or two "just in case" |
Marcodesade
| | Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 01:25 pm: |
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Just got the estimate. Total was over $4800, with about $2200 of that being labor. There was a lot of damage I didn't see including rear sprocket, foot pegs and mounts, handlebar, radiator inlet and outlet, etc. I also didn't account for all the front fairing mounts.
My insurance agent tells me that the "magic number" for a total loss is between 70 and 75% of the bike's value, which appears to currently stand at about $6000. I bought the thing brand new at around $12K, so as you can imagine, I'm not interested in having it totaled out, nor in having the title salvaged.
My plan, endorsed by the dealer and "informally" encouraged by my agent, is to get all the parts, have the dealer do the hard work (like installing the swingarm, sprocket, and stator cover), and then do all the easy stuff myself. I figure if I can get the figure down to about $4000 or so I should be safe.
Question: I didn't ask my insurance agent, but am I likely to get my gear replaced as well? The helmet is a goner, gloves are scuffed up but usable, and the boots' toe sliders are mildly scuffed. I figure an additional $300 - $350 covers it all. |
Bishopjb1124
| | Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 01:55 pm: |
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Buy all the parts and a service manual and do all the labor yourself, you will really get to know the bike inside and out and everything is relatively easy to work on. it seems rather intimidating to begin with but once you jump into it, it is really not that bad.
When my wife wrecked her XB9 it was close to being totaled, I took the insurance check bought all the parts (some upgrades also) and tore into it. I was really happy I did because now I do everything myself. Here is a shot after the bike was done.
After
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Boogiman1981
| | Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 06:19 pm: |
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funny how if stuff is available in the aftermarket that upgrading can sometimes save you and the ins co $$ as the OE parts tend to be very spendy comparatively |
Marcodesade
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 11:55 pm: |
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It's done. The shop reduced the labor by several hours and applied my "loyalty points" (10% of the price of the parts --- about $250) to get the total down to $3998. The insurance company approved it, and the parts will get ordered tomorrow. Not sure exactly how much work I'll have to do, but the manager assured me all the hard stuff (swingarm, sprocket, stator cover, etc.) is covered. I'll probably be left replacing plastics, footpegs, and the like.
Insurance also said they would cover my helmet, but not any other gear. I'm happy enough; pants and jacket are virtually untouched, and boots are good except for the toe sliders. Gloves are dinged up on the knuckle protectors only; I may still decide to replace them, but I don't really have to. |
Marcodesade
| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 04:15 pm: |
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For whatever it's worth, I just placed an ad in the BadWeB classified section for the rashed takeoffs: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/21/ 575390.html?1277496774
Please PM me if you're interested in any of it. |
Avalaugh
| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 05:22 pm: |
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Thats an easy fix mate, dont get bummed, mine was 10 times worse, and so far it has cost me about £400 and it's all coming together nicely.
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/290 431/572961.html?1277025927
I have sanded down all the damaged panels and i'm vinyl wrapping it all myself. £120 for the vinyl  |
Marcodesade
| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 07:04 pm: |
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Thanks Avalaugh.
As it turns out, the bike was nearly, but not quite, totaled. By committing to do the easy labor myself, I got the total down to about $4000 (sorry, not sure about current exchange rates; is it still about 2:1?). So I let insurance handle it. It comes out to a $500 deductible and increased premiums over the next few years.
At this point, I'm hoping to get a little of my deductible back by selling off the takeoffs, which range in condition to apparently perfect (but who knows) to obviously beyond repair, but still good for the track. |
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