BAD NEWS

[frisbee]

NO MATTER WHAT , BUY THE BIKE BACK !! You will be able to get more parting it out if you have to.

[georgiabusa_05]

Sorry about your bike Mick. Dont settle with the first offer that the ins. co gives you, they will offer you the least that they can get by with. haggle with them and be sure to mention that your back is still hurting, they may rethink their estimate then. Friend of mine at work had a wreck a while back and he came out smelling like a rose after he haggled with the ins co. Anyway, wish ya the best and Im glad you are OK. Tim

[justintime2]

Also if they are not going to cover your custom accs then take them off before they get the bike if not buying it back. If they don't pay for them they don't own them, period!

[jwcfbd]

get all your receipts and try to prove to them how much you have invested. Good luck.

[mjn]

My opinion, buy it back from the insurance company, take the remaining cash from the settlement and finance a new one. Spend the winter and a few hundred fixing your original bike with used parts, (You got a set of mirrors already lol) sell it and pay off the new one. Even with a salvaged title, you can slap a decent coat of paint on it and it'll sell.

agreed!

sorry to hear Mick! You can make this into a positive tho.....

Buy back the bike!

[TruWrecks]

Buy the bike back. We can part it out to fix Rubbah's. Just a thought.

[paulos]

sorry to hear that mick

[manatrader]

Normally you can buy the bike back for $300-$500.  Then you can fix it up cheaper yourself than a dealer would charge.  However, if you don't trust a post crash bike or just don't want a post crash bike, then put the $8000 minus your deductible on a new one.

Remember if you buy it back, it'll be on a salvage title and the only way to get it fully insured again is to fix it to like new conditions(they'll normally inspect it).

+1....good luck

That's the way to do it, have friends who have done it here.

[da busa guy]

if it had a TRE on it it's worth fixin