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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: atoyot on December 14, 2013, 07:14:02 PM
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I had an off last week and the nominated repairers have sent the bike to Pickles for the assessor to look at it on Monday, but the repairer told me that it is on obvious write-off with a bent frame.
My insurance did not cover gear and luggage etc, as I removed it, but over the last few months, I have added many bits and pieces that I am saying are accessories, and I want them back, at least those that are un-damaged, which is most of them. For example, I have a Corbin seat, a towbar, Touratech GPS holder, and quite a few other smaller items that I'd like to recover. I've spoken to a couple of the InsureMyRide customer support people, and they have agreed in principle to me doing this, but as the bike is at Pickles, Pickles require authorisation from InsureMyRide to allow access for me. All good so far, and currently, an assessor will be assigned on Monday, and I was told to ask the assessor about getting access to the bike to remove those parts that I've personally added. My whole point here is that I will swap out some items that should be on the bike, like the seat, and remove those that were added by me. All OK so far.
Prior to speaking to the assessor on Monday, I'd like to draw on any experience anyone has had in similar situations. Technically, I own the bike until I receive a cheque from InsureMyRide, so I'm assuming that if my access to the bike is granted to remove some of these items, I would be able to remove whatever I have added to the bike, and also, whatever I have changed on the bike, replacing the parts with originals. Pickles told me that it is likely to be between Mon and Thursday where they allow access.
There are many items that I'd like to remove, but probably can't due to the time and tools required (TPMS sensors in the tyres, fairing and mirror deflectors etc), so I'll have to wear those.
So the main question I have, is what is the assessor likely to allow me to remove and/or replace? I'd assume they will auction the bike, mainly for the engine, wheels etc, and as I don't really want the whole bike if they expect me to pay a couple of $K. My alternative is to remove the bits I want and can remove, and then let it go. Where this gets really difficult for me is that the bike is in Milperra, and I'm in Orange with broken ribs and a bruised lung. At the very least I can get my daughter to drive me down with some tools and the std seats etc, but between her mechanical naievity and my back and ribs, I reckon it might take hours just to get the towbar off.
Does anyone know of a mechanic around there that might be able to do most of the work for me whilst I supervise :whistle :whistle? Hopefully, I'll have a day and time nominated by Monday for me, as I'm off work, I can make the drive down and day without too much risk. All of my mates up here are at work and I'm looking at a 6 hour return trip, and probably 3-4 hours of de-farkling!
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Wow guy not the best situation but hopefully we have a few members that could come to your assistance....... Heres to a speedy and painless recovery :beer.....Cheers Brian.
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Andrew,
"anything is possible, but miracles take longer"
Milperra is just around the corner from me.
PM me so we can try and work in with my shifts, (Sun-Mon = dayshift * Tue-Wed = nightshift) more than happy to help in anyway.
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Good on ya Abe, you my friend have once again shown that you are a LEGEND :thumb and have shown what a great asset to the club you are :thumbs
Cheers
Shiney
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Many thanks Shiney for your comments.
I believe if I cannot help a person in need when is required, then I have been doing the wrong job for too many years.
I try and look at the glass as being half full.
There may be other OZSTOC members that can help toooooo??
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Abe, Shiney is just backing up the fantastic opinion I have of you mate, everything you do is what embodies the what each and every OzSTOC member should be about, paying it forward, and never to busy to help a mate.
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PM sent, Abe.
Absolutely brilliant, this club and the helping hands that are offered so often :thumb :thumb :thumb ! Abe's kind offer takes one less worry off my mind as there is no way my daughter and I could do it by ourselves. Pretty cute when she said "just tell me what tools to use and we'll be right!"
Andrew
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Andrew your daughter has a heart of gold. o:)
Between nightshifts ?? lets just do it, sleep (who needs it, over rated)
All good for Tuesday, or Wednesday, if you want to plan.
Do you and your daughter need a place to stay/food/amenities etc whilst in Sydney??
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Dave you will always be my hero ;)
Well done a extra drink in the Ballarat cabin for this kind helping hand and some extra hot beef jerky from WA late in the night
Turtle
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and some extra hot beef jerky from WA late in the night
Turtle
You may want to rephrase that Turtle...... Hahahaha.
Well done Abe. :-)
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
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Andrew your daughter has a heart of gold. o:)
Between nightshifts ?? lets just do it, sleep (who needs it, over rated)
All good for Tuesday, or Wednesday, if you want to plan.
Do you and your daughter need a place to stay/food/amenities etc whilst in Sydney??
Abe, I think we'll do a day run down and back, but thanks so much for the kind thoughts. I'll get back to you sometime on Monday with some dates,
Andrew
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I must say that I very surprised that the insurance company will even let you touch the bike. I my experience (with cars) apart from letting you remove personal items, it's hands off unless you have a buy back option. In this, the assessor makes a judgement on the value of the bike if it goes to auction and you agree to pay the insurer that amount to keep the wreck.
Consider the insure's perspective. They insure the bike for X. Its a write-off. They have to get back as much of X as they can at auction to minimise their loss. The owner comes along and takes all the "good bits" off the bike. Bike now only gets X minus "Good bits" at auction. Insurer losses money. Their argument would be that if the "good bits" are worth Y then Y should have been added to the current policy.
I would really check your policy before touching the bike otherwise you may find it is grounds for the insurer to cancel the payout completely.
I hope I'm wrong, and I hope you are able to get back all your stuff.
GOOD LUCK
A.
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Sorry to hear about your loss.
In the past I've always informed the insurance company of any changes. I hit a roo on the Border run this year and got some stupid questions asked of me because the laws are different between Eastern states and Western Australia. I can see your problem with the insurance company and what right do they have in keeping stuff they aren't paying for.
Unfortunately, insurance companies are a necessary evil.
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Hi Andrew, I can also come help Dave :thumb and you with DE-Farkling your bike if you need extra hands,
Happy to help out and not far away.
my mobile 's 0408192387 or PM here.. :thumb
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Winston 66,
Well this is a bit of a minefield ,is it not?
I am with Shannons and so far I can not fault their business model,
I have just purchased another toy, a 2006 ST1300 ex police model with 91000 k's . On pick up I just phoned shannons and obtained effective immediately their restricted use cover , on the new ride,over the phone, this was at an agreed market value of $13,000 .
That is three bikes and two cars that I have with them now.
The point that I wanted to make is this.
The one leading question that they asked me and qualified was, What accessories do you have fitted to the machine? my answer to that was .There are none, the motorcycle is stock standard and in good order and running condition.
So my premise is this , that if I make any changes or modifications or add any accessories I will always advise the insurers and then pay any supplementary premium costs in regard to the listed policy changes.
For example I have notified them that one of my other rides is fitted with a car tire, (in their words a motor vehicle tire) on the rear wheel, A darkside), and that another ride , the Yamaha Royal Star that I have accessorized with my bolt on trike adaption kit , this ride, is also fitted with (motor vehicle tires on the outrigger wheels)
To their credit Shannons did not make any comments about these notifications, and when the policies were amended to take these modifications into effect there were no costings changes made, and when I queried them about the validity of my going to the Darkside with the car tires their answer was. They would cover and insure anything in this regard so long as the alteration was a legal modification.
I am not trying to give any advise to anyone , but however this is my experience, and and This is what works for me.
I guess that in the end , all that really matters and what needs to be considered ,is that the devil is in the detail ,and that once bitten by so called legalities one has to be really careful in any dealings of this sort.
Atoyot,
I do hope that your situation is worked out amicably for you and that you come out on the right side.
Cheers, winston66
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Thanks for those thoughts, as I can certainly understand where the underwriters are coming from. Fortunately, I think that InsureMyRide is a little more progressive when it comes to accessories and additions. I'm pretty happy that they are agreeable (at this stage) to me removing some of the items, but none of them are likely to help the auction price up. Just like accessories don't increase the value of a 2nd hand bike, they don't help with a bent frame write off like mine. Most of these types of bikes are bought for their engine/wheels and other major components, but even then, many engines are used in buggies etc, most of which run a chain.
I did indicate to them that I would purchase the wreck if I could not remove my towbar and seat, so I guess I'll just have to wait til Monday. If they do the right thing by me, I'll do the right thing by them. If they aren't reasonable, then I'll vote with my feet and use a specialist company next time.
As far as informing them of any changes, I'm not sure what they would have done, as most of the changes have been very small, and would not affect the salvageable value of the vehicle. I'd also argue that some of the accessories are things that are designed to be removed, such as my TPMS monitor, as I use it on my other bike. Things like RAM mounts as well, I move between bikes. When I bought this bike, it had no accessories. I have added some accessories and modified very few parts, but each one of them would have increased the value of the bike pro-rata by small amounts.
As I've already said, I think that insure my ride is more in tune with what motorcyclists might want, and balancing that with their need to turn a profit, I think that they can succeed. I'm happy so far with them, and I was just asking for opinions, so I'll post back how I go.
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Andrew, here is something to cheer you up
http://www.motorcycle.com/shoot-outs/2014-harley-davidson-street-glide-special-indian-chieftain-shootout (http://www.motorcycle.com/shoot-outs/2014-harley-davidson-street-glide-special-indian-chieftain-shootout)
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Hi John, good find! I've read plenty of tests but no direct comparisons yet.
Consider myself cheered! It looks like the heavy American cruiser market will be hotting of for battles not seen since the late forties. I just can't wait to see where this goes with product improvement and future pricing, let alone the recent changes in HD marketing and strategies!
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Hi Andrew, sorry to hear about your downing...
Abe's a good man in a noble profession, good onya Dave.
I wish you a speedy recovery with no lasting problems. Having come off a bike (not the ST) myself I can understand how you feel and the pain your suffering.
I'm a long long way away, but if there's anything I can do gives us a holler.
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And this right here is why we are Family....
Glad to be apart of the great Comradeship that continually evolves when things like this happen.
Well done to all involved in helping out. :clap :thumbsup :rockon
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Hear Hear! I'm not usually in a position where I need help, and truly, to have all these offers to assist on a weekday humbles me. That's just what bike riders do for each other ; look after our own.
To Sabie and others, the recovery is going great. Every new day I get a new pain in a new location, so it seems it's moving on. The bruises are now turning the colours of the rainbow, and these Oxy-somethin capsules are just sooooo good. Downside; You cannot live on prunes alone. Are there any plummers on this forum? :crackup :rofl :rofl :crackup Ouch! I've really got to stop laughing at my sick constipation jokes.
I look forward to meeting those I haven't met in person yet in March on the new ST, as I slowly start to procure it and get it ready for the AGM.
Thanks again, all,
Andrew
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Mate, not good to hear about your off. Glad your not too seriously hurt. I hope you have a speedy recovery from here in out.
I'm sure Robert won't mind if you borrow his bike to get around in the interim! :grin
If there's anything I can help with let me know though it appears the kind folk on this site are doing a great job looking after you.
Cheers,
Tony
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Hey Tony, I've been meaning to catch up with you for a while now. Looks like I've got a few more weeks of not being at work, but I'm not overly motivated to do much at home at this time other than read. I was actually talking to Bob today, but it seems we've run out of weekends this year for a ride.
I've got the 2nd bike covered, as I can just use my MT-01 commuter bike in the interim, once my ribs are up to the shaking the thing does.
I might give you a ring tomorrow if you are around?
regards
Andrew
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I'll be around Andrew. Practically a man of leisure at the moment!
Cheers,
Tony
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Hey Andrew
While your convelesing you might like to tell the story of how this all came about.... Embellish a little or a lot .... but leave out the bit with sharks and 'there was this tornado'..... Cheers Brian
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Hey Brian, I've spent enough time analysing what happened, so maybe that's not a bad idea. Not sure if it will be riveting reading, but nonetheless, some might find it interesting.
I didn't get a call from the assessor today, and I couldn't get in contact late this afternoon, so I'll chase this up first thing in the morning. Thanks again to all those kind offers for help, and hopefully tomorrow I'll find out if I'm wasting my time to try and reclaim some of my accessories that I think I'm entitled to,
Andrew
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Hi Brian, I don't know if it would make the top reading list, as it was such a simple happening, yet I've been over and over it in my head pulling all aspects of it apart, and analysing it
over and over. So maybe for my own sanity and if anyone else is bored, I can jot this down. I know that I've never counted myself someone who has learn and knows it all, but the little
things that I have learnt from this incident are just amazing.
Just to set the scene and bring everyone up to speed on my trip so far that day:
I had a few hour on Thursday and Friday off to travel to Newcastle and have DMME install an MC Cruise and a Starcom Digital to my ST. I left Orange around 13:00, and the wind was extremely
gusty with rain showers most of the way to the top of Kurrajong. My usual shortcut from Kurrajong to Hornsby was the way to go today, as I was getting towards the busy part of the day. I
usually cut out Richmond by turning off at Kurmond and travelling through Freemans Reach to Windsor, then turn off Windsor Rd at Box Hill, head off to Dural, and up to Hornsby the back way
through Galston Gorge. Probably shorter shortcuts, but I like the ride even though it had been a few years.
Stopped in Lithgow for fuel, and put my wet weather pants and gloves on. For the second time this week, I've been caught out riding over the mountains with summer gear on and winter weather
on top of that. 4deg in Lithgow, and I was only slightly wet thanks to the great ST weather protection. Did I mention the wind? It was pretty much as bad as I'd ridden in to the point were
the bike was leaning right on Left hand sweepers, and I was worried that the gusts were going to push adhesion limits, since the angles and side pressure was so un-usual.
Going down Bellbird Hill, the weather had cleared considerably, and by Freemans Reach, I stopped and removed my wet weather pants and gloves. It had been raining there, as there were some
wet patches on the road, but I don't think that the rain extended to where I fell off. It was also a lot warmer, and I don't know if everyone reading this is the same as me, but after
riding through some treacherous weather and tricky road conditions (leaf litter blowing everywhere) I was feeling pretty good about the ride so far, and even more now enjoying the warmer
dryer weather down Windsor way. Over the mountains the tyre pressures had only risen 1 PSI in the cold, but now both were reading 46PSI, which is about right in those ambient temps. I
didn't check the tyre temps, but they would have been around 38 degrees, based on the current ambient temp.
I got out towards Annangrove Road, and took the last left turn on Windsor Rd before Annangrove Rd, knowing that this road led to Annangrove Rd, to continue on towards Dural. I was behind a
Blue Mazda 3 for a couple of K's down this road, and had been giving myself a large buffer space between us. About a km prior to the "T" intersection, a few cars had given way on our left,
and had joined behind us on Edwards Rd. They were also giving themselves plenty of distance behind me. Upon approaching a Give Way sign, I had been thinking that there was a small round-
about somewhere here, just prior to the "T" intersection on Annangrove Rd. The Blue Mazda in front of me had slowed and started to proceed through the give way sign, and I had slowed as
well, but checked over my right shoulder for traffic to give way to. At that point, I think I realised that this was in fact Annangrove Rd, as I had to turn my head much further to the
right than I thought. There was a car probably 100 or so metres back, and at that time, I think I started to break as I turned back to look in front. Then:-
SHIT, It's Stopped, lock everything up, throw it down hard.
Bike hit the road and I hit the road shortly after. I went left, bike right and can remember kicking at it with my feet. I hit the back bumper with my body not quite parallel to the bumper,
head on the back wheel, sliding on my side and the big impact was on my left side chest, great pain just to left of spine, just below shoulder blades. Bike had hit on RHS of car rear, but I
didn't know that at the time. When I stopped, my head was still near the LHS rear wheel of the Mazda, but my body had spun around about 110deg from the cars back bumper. I was largely on my
back, but with the severe back pain, I went through a first aid check list in my mind, and in particular, location of pain and limb numbness. I could feel all limbs, pain in the upper LHS
chest, LHS middle back, but nothing else major of note. I did have a strong smell of fuel, but I could not feel any through my hands or legs. I was severely winded, and no doubt in some
shock, mainly at the thought of actually crashing in such a simple setting.
I was aware of someone asking me if I was alright, but I had trouble hearing them as my phone was still playing music through my BT headset; Crosby Still and Nash, "Wasted on the Way",
which gave me a bit of a laugh! I tried to signal that I was OK. I also tried to turn off my headset with my right hand, but the first aid Nazi's (to their credit) stopped me. More than one
person was there at that point, although I didn't have a great view of how many - probably 4 or so. I told someone that my BT Headset on the LHS of my helmet was still playing music I
turned my head to show them the BT headset. I told them to pull it up, then pull the cable out. They did this and now I could hear everything. I think they thought my head might fall off I
then tried to flip my helmet face up, and they again stopped me, until I pointed out that my face shield rotated up.
It was only then that I had effective two way communication flowing, and my first communications at this point was where was the fuel in relation to myself and them, as I did not want them
to place themselves in danger if they were standing in it, and if I was lying in it, I was going to move myself out of it if they didn't. It turns out that the fuel spill was off to the
right, and I assumed that any run-off was over the other side of the road camber. The concerns that they had about my neck and spine lessened as I assured them that I could feel all limbs
perfectly well, and I could move all joints as well. Georgette, the lady that I had hit, was very upset as she was the one who called 000 when I didn't respond to her call of "are you
alright".
The paramedics arrived and went through the process of checking everything and putting me on a backboard. I warned them of my weight, so they grabbed a couple of coppers and fireys and
managed to *just* lift me onto the stretcher. No one suffered any permanent injuries, but a few of them had to strain. I yelled my thanks out to everyone there as I was loaded into the
ambulance, and I think that was when they gave me some painkillers to enable me to remove my jacket, with their assistance.
After that, a 15 min ride to Blacktown ED, a couple of X-rays and scans, and was then transferred to Westmead ED at 01:00 on Friday.
Since then, I have boiled it down to this:-
*I was slightly confused as to which intersection I was stopping at, until I realised that the "T" was much more like a "Y" with me being at the upper right of the Y travelling to the
intersection.
* I assumed that the Mazda had moved off through the intersection, but it may simply have been moving forward for a better look back over it's right shoulder for traffic to give way to.
* As I looked to my right, I had to turn my head far further than I expected as the road to the right wasn't 90deg to me but more like 45deg (that's when I worked out it was Annangrove Rd). I probably spent twice as much time in looking because of this, which gave me less time when I looked back.
* By the time I looked back up, perhaps .5 of a second had passed, I had washed off some speed (doing about 30 - 40Kmph) but the car was far too close for me to be able to pull up.
* If I didn't lock everything up and hit the road, I was going over the bars and over the car. Broken bones?. Would ABS help? A bit, but I still would have hit it at speed and upright.
* No time to avoid car so choice was to slow as much as possible, or deck it. In the time I had, I chose to lock everything and hit it low. I've never wanted to see if over the bars on a big tourer would break legs.
In the emergency services, they teach you that disasters occur when a number of conditions that would not normally be cause for concern "line up". Swiss cheese. Each of these things above were small problems in themselves, each one less than the sum of the total, but unfortunately for me, I made a number of small mistakes at the same time that caused an impact on a lot of people around me.
It was my mistake(s) and I will probably, and rightly so, get a neg driving conviction, but if this is what I need to tighten up on my concentration and decision making processes when riding, I'm all the better for it.
If I had a pillion at the time, would I have ridden differently? Maybe
Would the result have been worse? Absolutely!
What if I was in the Landcruiser, would I have driven differently? Maybe
Would the result have been worse? Absolutely; 4 kids might have been without their Mum that night.
Hope that's worth reading, as it was worth writing it down for my sake!
regards
Andrew
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Wow, what a conspiracy of events and conditions to first of all land u in that frightening accident with all the possible serious consequences, but also the fact that u came out of it with only a written-off bike but not a written-off body. The poor woman got a hell of a fright and must have been hugely relieved to see that all your protective gear, and I know u r 1 who wears the right gear, diminished what could have been so much worse.
Also, I'm not a safety instructor but I think u reacted well and the question whether an ABS bike would have been of any benefit under those conditions is a valid question. M8, this was a dangerous incident and u have every right to let your emotions go a bit and thank destiny for being kind. But it seems 2 me that your protective gear and the way u reacted and controlled the slide saved u from far worse injuries.
I'm selling Wyvern 2moro. Not really.
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An analysis well written. The Riding Instructors discourage, even condemn, any talk of "laying the bike down" but I think it was the best reaction in your case (if I interpreted "hit it low" correctly). If a trip over the handlebars head first onto the Mazda was the alternative then yours appears to be the best choice.
One thing about cable intercoms vs bluetooth- you can remove the sound by simply pulling the plug (if it hasn't already pulled out when you depart the bike).
Here's hoping you get a fair outcome from those who decide the bike's future.
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An analysis well written. The Riding Instructors discourage, even condemn, any talk of "laying the bike down" but I think it was the best reaction in your case (if I interpreted "hit it low" correctly). If a trip over the handlebars head first onto the Mazda was the alternative then yours appears to be the best choice.
One thing about cable intercoms vs bluetooth- you can remove the sound by simply pulling the plug (if it hasn't already pulled out when you depart the bike).
Here's hoping you get a fair outcome from those who decide the bike's future.
Hi Biggles,
I understand them condemning laying the bike down, and to be honest, my decision was how hard do it throw the anchors out, which was an easy one. As soon as I say how close it was, I knew I was going to hit it low as I was about to throw everything at washing off speed and getting off the bike at the same time. I've tried contacting the copper in charge at the scene in the last few days to ask what people behind me might have observed, as I don't think the lady I hit saw it coming at all. I'm certainly not downplaying the safety features of ABS either, as I could also argue that I might have simply been able to pull up straight, but most likely, I probably would have washed off 10 -20 KMPH and hit it high.
Many years ago prior to any ABS, I can vividly recall a situation where a car pulled out in front of me, and I had to revert to "manual ABS", where I threw out the anchors, locked the front to the point where it got a few deg off vertical, then locked it again as it straightened. I did actually get to discuss this situation with the driver, who took off, as I didn't hit him, but the interesting thing for me was seeing the skid marks I left. This was on my Yamaha TX650A, about 3 metres of straight skid with about half a metre veering off to the right, then another metre about a metre after that in line with the first skid mark. What's this got to do with anything, well maybe nothing, but in this situation, I didn't lowside into the car, but pulled up straight after first locking then unlocking the front brake. Rear Brake? I possibly got use of it on the 2nd application. Aside from the many differences between the bikes, the biggest variation was that I saw the car pull out and had more warning.
On this occasion last week, the dice hit lowside, and I hit a relatively soft impact absorbing area on a car. If I'd stayed upright, maybe it might have been like in the cartoons, were I'd fold in half around the bars, then slide down completely un-injured....but I don't think so!
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Had a few phone calls from InsureMyRide today, and the cheque is in the mail. It seems that I did have some accessories included as an additional $ value, so to tidy things up and give myself some time, I also bought the wreck. I probably paid a bit more than I expected, but when I start to look at the shere number of bits that I got from the states, and the time it took, it ended up worthwhile to buy it.
Last I spoke to Pickles this afternoon, and they can load it onto what I take down, be that a ute or a trailer, so I think I've got that covered either later this week or early next.
For all the offers of help I received, I thank each of you for your willingness to assist where possible. I should be OK now that I don't have to struggle with pulling it down on the floor at Pickles, but the knowledge that there were willing hands waiting to assist helped me greatly.
Just an update as to my new ride; at the risk of the cheque still being in the mail, I am procuring a bike that is pretty well known amongst OZSTOC'ers . Ex DownUnder, Ex Robert's '08 will be adorning my shed shortly, along with FrankenWreck, my current 03 donor bike. Tony, Robert just traded his Ninja in on a Caponord today, so time will tell how he gets on with a single latino bike as compared to two Japanese mistresses!
My young bloke is really looking forward to going over the whole wreck, cataloguing the good, the bad and the ugly. Once this is done, and I have identified any duplicate spares that I might have, I'll advertise what I don't plan to keep, but only to club members,
regards
Andrew
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Good to see Tony's bike still around. I was sorely tempted at the time to get it, so lucky I didn't as it would have been well used by the time I finished :grin
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I'm sure, John! I think Robert only did a couple of thousand k's, but those few thousand opened his eyes up to what comfort, smoothness and handling is all about. My gain. Just wondering, how many bikes might have changed hands between forum members? I'm sure that there's been a few where new members came into the fold after buying from a club member. There'd have to be more than a few though?
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Picked up the wreck today from Pickles in Milperra. The young blokes that were there told me that they were allowed to use the gantry crane, as the ST was the hardest bike to move there. Loaded it in the trailer no worries and unloaded tonight with no trouble as well.
It seems that the bike slid on it LHS into the back of the car, with the first bit to hit being the handlebars. Fuel tank coved in from the top, RHS triple clamp broken off, steering head snapped off, and the entire handle bar/top tree detached. What I summise is that the bike impacted the car on it's LHS, handlebars first, which caved the tank in more on the rhs, then snapped the rhs triple clamp off, then the steering head, with the LHS fork leg then simply popping out of the triple clamp due to the force of the snapping steering stem.
Damage is mainly around the top dash and handlebar area, and I wouldn't mind betting that the frame is OK, but that is irrelevant as it is a stat write off.
There is little damage other than this. Exhaust are all OK, as are the panniers (gotta love those MCL tipover bars!). Front guard has a small scratch, and the lower LHS cowl is scraped. Once I got the steering stem stuck back up the steering head, bike rolled around OK. Missing the LHS inspection cover, and other than this and the fairing deflector for that part, I will be able to reinstall the fairing and mirror deflectors with some new trim tape.
LHS mirror smashed, and cover probably stuffed, but RHS mirror OK (cover previously stuffed)
All up, most parts outside of what I've mentioned should be OK. I'm hoping the electric screen mechanism is ok, but I will have to remove it to check.
The bike is an 03 1300, Ambassador Red, so watch this space for future spares!
Thanks again for the wonderful offers of help I received,
regards
Andrew
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Well Andrew, I am very pleased that you are ok. The sharing of your story is appreciated and even better that you can actually share it.
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Just an update as to my new ride; at the risk of the cheque still being in the mail, I am procuring a bike that is pretty well known amongst OZSTOC'ers . Ex DownUnder, Ex Robert's '08 will be adorning my shed shortly, along with FrankenWreck, my current 03 donor bike. Tony, Robert just traded his Ninja in on a Caponord today, so time will tell how he gets on with a single latino bike as compared to two Japanese mistresses!
G'day Andrew,
I'm confident you'll get years of faithful service out of her mate.
I keep hearing a lot of good things about the Caponord. I know they've been selling well at Bikebiz, Parramatta and they get good reviews. It might turn out to be the perfect compromise for Robert. I'd be interested to hear how he gets along with it.
When you get your bike and self sorted we'll have to get a ride going in the new year.
Regards,
Tony
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Hi TJ. I was just looking at the paint code on the new ex-tony, ex-bob st1300 and it's Archilles Black. Correct me if I'm wrong, but is your 1300 that colour as well? Now that I've totalled the red one, I can come clean and say I like the Archilles Black the most of all the colours, so it looks like all 4 of us have good taste in colour, even if 3 of us had the same bike. I too am glad that I am around to tell the story. Just looking at the damage to the tank, and how much fuel that spilled on impact, it could have easily been a fireball.
Tony, I'm absolutely sure that this bike will still still be running beautifully after many KM and years have passed!
I do look forward to the new year so a ride is definitely on the cards down your way. Probably not too far, as it took me 35 years to run my ribs in before... maybe Kandos Buds and Bikes?
Andrew
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Does Archilles Black have the gold fleck through it? Some think that is the best one, not the silver fleck or straight black :Stirpot