Oh Dear Binned It!

Cheers mate, TBH humour normally gets me through most things, better than mopping about miserable, doesn't mean that I am not pissed off at crashing my lovely RC8 though.
It is a great forum & you are correct it is like a brotherhood, I haven't met most of the people on here but still feel an affinity with them.
Ligament damage means I wouldn't be riding for a long while anyway so will have to have a think about what happens next.

 

Lets not start going down the same road as when you started the helmet debate eh DD?
BKS Stingray leathers were £899, however I bought them when on sale for £549 which is not bad for the quality, as my complete lack of road rash following my off testifies.

 

3 cows and a bit of stingray skin actually!

 

Was there confusion of words - testifies not testicles!!!!

 

Didn't even see the patch, literally just as you exit the roundabout, eyes have to be everywhere on roundabouts!
I know what you mean about beating myself up though, it was a bit of a rush to finish work in time to meet up with my mates for an evening ride, I nearly didn't bother ...

 

Thanks to all for your messages on this.
Update, still waiting for final decision that bike is written off, 4th Dimension are Hastings repair agent, they rang last week to say swinging arm was damaged as well so likely to be write off, I rang Hastings today who knew nothing of this! Then call 4th Dimension who day they are the agent & will negotiate the settlement when they have their own engineers report.
Accident happened on August 8th, helmet & leathers insurance have already paid out within the terms of the policy & were very good. Just hope the bike part doesn’t drag on too long. Will keep you posted as it’s nice to have this information when thinking of placing you insurance.

 

Thanks Jo, I am sad that a great bike is going to get written off, I did consider buying it back & racing it in NG Club sound of thunder next year, but having seen them race I think it would be a bit expensive. Going to have a go at Pro Stocks Bandit challenge instead. Decided to give up road riding & race instead, at least there’s nothing coming the other way if you bin it!

 

Thanks Hackdriver, healing quite nicely now, got much more movement in my thumb, knee is still swollen, but it is the same one I damaged years ago doing Moto Cross. Just waiting for insurance to pay out so I can fund a seasons racing.

 

Update - Insurance Company Hastings - Just about did enough!

Sorry haven't been around for a while, really busy doing the w@rk thing.

The RC8 was going to be repaired until they found more damage when the bike was on the bench for assessment, basically the swinging arm was badly gouged underneath and the rad and all the sensors/fan etc was totalled as well as the more obvious damage to the fairings and body work. The Helmet & Leathers part of the insurance paid out really quickly once I submitted the estimate for replacement kit supplied by Infinity, this cover was free with the policy and came with a £150 excess on the max £900 worth of cover, so they paid out the max of £750.
The bike took a bit longer and a bit more haggling, I had paid a dealer £6995 for the bike 3 weeks before, my view was that is what I was after from Hastings, they insisted that what I paid was unimportant and that 'market value' was around £6400, after a bit of backwards and forwards haggling we settled on £6700, once this was agreed and the documents and spare keys etc were sent back they paid the following week.
Don't know how this experience with a claim compares with anyone else's?

I have now bought a bike to do the Formula Prostocks race series next year & will use the money from the write off to fund the season next year, for those that are interested I will probably post my progress in the racing section.
I have booked my CTC ACU licence assessment for Sunday 14th so that I am ready to go for the first round at Brands next March.
I am looking for a reasonably priced (read cheap as it is coming out of my race budget!) box trailer to tow behind the camper next year, if anyone has one for sale PM me.