OK, so there I was, sat on the bike quietly minding my own business waiting to turn across the road into a parking space when WHAM! some dippy blonde drives into the Griso. Panniers ripped off their frames, pannier frames bent, tail tidy destroyed, Mistral carbon can cracked, rear body work & tail light smashed up etc etc.
Impact was enough to shove me 10ft up the road. I guess she was doing about 20mph. Fortunately instinct cut in & I kept it straight & upright. I'm OK, been to hospital to be on the safe side: only a slightly stiff lower back so anti-inflamatories for a few days. Bike's a mess but I do have comprehensive insurance.
Now I've spoken to the dealers who say they will automatically include a new tyre in their estimate.....but do you think it should have a new wheel too? And might the CARC & shaft have been damaged in the impact? If they are the bike will definitely be a write off (might be just with cosmetic damage?).......then I'll be looking at a 8v.
Worst bit is there's no way the insurance company will do their stuff in time for the Griso to be repaired or replaced by the time I'm due to go to Portugal in 3 weeks! So looks likely I'll be suing driver for price of cancelling the my ferry booking.
Impact was enough to shove me 10ft up the road. I guess she was doing about 20mph. Fortunately instinct cut in & I kept it straight & upright. I'm OK, been to hospital to be on the safe side: only a slightly stiff lower back so anti-inflamatories for a few days. Bike's a mess but I do have comprehensive insurance.
Now I've spoken to the dealers who say they will automatically include a new tyre in their estimate.....but do you think it should have a new wheel too? And might the CARC & shaft have been damaged in the impact? If they are the bike will definitely be a write off (might be just with cosmetic damage?).......then I'll be looking at a 8v.
Worst bit is there's no way the insurance company will do their stuff in time for the Griso to be repaired or replaced by the time I'm due to go to Portugal in 3 weeks! So looks likely I'll be suing driver for price of cancelling the my ferry booking.