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05-10-2009, 04:21pm
Fellers,
I was at an auction the other week specifically to do with repairable write off and damaged bikes.
I was talking to a guy that had all this ute bute electronic gear that was checking some bikes out on behalf of a customer and I just happen to ask him this exact question.
He mentioned the the insurance companies these days once the frames/swing arms etc have any sort scratching etc on them they would rather write the bike off. He's not 100% sure why but reckons so there is no come back on them if anything goes wrong later on especially if it's that item that fails.
He made mention it's not a big deal as the technology is around these days that you can determine how bad things might be if the frame or what ever is damaged / scratched they can check for any risk associated with that damage. They use things that can thickness test and also carry out like an ex-ray if they need to get deeper into the problem.
Some guys once this has happened get the pay out and then buy the bike back and repair it themselves and in some cases end up wth better bike.
Anyway that is what I was told so doesn't really answer the question about why insurance write bikes off but maybe a little insight and then again I may have been fed a load of bullshit to but he seemed to know what he was talking about.
I was at an auction the other week specifically to do with repairable write off and damaged bikes.
I was talking to a guy that had all this ute bute electronic gear that was checking some bikes out on behalf of a customer and I just happen to ask him this exact question.
He mentioned the the insurance companies these days once the frames/swing arms etc have any sort scratching etc on them they would rather write the bike off. He's not 100% sure why but reckons so there is no come back on them if anything goes wrong later on especially if it's that item that fails.
He made mention it's not a big deal as the technology is around these days that you can determine how bad things might be if the frame or what ever is damaged / scratched they can check for any risk associated with that damage. They use things that can thickness test and also carry out like an ex-ray if they need to get deeper into the problem.
Some guys once this has happened get the pay out and then buy the bike back and repair it themselves and in some cases end up wth better bike.
Anyway that is what I was told so doesn't really answer the question about why insurance write bikes off but maybe a little insight and then again I may have been fed a load of bullshit to but he seemed to know what he was talking about.