fell of bike :( AND ITS A RENTAL

[bangbros69]

Ok i was pulling away from my frikin gym and there was a pot hole like a crater on the mooon and i bounced of it and onto the side of the bike straight into a van, great 500 pounds excess onn a rental bike...
anyway i was just wondering if i could complain to anybody and get some kind of compensation for the repairs to the bike, because of the terrible state of the road and the hole in it...? thankyou
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luke

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[Polo]

Lucky the excess is £500.

Last bike I had was £1200 excess. Never ridden so slow.

Take it on the chin. You should have spotted the hole.
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[bangbros69]

so ya think i shouldnt try and claim of the council? also because its a rental bike do i have to tell them i dropped it or because i know a sprayer etc can i just fix it myself for cheaper than £500 smackers
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luke

[Polo]

Your call. Either way you will be shelling the money out to the garage that lent you the bike.

Best you can hope for is the council/gym pay you back.

I wouldn't go attempting a repair yourself or you may risk the garage billing you for the corrective work.

IMHO - the pot hole was there to be seen and you didn't see it. Take it on the chin.
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[Nixon]

the council will only give you compensation if you can prove that someone has complained about it already and the council have made no "reasonable" attemp to fix it

that is presuming that your idea of a pot hole meets the councils definiton of a pothole

and then if you get a tick for both of those then you will have to work your ass off and spend alot of time proving all this on paper in a way that the council can't argue


or you could just have the satisfaction of thrashing it till it blows up and still pay the same amount of excess

[wristjob]

whats the bike?
do you think you could make more than £500 breaking it up and selling the bits on ebay?
just take the keys back to the shop give em the £500 tell em its been stolen.

[tutton]

Wouldnt attempt a self repair,
as it will have been thoroughly inspected before it was released to you.
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[iooi]

Well next time you WILL remember to pay the ins waiver

What was the damage to the van, and are they claiming off you.
Find out who is responsible for the road/hole and report it to them. Might be worth asking around the gym if anyone has reported it before.
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[MaybeGuy]

no-ones seen the damage yet... if you can make it look like it did when you got it, i say go for the home repair!

whats the worst that can happen?
if you dont try and fix it you pay £500
if you try and fix it and fail you pay £500
if you try and fix it and succeed you SAVE £500

post pics

fix it yourself

if you cant do a proper job of the repair yourself, then its costing £500 regardless, so fucking thrash it, flip it, wheelie it, off road it...
get your moneys worth.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

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Using a motor vehicle to go to the gym
walk. run, cycle.
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[bangbros69]

ok well the damage isnt that bad in my eyes,and the van didnt want to claim he was just like CORE BLIMEY you arlight lad? and i was like yea all man dont mind melet me just remove my face from your bumper and ill be outta your way. it is a bandit 500 06 plate and the guard on the engine is scrathed to fuck the exhaust is a touch scrathced and the cables on the front break are scratched and the nobly bit on the handle bars are scratched a bit heh and thats about it all cosmetic. Thats why i think i should just try and make it look sound and be like fell of? me? no never why? *whistles-runs
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luke

[chris-red]

Bandit 500? I assume your mean GS500, I have loads of parts going
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[bangbros69]

its an 06 plate so i dont think any of ya parts will come in handy, i need an engine guard though and front break cables if anyone has got any
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luke