catagory c write off...

[gr82bthe1st]

sorry guys, but this isnt gonna be a story of how i managed to go a billion mph and swerved through traffic and then landed with only damaging my pride

was jus wondering if cat c write offs can be put back on the road?

was thinkin of getting a cat c bike thats been written off and repairing it for road use! or maybe jus use it as a track bike!

[Villers]

Ripped off a site found via www.google.com

Insurance Write Off Categories (Insurance Total Loss)

When a vehicle is damaged beyond economical repair the vehicle is called an 'insurance write off' or an 'insurance total loss'. Some 1500 cars are written off daily in the UK but that doesn't mean that they are worthless. Even scrap metal has a value and the insurance write off category will determine what can be salvaged from the vehicle.

Write Off Categories
The insurance write off categories are as follows:

Category A Insurance Write Off - the vehicle must scrapped and no parts or components can be sold other than for scrap. Amounts vary but the scrap value rarely covers the cost of recovery and delivery to a scrap yard.

Category B Insurance Write Off - the vehicle must not be used again but non- structural and roadworthy parts and components may be recovered for use in other vehicles. Care must be taken to ensure that they are not critical components with important safety functions.

Category C Insurance Write Off - the vehicle is repairable but the parts and labour would exceed the value of the car. This is a tricky situation as there are plenty of amateur and professional mechanics who could use second hand parts to repair these vehicles at much lower prices than the list costs for parts and labour.

Category D Insurance Write Off - the vehicle is economically repairable but other factors are involved that cause the insurer to declare the vehicle a write off. Perhaps the replacement car hire is too costly or it will take too long for a specialist part to be delivered.

Category X Insurance Write Off - the vehicle is easily repairable and may even be still roadworthy.

Unrecorded Insurance Write Off - the vehicle damage was not reported to the insurer or the driver was uninsured. The most common example is drivers who only have third party insurance but have had an accident that was their fault (usually not involving anyone else).
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[gr82bthe1st]

cheers for the help

think i might be getting the bike after all then

[Whosthedaddy]

The 7 was a Cat C many years ago will I still have to state this in a sales ad or will it show up on any checks?

[MattHirst]

I believe it will still show up on a HPI check until the vehicle is taken for an SVA test or something similar.
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[McJamweasel]

A write off stays on the HPI register for the life of the bike, irrespective of any checks.
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[MattHirst]

I stand corrected. I think when you get to a certain catergory, you must have a certain test before the bike/car or whatever it is can go back on the road.
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[ms51ves3]

[Whosthedaddy]

Its the fact that its been back on the road since 2005 (I think of the top of my head), all work done as per needed and people will still try one on and get £'s off.

[ms51ves3]

[Whosthedaddy]

I have too much of a conscious not too.

I was a little taken back when I found out, a quick call to my insurer (no change to quote) and I was happy to take the bike for its test ride. I've never really come across this situation hence my slight reserve but I'd do it again as long as it seemed legit and there were no niggles in the back of my mind.

I will be selling the bike come winter time to go down under so the price will be slightly lower for a quick sale, just don't want some batty bois kicking tyres and wasting my time. Selling the type R was more stressful than I would have hoped.

[tutton]

If its a cat C (you crash and its cat c by your insurance)
at the next MOT (if i remember rightly)
you need to SVA test it for repair structurallity if going back on the road.

So i could mot my bike now and then crash tommorow
and ride it till next mot in a years time without having to have the bike checked by government.
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[yambabe]

[tutton]

I ment VIC not SVA easy enough mistake to make and i was reffering to cars in peticular.

God, some people are just looking to start flames on tinternet these days, and why moaning at me about 2 seconds on google, surely you should be telling the OP that...
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[ms51ves3]