runwyrlph wrote on 10/24/13 at 04:21:48:Thanks everybody. I appreciate the prayers and good wishes. Still in the hospital, but it looks like I'll make it.
Still not sure about the bike as far as damage... I had it towed to a (car) repair shop near my home, and my wife stopped to look at it, but she couldn't tell me any more than I saw myself while waiting for EMTs
I think Ive heard of people buying a crashed bike from the insurance co. for cheap to fix it themselves? Anybody ever tried that?
Ive seen people buy the total back. Theyre just gonna sell it to a scrap yard. YOu can offer to buy it. Save them the time of contacting the buyers, shipping it, YOud be doing them a favor,, YOu shouldnt have to pay what a scrap yard would pay. Youre taking it off their hands & saving them trouble,If its totalled, you otta be able to buy it for no more than #$200.00 Id think,, & it IS totalled, because anything over about 50% of the retail value is IT.. & you cant get much done on a bike for $1,500.00. I doubt its a $3,000.00 bike, right? YOu mite get made whole, yet,,
Remember, youll be buying it from the same insurance company that will be paying your medical bills, you can include it in the settlement, just a decrerase in what they pay you. I think youre due lost wages, pain & suffering & punitive damages. YOu mite be able to wiggle a new bike out of them, but youd problee be ahead to wiggle as much cash out of them as possible, buy your bike back, fix it & ride it, even if you never get it "all the way" pre-crash in the looks department,
Someone ask ya what caused the dent or scratches & you tell a semi rolled up on ya & dragged ya a ways,, thats a conversation starter..
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