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State: Virginia
1999 katana 600
My katana was hit last week in my workplace parking lot. I was in my office when my coworker came in and told me that she hit my bike with her GMC Yukon. She was parked next to me, and hit the bike leaving her parking space right next to mine. She just swung out out of the spot. She cracked the left fairings, mirror, turn signal...then when the bike fell over on the right side she broke the pegs, dented my D&D, scratched the starter cover, bent the clip-on, broke the turn signal, broke the front brake lever, scratched the front wheel fairing, broke the right side fairing, under cowling, bar end, passenger handle, tank scratched, and damaged the right rear fairing to the point that the undertail screw clips are gone and cant hold "the shovel" flush with the rear fairings. All the new OEM parts came to about $4500 dollars including shipping and labor to install. I just got done putting $2000 worth of upgrades on the bike (D&D, ivans jet kit, ignition advancer, RK chain, Vortex sprocket kit, speedbleeders, new pads, valve job, carb clean, dyno tune, air filter, oil filter etc..only 60 days ago). The ladies insurance company "Nationwide" offered me $3200 dollars and to "Total" the bike and give me a salvaged title which will not allow me to ride the bike on the street, or take $2400 dollars for cosmetic damage and not have my Title affected...still be able to ride it on the street. The bike rides fine, mainly just cosmetic damage. Cant I get her insurance company or her to pay to fix the bike completely? Iam at 0% fault, so can I go after her for the rest, or just sue her for the entire balance? My bike was pristine before she hit it, so I just cant see the logic in me having to accept less money than it takes to fix the bike because it still rides the same. Any relevant experiences of information would be extremely helpful in me trying to figure out how to proceed.
1999 katana 600
My katana was hit last week in my workplace parking lot. I was in my office when my coworker came in and told me that she hit my bike with her GMC Yukon. She was parked next to me, and hit the bike leaving her parking space right next to mine. She just swung out out of the spot. She cracked the left fairings, mirror, turn signal...then when the bike fell over on the right side she broke the pegs, dented my D&D, scratched the starter cover, bent the clip-on, broke the turn signal, broke the front brake lever, scratched the front wheel fairing, broke the right side fairing, under cowling, bar end, passenger handle, tank scratched, and damaged the right rear fairing to the point that the undertail screw clips are gone and cant hold "the shovel" flush with the rear fairings. All the new OEM parts came to about $4500 dollars including shipping and labor to install. I just got done putting $2000 worth of upgrades on the bike (D&D, ivans jet kit, ignition advancer, RK chain, Vortex sprocket kit, speedbleeders, new pads, valve job, carb clean, dyno tune, air filter, oil filter etc..only 60 days ago). The ladies insurance company "Nationwide" offered me $3200 dollars and to "Total" the bike and give me a salvaged title which will not allow me to ride the bike on the street, or take $2400 dollars for cosmetic damage and not have my Title affected...still be able to ride it on the street. The bike rides fine, mainly just cosmetic damage. Cant I get her insurance company or her to pay to fix the bike completely? Iam at 0% fault, so can I go after her for the rest, or just sue her for the entire balance? My bike was pristine before she hit it, so I just cant see the logic in me having to accept less money than it takes to fix the bike because it still rides the same. Any relevant experiences of information would be extremely helpful in me trying to figure out how to proceed.
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