“Your claim is now being handled by the total loss department,” said the folks from my insurance company. Not exactly a surprise after the damage estimate came out, but man, how sucky is that? It’s not like I did an endo and tweaked the frame, forks, and all the bodywork. 
Also: if I went to Ron Ayers or bikebandit or whatsit and ordered all the parts necessary to build myself a new SV650 from scratch, it would cost something like $50,000! Those are some expensive bolts!
Anyway, sorry for all the boring posts. I don’t really have much to talk about other than how my insurance dealings are going, so you’re probably stuck hearing about that for a little while longer!
Next up: negotiation time!
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I thought that may be the end result. Shiny new bike time?
I have a Rebel you could borrow.
@Mike: We shall see. It all depends on the numbers they give me.
@Ken: LOL! I’m tempted!
I fear the Street Triple dream you had will come true!
Note: the captcha for my post says “decision impurest”. Think about it.
Shiny new bike, but you can’t abandon the SV, right?! : )
@John G: Ha!
@David: Let’s just say I have contingency plans in the works. Things might get a little crazy!
Totaled? Really sorry to hear that
As an aside… those Arai Phil Read helmets look dead sexy when on an English bike…
time for an sv track bike? with a gsxr front end?
@soth: I’m never going to finance a bike again, which rules out expensive “premium” bikes…
@kyle: But then what would I ride to work?
time for a second bike?
Don’t worry about the posts being boring. We all need a little drama in our lives. Looks like you are the flag everyone is rallying around at the moment. If you don’t see it through on the blog everyone will be left hanging!
That sucks but I’ve seen bikes get totaled after being laid down through a corner with nothing more than cosmetic damage.
That said, once you have settled things (hopefully soon) and assuming you buy your bike back, don’t forget to call your insurance company and have them put the bike on “Winter Coverage” while your repairing the bike and getting it ready for the road. I did that while I was out for my surgery and it saved me a ton of money.