Hey guys and gals! I'm new to this forum ( was on the DML forum for a bit)... and it has taken me a bit to switch over to this one... but i finally did a couple days ago. The reason for the "Bummer of a first post..." is because i just wrecked my monster... Yesterday after work!  Well, i'm gonna take it up to pj's today to see what's gonna happen. I'm worried the frame might be cracked. anywhoo.... i'll be around.

Dude!!  So sorry to hear that!     Are you all in one piece?  Hope the damage is minimal.  Looking forward to meeting you. 

finally made it

man im sorry about the bike,

u'll have to post up the pics

damn stupid poeple...

Aww man....so sorry to hear about that.  Are you ok??  Are you the one who was riding the dark last weekend and rode the crest road with us?  Either way, welcome.   

Quote from: Dusty on September 27, 2008, 11:20:09 AM
Aww man....so sorry to hear about that.  Are you ok??  Are you the one who was riding the dark last weekend and rode the crest road with us?  Either way, welcome.   

Hey, thanks to all for your concern, i am (physically) ok. not a bruise or scratch or anything. I guess all that dirt bike experience has paid off in learning how to fall... haha!!

Yeah, that was me on the dark 750 that did the crest run last sunday with all you guys.

pics comming shortly of the damaged duc...

Sorry to hear about your fall. Don't despair, there are more than a couple of us around familar with rebuilding hurt bikes. 

ha ha! good to know!

Glad to hear you are ok, bikes can be fixed.
I went through a similar experience a little over a month ago and
my body is still reminding me.
Hope to see you riding soon.

Man sorry to hear but glad your ok.....from your dirt/duck rid'n  friends from up north ..durango co
P.S  I just found a pice of metal and a filter full of shavings in my dirt bike   dam 4 strokes    I miss my 5 honey [moto]   

Quote from: marsrr on September 27, 2008, 07:40:43 PM
Man sorry to hear but glad your ok.....from your dirt/duck rid'n  friends from up north ..durango co
P.S  I just found a pice of metal and a filter full of shavings in my dirt bike   dam 4 strokes    I miss my 5 honey [moto]   

dang, that's no good. what kind of drit bike? I have a two stroke honda with a few mods on it... pipe, reeds, piston... i dig it.

Well pj's said that it is totaled due to the steering stop being cracked. Its insured through progressive, I'm wondering what i should do now... Do i get the bike back, dont tell progressive what happened, and fix it myself, or do i have them total it out and kiss my bike good by, or to i get it totaled, and buy it back and fix it. if i buy back my totaled bike, will the title be "salvaged"?  suggestions anyone?  

Quote from: TheLos on September 28, 2008, 09:05:18 AM
Well pj's said that it is totaled due to the steering stop being cracked. Its insured through progressive, I'm wondering what i should do now... Do i get the bike back, dont tell progressive what happened, and fix it myself, or do i have them total it out and kiss my bike good by, or to i get it totaled, and buy it back and fix it. if i buy back my totaled bike, will the title be "salvaged"?  suggestions anyone?  

Done this with four bikes in the last year including my daily ride 695. You lose the warrantee, but your bike will be almost payed off to completely payed off depending on your policy. They are easy to work on, and Chris from Motored-sports in the parts section has a ton of used-gently used parts that he sells reasonably.  BTW your rebuild will require labor but the frame is probably repairable..... mine was completely broke. Needed a new frame and everything. I have under $2,500 in the whole bike including the bike itself, inspections and first years insurance and registration. Good deal.

Quote from: WannaDucBad on September 28, 2008, 09:49:23 AM
Done this with four bikes in the last year including my daily ride 695. You lose the warrantee, but your bike will be almost payed off to completely payed off depending on your policy. They are easy to work on, and Chris from Motored-sports in the parts section has a ton of used-gently used parts that he sells reasonably.  BTW your rebuild will require labor but the frame is probably repairable..... mine was completely broke. Needed a new frame and everything. I have under $2,500 in the whole bike including the bike itself, inspections and first years insurance and registration. Good deal.

so your suggesting to let insurance total it out, then buy it back... seems reasonable. as far as the warranty, there is none any way (its a 1999). As far as the labor... I'm a technician for MINI Cooper,  so im sure i can do all the work myself, including the re-welding of the steering stop. what about the title? and what'll happen if i try to re-sell it?

My 2007 695 Monster buyback was $1130, still waiting to see what the buyback will be on my 2008.  I assume it will be in the same range.   The title will be salvage.  I don't think the steering stop is an expensive fix at all.  For me, it is a lot cheaper (depending on how much damage there is) to rebuild the bike.  It helps that my son does the labor and we get the parts used through a guy here on the forum.   It would be way more expensive to have the shop to do it most likely.    WannaDucBad (that's my son) will chime in shortly, I'm sure, with the part guys name.  I have a tank on order with him right now.  Mine is cracked and we tried JB Weld as a stopgap measure.  It held fine in the garage , but not in the heat on the road.  WDB was concerned about the expansion characteristics not matching.  Now we know.   Oh well, I was desperate to ride.  I may use Trent's tank till the other one comes in.  Good luck Thelos.  I've been through it a couple of times , as well as some of the other folks so if you have anymore insurance questions, don't hesitate to ask.  We'll put our collective noodles together to try to give a coherent answer.  

Oops!  The server wouldn't take my post for some reason and I see now that WDB has long since replied.  Oink!