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well next year it could be Le Mans as the others say they would'nt mind giving there a go

Dynasangel wrote:Well 2 weeks ago I was on my way home and a car decided to drive into me, haven't said much about it online as its turned out the guy wasnt insured, which is why im glad I was fully comp as it will take ages to get my bike repaired by going through the court, just need to find out how I can claim my excess back

Sorry to hear that Kelly - you're not having much luck of late

Do you not have "uninsured loss protection" as part of your policy The providers of that cover (often separate from the main insurance company) should provide a solicitor to help you there. Make sure you keep ALL receipts that are a direct result of the incident. Speak to your broker/insurer

The insurance companies all pay into a fund that is used to compensate the victims of uninsured accidents - can't remember the name right now - so you should be able to claim off that

isnt there a bureau or something that you can claim off for insured drivers ? good luck in sorting it out

colin le mans is a must,went for my stag weekend and was awesome. was sat beside the track beer in one hand,kebab baguette in the other and it was only breakfast time
fantastic faciliites,great atmosphere and a mad and manic campsite

I know, we went about 4 years ago with an organised trip they took a van with all the luggage & we met them at the hotel.

There is a bureau but the excess has to be £400 or more for them to pay back, and my excess is £300 so I need to find another way of getting is back, the police have advised me to take the driver to small claims court to get my money back but I need to look into.

So I'm not having much luck atm but it could have been worse as Gav says I know how to crash

If anyone has any suggestions please help me.

Really sorry to hear about your crash. Are you able to say what the circumstances were? I mean, was it a clear cut case? Do you have witnesses? Etc.

Dynasangel wrote:There is a bureau but the excess has to be £400 or more for them to pay back, and my excess is £300 so I need to find another way of getting is back, the police have advised me to take the driver to small claims court to get my money back but I need to look into.

So I'm not having much luck atm but it could have been worse as Gav says I know how to crash

If anyone has any suggestions please help me.

Get the blokes address and we will pay him a visit

Colin wrote:I know, we went about 4 years ago with an organised trip they took a van with all the luggage & we met them at the hotel.

Yes and what a laugh Still dont know how the hell we found that hotel

k7 dave wrote:

Dynasangel wrote:There is a bureau but the excess has to be £400 or more for them to pay back, and my excess is £300 so I need to find another way of getting is back, the police have advised me to take the driver to small claims court to get my money back but I need to look into.

So I'm not having much luck atm but it could have been worse as Gav says I know how to crash

If anyone has any suggestions please help me.

Get the blokes address and we will pay him a visit

oh a mob lynching,sounds like fun

Dynasangel wrote:There is a bureau but the excess has to be £400 or more for them to pay back, and my excess is £300 so I need to find another way of getting is back, the police have advised me to take the driver to small claims court to get my money back but I need to look into.

So I'm not having much luck atm but it could have been worse as Gav says I know how to crash

If anyone has any suggestions please help me.

how much damage was done then,guessing a fair bit if the repair costs were more than the 300 excess

deej wrote:

Dynasangel wrote:There is a bureau but the excess has to be £400 or more for them to pay back, and my excess is £300 so I need to find another way of getting is back, the police have advised me to take the driver to small claims court to get my money back but I need to look into.

So I'm not having much luck atm but it could have been worse as Gav says I know how to crash

If anyone has any suggestions please help me.

how much damage was done then,guessing a fair bit if the repair costs were more than the 300 excess

I will find out this week, Bikeworx are just waiting for prices on a couple of things

k7 dave wrote:

Dynasangel wrote:There is a bureau but the excess has to be £400 or more for them to pay back, and my excess is £300 so I need to find another way of getting is back, the police have advised me to take the driver to small claims court to get my money back but I need to look into.

So I'm not having much luck atm but it could have been worse as Gav says I know how to crash

If anyone has any suggestions please help me.

Get the blokes address and we will pay him a visit

Funny that's just what I was going to say.

The funny thing was he said he wanted to sort it outside of the insurance. We gave him a quote for £270 and he turned it down! actually expected us to pay for the damage to his £200 scrap heap Escort which already had damage on every corner.

Turns out he took out insurance about 3 hours after the accident and expected no-one to notice.

surely then the police can at least do him for driving with no insurance and hopefully get him off the road and his car crushed,i know it wont pay for the bike repairs but might give you a bit of peice of mind
take it he just road into kelly is she ok ?

Police have advised that they will take him to court etc. I am ok very sore tho I have a torn ligament in my shoulder and my left knee is very battered and brusied plus other aches and bruises but not bad. Was pretty lucky that it wasnt any worse