Interesting Cat & Fiddle Fail

[moanthebairns]

LoonR1 said:

moanthebairns said:

Its hardly Hadrian's wall is it? It isn't exact going to protect the road from a barrage of rabid Romans or even a herd of vehement sheep.

I mean it was fked before he ploughed his Ninja through it.

Arguably that doesn't matter, it still need to be put back to the fked state it was in rather than the doubly fked state it's now in. That may make it cheaper to just repair it fully.

Point taken, I just think he's trying to pull a fast one. The amount of people who have called me stupid and an arse for just stating my injuries, not for claiming for more is unreal. All from individuals who would call themselves upstanding trustworthy, honest people. Once insurance gets involved peoples moral compass goes ape st and they seem to think its ok to all of a sudden lie.

[LoonR1]

moanthebairns said:

Point taken, I just think he's trying to pull a fast one. The amount of people who have called me stupid and an arse for just stating my injuries, not for claiming for more is unreal. All from individuals who would call themselves upstanding trustworthy, honest people. Once insurance gets involved peoples moral compass goes ape st and they seem to think its ok to all of a sudden lie.

That's the way of the world. It's always been morally acceptable, even encouraged, to dodge paying the right amount of tax. That now applies to insurance claims, yet people still get upset when premiums go up.

[moanthebairns]

LoonR1 said:

fergus said:

Hooli said:

Fiesta ST? they are a sports car after all

Imagine the cost to repair the fence that a ST had barrel rolled down. It would run to literally yards of fencing....

It's now got lots of orange traffic cones and some tape protecting it. Thankfully it was a bog standard Fiesta and not the awesome ST.

Phew one less ST bites the dust. Maybe now they wont become as rare as rocking horse st. So in 20 years when I no doubt lust after another one to relive my youth I might find one, like all the sad wkers on here with their lc's

[Deranged Granny]

LoonR1 said:

That's the way of the world. It's always been morally acceptable, even encouraged, to dodge paying the right amount of tax. That now applies to insurance claims, yet people still get upset when premiums go up.

By £91 each I think?

[Prof Prolapse]

You'll never find another ST. They're made from compressed faeces, zip ties, and jubilee clips so won't be around in 30 years.

[John D.]

TT Tim said:

I got taken off, again, last night.

Stood there looking at the wreck of my FJR and definitely had a WTF am I doing this for moment.

Not my fault, woman came round the corner wrong side of the road on a country lane and just knocked my front wheel from under me, rest became a bit messy, forks really badly bent and fluids leaking all over. She had no tax, no MOT but luckily she was insured, and now she's changed the address she gave me, so I suspect her driving licence was recorded at her old address.

Seriously peed off. I try to be pragmatic, 118 miles a day, 590 miles a month. 2400 miles a month, 28,500 miles pa, you put yourself in a lot more danger than a 2,000 mile a year pleasure rider.



Now have a fight with the assessor as I simply can't replace it for what I paid for it 2.5 years ago. :-((

Tim :-(

st luck and glad you escaped serious injury, but are you in the right thread?

[moanthebairns]

Prof Prolapse said:

You'll never find another one. They're made from compressed faeces, zip ties, and jubilee clips so won't be around in 30 years.

ha mines was when I sold it, the exhaust that kept falling off its corroded hanger was reattached using an arsenal of cable ties and jubilee clips. I swear to fk it was almost mummified in them

[LoonR1]

Deranged Granny said:

By £91 each I think?

That's a fair figure, although the ABI does chuck numbers around like confetti depending on which day of the week it is.

[moanthebairns]

John D. said:

TT Tim said:

I got taken off, again, last night.

Stood there looking at the wreck of my FJR and definitely had a WTF am I doing this for moment.

Not my fault, woman came round the corner wrong side of the road on a country lane and just knocked my front wheel from under me, rest became a bit messy, forks really badly bent and fluids leaking all over. She had no tax, no MOT but luckily she was insured, and now she's changed the address she gave me, so I suspect her driving licence was recorded at her old address.

Seriously peed off. I try to be pragmatic, 118 miles a day, 590 miles a month. 2400 miles a month, 28,500 miles pa, you put yourself in a lot more danger than a 2,000 mile a year pleasure rider.



Now have a fight with the assessor as I simply can't replace it for what I paid for it 2.5 years ago. :-((

Tim :-(

st luck and glad you escaped serious injury, but are you in the right thread?

yes come on, this deserved its own thread

[Deranged Granny]

LoonR1 said:

That's a fair figure, although the ABI does chuck numbers around like confetti depending on which day of the week it is.

Yeah that's what I heard from someone in the industry. Whatever it is, it's a heck of a lot of waste.

[LoonR1]

Deranged Granny said:

Yeah that's what I heard from someone in the industry. Whatever it is, it's a heck of a lot of waste.

Definitions of fraud alter the figure. It's not "waste" in the sense that lean would define it, as it's payments that a court would order us to make even though we know it's fraud, we can't prove it.

[crofty1984]

moanthebairns said:

Seriously who the fk ever thinks about maybe not returning home if they go out on a bike. I think they need their head testing or their riding improved one of the two.

Seriously, you'd think jumping on the latest 600 is like being a Christian walking into the coliseum the way some on here talk

I agree. I managed to not die on my bike every time I go out by not riding like a tt.

If the odds are 50/50 you're doing something wrong.

[black-k1]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

My chosen mode of transport isn't an increased risk. In fact, it's a lower risk!

There are risk takers who drive cars, who ride push bikes, who ski down mountains, who smoke cigarettes, who eat red meat and spend too long in the sun. There are also risk avers people who do all of those things. I think your suggestion regarding the mong in the film being more of a risk taker because he rides a bike is perhaps, not accurate.

[anonymous-user]

black-k1 said:

My chosen mode of transport isn't an increased risk. In fact, it's a lower risk!

Errmmm.....how is it that bikes account for less than 5% of traffic but over 20% of fatalities then?

[MC Bodge]

moanthebairns said:

Its hardly Hadrian's wall is it?

I know, just think how much that is going to cost to strengthen after September!

[Deranged Granny]

LoonR1 said:

Definitions of fraud alter the figure. It's not "waste" in the sense that lean would define it, as it's payments that a court would order us to make even though we know it's fraud, we can't prove it.

Haha yes I know - bad choice of words; trust me, been there got the t-shirt!

[black-k1]

Crossflow Kid said:

black-k1 said:

My chosen mode of transport isn't an increased risk. In fact, it's a lower risk!

Errmmm.....how is it that bikes account for less than 5% of traffic but over 20% of fatalities then?

Errmmm.....extract from previous post.......

black-k1 said:

In the last 30 years I've had fewer accidents on my bike than I've had in my car yet covered similar mileages.

[anonymous-user]

black-k1 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

black-k1 said:

My chosen mode of transport isn't an increased risk. In fact, it's a lower risk!

Errmmm.....how is it that bikes account for less than 5% of traffic but over 20% of fatalities then?

Errmmm.....extract from previous post.......

black-k1 said:

In the last 30 years I've had fewer accidents on my bike than I've had in my car yet covered similar mileages.

Yes, but that doesn't make biking itself less risky, it just means you've managed that risk better.

[black-k1]

Crossflow Kid said:

black-k1 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

black-k1 said:

My chosen mode of transport isn't an increased risk. In fact, it's a lower risk!

Errmmm.....how is it that bikes account for less than 5% of traffic but over 20% of fatalities then?

Errmmm.....extract from previous post.......

black-k1 said:

In the last 30 years I've had fewer accidents on my bike than I've had in my car yet covered similar mileages.

Yes, but that doesn't make biking itself less risky, it just means you've managed that risk better.

I've highlighted the key word for you....

The previous poster implicated that the mong in the video, by choosing to be a biker, was more likely to be the sort of person take risks. My point was that choosing to be a biker didn't necessarily represent a greater risk thus his implication was no more correct than suggesting any other hobby/past time showed you were more likely to take risks.

I'm not suggesting that, in general, bikes are safer (or more dangerous) than any other form of transport only that you can't draw conclusions about individuals from mass statistics.

[anonymous-user]

black-k1 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

black-k1 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

black-k1 said:

My chosen mode of transport isn't an increased risk. In fact, it's a lower risk!

Errmmm.....how is it that bikes account for less than 5% of traffic but over 20% of fatalities then?

Errmmm.....extract from previous post.......

black-k1 said:

In the last 30 years I've had fewer accidents on my bike than I've had in my car yet covered similar mileages.

Yes, but that doesn't make biking itself less risky, it just means you've managed that risk better.

I've highlighted the key word for you....

The previous poster implicated that the mong in the video, by choosing to be a biker, was more likely to be the sort of person take risks. My point was that choosing to be a biker didn't necessarily represent a greater risk thus his implication was no more correct than suggesting any other hobby/past time showed you were more likely to take risks.

I'm not suggesting that, in general, bikes are safer (or more dangerous) than any other form of transport only that you can't draw conclusions about individuals from mass statistics.

So it's not your chosen mode of transport that's less risky.
It's you yourself.