Info on what amount of damage it takes to get an oldish motorcycle written off but also how do i re-buy it?

had an accident 3 days ago (1st one in 13 years) have been told the motorcyle (suzuki bandit 600 13 yrs old) is probably going to be written off by bike mates. Really only the forks are bent but the bike is bombproof and i want to keep it on the road as there have never been any probs whatsoever starts every day whatever the weather. Great bike! |||Due to its age and may be the millage, a new set of forks will be worth more then the bike.





Plus it will have to go to a main agent for fitment. That 拢30 per hour min.





As for buying it back, it will no doubt be classed as a 2 or 3 stage write off, so if the insurance firm allows it, you can buy it back.





The only trouble is , you will be riding a [ legal ] wrote off bike. Your insurance will go up, not just for the claim, but due to the bike been what we used to " Q Plates " [ ala kitcar style reg ]





It will still run on its own age related plate, but you will never be sell it, as anybody who does a HPI on the bike will see its class.





My advice, get the full market value of the bike, buy a newer one. Then also buy back your old bike and make a fantastic, cheap trackday bike.





All the bits you take off for the track, stick on ebay and re-coup at least 15 - 25 % of the whole buy back price.