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sooooo here i am at work being a good samaritan on NYE and what happens??? a bloody bus knocks over my bike that i've had for how long??? 4 weeks maybe. I'm still alittle confused as to how considering it was in a corner, no where near any parking spots so why the bus was there who knows, but i got that dreaded "umm i have some bad news about your bike" call. I'm not sure if i'm really annoyed yet because i havnt seen the extent of the damage... but i'll be sure to vent my frustration to the bus company that's for sure.

Does flywheels do bodywork? if not, who in the sydney city area does?

Hope everyone is having a better NYE then me, what a great start to the year!!!

Sucks to hear that!

If your bike is only 4 weeks old (New), hit them up for a brand spanka and dont settle for less.

so both left and right front fairings are scratched, rear seat is ripped, left hand side indicators don't work properly and i'm pretty sure the steering is wonked too and that's all i can tell at 3am in the dark

If you've got full comp then:

Whickle wrote:If your bike is only 4 weeks old (New), hit them up for a brand spanka and dont settle for less.

This. Definitely.

I think i'd be hitting the bus company up for a new spanker regardless, not like it was your fault and the bike is only 4 weeks old...

Bugga mate, def hit em up for a new bike

...bugger

after closer inspection every thing seems to be scratched and/or broken, the bus hit one side and knocked it on to a wire fence. there's a few smalls things; exhaust has tiny scratch, both mirros have scratches etc but i will be fighting for a "brand spanker" that's for sure. I had 4 security guys see it so i'm in the clear, my bike was compleatly out of the way so this bus driver fella must have been literally blind or just stupid, or both.

Will ring the bus place on monday to state my expectations.

not happy jan

the_shez wrote:Will ring the bus place on monday to state my expectations.

May I respectfully suggest they will try the 'eff-off you're in the wrong and we're paying you shite as you shouldn't have parked there/your bike was a parking hazard and here's the bill for our bus and the driver's medical expenses/you should have a flashing beacon on your bike under sub-section 2a(ii) of the municipal code of 1987/and anyway we're bigger than you, see you in court' approach UNLESS you go through your insurance company. Get your insurance company involved, that way your bike gets fixed/whatever in a reasonable amount of time, not when the bus company has no other recourse. Insurance companies will fight tooth and nail to recoup their insurance payouts .

This, of course, assumes you are indeed insured .

Mick

i work for taronga zoo, i had 4 of our security guys see it, it was in the corner of a no parking area of a private carpark aswell as one of those huge witches hats in front of it. If i was them, i wouldnt fuck with me considering we give them 95% (private bus company not state transit) of their business. That makes me sound like a little brat but my security will fight to the death with this and bring them down if need be =). Theres definately cons with shovelling poop for the government. Im lucky it happened when and where it did otherwise i would be screwed.

and dont even get me started with the media department =)

I think if there's any damage on the frame it's a new bike Hope it gets sorted

not good mate hope all goes well

Sorry to hear matey...

Look at it this way: Get all the shit of the year done with early on and have a corker of a year the rest of the year! Updates when you slay they giant.