Let's take guesses at estimate to repair

[R-Rated]

Just an update -

I LOVE having a spare touring bike. Dealership called and they are still waiting on the factorg painted parts. I know the bike is still road worthy but if it wasn't then my 117k miles other bike would be available. Much cheaper than renting a bike when I needed one or to satisfy the craving to ride. The old bike is paid for and I would not have gotten what I consider a good price for it on trade or selling it.

 

[Drakhen99]

Having a backup bike is a wonderful thing!

FWIW, When I wrecked my Vaquero, the shop gave it back to me [it was road-worthy] to ride while they waited on the parts... which IIRC, took about 6 weeks to show up from Japan.

-John

 

[R-Rated]

Having a backup bike is a wonderful thing!

FWIW, When I wrecked my Vaquero, the shop gave it back to me [it was road-worthy] to ride while they waited on the parts... which IIRC, took about 6 weeks to show up from Japan.

-John

For some reason that remonds me of being a kid and those company give aways. "Allow 6 - 8 weeks for delivery".

 

[LoneWolfer]

When I had to have insurance work done on my Sportster, the dealership said take it home to ride while we wait for the parts. Was going to take 4 weeks for them to get the mufflers, heat shields, intake/aircleaner and mirrors. I opted to order aftermarket parts and have them shipped to me to install and had the insurance company cut me a check for their estimate. Bike was on the road with new exhaust, mirrors, a dynojet tuner and air cleaner two days later.

Crazy how long it takes a company in the US to get something done with an insurance claim, but when I decided to just buy better aftermarket parts and to it myself it took less than a week. Not that I was getting paint done though, which still sounds ridiculous that ti should take more than two weeks.

 

[Theodor]

...which still sounds ridiculous that ti should take more than two weeks.

Your opinion on this might be influenced by you seeing only the actual amount of labor you spent on installing the parts. When doing things as they "should" be done, there are few more steps to it.

Spoiler: Long text

In workshop, they first need to calculate how much the parts and labor will cost. They will need to issue a document about this to the insurance, hoping they did not miss anything, which would end up costing them money, instead of making a profit. Then insurance claims handler will take the document, compare the description of the accident with the assessment, to try to figure out if anything that should not be in there, has been included. Then they will try to find similar repairs from their past, to compare prices. Then, if the workshop is not their contractual partner, there might also be a price negotiation step in between, because prices vary and change in time. Eventually the claims handler will make a decision if the price offer they ended up with, after all this, is smaller than some management set percentage, of the vehicles market value, to send out a guarantee of payment, for performing the job. Once that is done, the workshop will order parts, because they need to pay for the parts and they will not give out any money before the guarantee of payment is sent, otherwise they might lose money again, if the guarantee never comes. Then it turns out that the parts of that brand are manufactured on a different continent and a ship has wrecked in a canal somewhere, causing months delay with the parts.
On top of this, both sides have queue of cases waiting all the time.
Take in to consideration, that I have not worked as a claims handler for vehicles, so I don't know all the nuances, there might be more to it.