Triumphrat

tomster

My bike is in the shop getting new parts from a recent accident. It's getting paid for by the cagers insurance co. So, who gets the scratched up parts? I think I might like the front fender and a couple of other spare parts for extra, modifiable whatever pieces. Can I ask for them?

Thanks.

Dittos3

I would ask for them.

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Ditto

"My life was screwed up before I was born." - Steve McQueen

kenneth_k

+1

I used to worked in a yamaha/Bmw/ducati shop (www.twowheels.se)
and i got a lot of stuff from the guy in the workshop (thanks Martin)
and all the other stuff that i did not take they just throw away in big garbage container...

ask nicely and offer some cake to there coffe

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mikeinva:
I never seen so many sissy men on a bike forum. "Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment."

deluxe

Doesn't hurt to ask. But things may be different depending on where you live and who you have to deal with.

Years ago my Mustang was written off a few months after I had put new tires and some other stuff on. I asked if I could have them and was told the car belongs to the insurance company and everything on it.

Now if you are just getting replacement parts that may be a different story.

6t

I work in a collision shop. The take off parts technicaly belong to the insurance company.
If they could be repaired economicaly they would not be replaced so in theory the old stuff gets put in the dumpster. If an owner asks for the take off parts I let them have them rather than send them to the land fill, they are no use to me.If they were Bonneville parts I'd probably think differently.
Worst case senario is that it may be that the repair facilities workers have a plan for your take off parts. Let the repairer know that you want the take off parts. If they try to snow you (the stuff belongs to the insurance co., you can't have them, yada yada yada) tell them that you will call the insurance company and buy them. If it goes that far you will pay $$cents on the dollar, chances are you won't have to call their bluff. Let the repairer know asap otherwise you will get the "oops, the mechanic threw them out" line which may or may not be true.
And the advice to ask nicely and bring coffee is worth listening to.

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Retro-Racer

I think it works a bit differently in the MC world. My local dealer used to have a stockpile of busted-up and warranty-exchanged parts in their old shop. They gave me whatever I asked for. It's been a while since I was at their new shop, but I bet there is is a pile of crunched parts destined for the dumpster. Doesn't hurt to ask.

/Mike

357Bob

Hasn't anyone looked at E-Bay lately? There are Bonneville (And all other brands) wrecked take-off parts all over it. I suppose these are totaled bikes but they may not be. I know some things are advertise as being new take offs from a customers bike. Like if someone gets after market exhaust or front rotors. I haven't done it myself (YET) but I have friends that sell Chevrolet warrantee parts on E-Bay. Or lately they were taking parts off of the Cash for Clunkers cars & selling them. I took a lot of Cash for Clunkers parts off myself but they were for my clunker. That program has kept a lot of clunkers on the road. But the used or wrecked parts business is getting big. I would assume the parts do technically belong to the Insurance Company. But they don't want that junk.

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BlackTigNYC

they are your parts. ask the shop for them.

I hope you aren't too late. You should have made it clear when you dropped the bike off. Who knows what they have already taken off. They may also take the gap in time as an opportunity to lie and tell you they threw them out so they can sell them themselves.

BlackTigNYC

a totaled vehicle is a completely different story and has nothing to do with this situation

This persons bike is simply getting repaired