Zwerver
Registered user
Last week, after waiting for 60 days, I got a 3 sentence letter from
my insurance-company informing me that, because my GS wasn't locked properly,
they decided not to pay anything....
Besides the confirmation of my "bike-got-stolen" message to them on march 17th,
this was the first spontanious reaction from my insurance.
Normally it takes 30 days to sort this out, but for reasons unknown to me,
the person who handeled this case needed an extra month to decide what to do
with my claim, and was not a bit interested in informing me about the progress;
the only progress was made after I asked for it by phone, even responding
to my e-mails was too much of an effort for this person.
So now I've written two letters to their director, one to complain about the
way this claim was handled and one asking him to reconsider their "verdict";
I hope this man has a more customer-friendly attitude then his employee...
Funny enough this insurance company is the KNMV, the Royal Dutch Motorcycle
Associaton.
The only advantage of this extended waiting period was that I had a lot of time
to think about what to do next in case of this worst case scenario:
1. Start all-over again, just riding my Old Dominator, and save money for something
better. 20 years ago I started with a GT500 and it took me 7 years before I
bought my first new bike, a 100GS.
2. Quit. Although not at the time or in a way of my choosing, perhaps it would
be a good moment to settle down and start a bit more normal life, and just keep
the Dominator for daily transport...
3. Plunder my bank account, beg, steal and cry to got enough funds to buy a 1150 again,
and take the risk that it could get stolen again.
Last few weeks I seriously opted for 2, to quit, until I had a good conversation
with my girlfriend just after I got the bad news...
In her opinion, riding and travelling was a too important part in my life,
so quitting was out of the question. Just keeping the Dominator or some other
form of two-wheeled transport didn't sound good either; The gs was more to me
then just transport.
Last years trip to Norway was her first ever holliday on a motorcycle and her first
experience with northern Europe, and like most people I've met, she never though
of Scandinavia as a good place to go with a bike and tent, but in the 3 weeks
we've been there last year she's discovered a whole new world.
Perhaps that's why she suggested I should go for option 3 first...
So last friday I went to my dealer....
And ordered a new, all black 2003 Adventure, with ABS, heated grips, big tank
and TT Sondersystem alu panniers, to be delivered in the first week of june...
my insurance-company informing me that, because my GS wasn't locked properly,
they decided not to pay anything....
Besides the confirmation of my "bike-got-stolen" message to them on march 17th,
this was the first spontanious reaction from my insurance.
Normally it takes 30 days to sort this out, but for reasons unknown to me,
the person who handeled this case needed an extra month to decide what to do
with my claim, and was not a bit interested in informing me about the progress;
the only progress was made after I asked for it by phone, even responding
to my e-mails was too much of an effort for this person.
So now I've written two letters to their director, one to complain about the
way this claim was handled and one asking him to reconsider their "verdict";
I hope this man has a more customer-friendly attitude then his employee...
Funny enough this insurance company is the KNMV, the Royal Dutch Motorcycle
Associaton.
The only advantage of this extended waiting period was that I had a lot of time
to think about what to do next in case of this worst case scenario:
1. Start all-over again, just riding my Old Dominator, and save money for something
better. 20 years ago I started with a GT500 and it took me 7 years before I
bought my first new bike, a 100GS.
2. Quit. Although not at the time or in a way of my choosing, perhaps it would
be a good moment to settle down and start a bit more normal life, and just keep
the Dominator for daily transport...
3. Plunder my bank account, beg, steal and cry to got enough funds to buy a 1150 again,
and take the risk that it could get stolen again.
Last few weeks I seriously opted for 2, to quit, until I had a good conversation
with my girlfriend just after I got the bad news...
In her opinion, riding and travelling was a too important part in my life,
so quitting was out of the question. Just keeping the Dominator or some other
form of two-wheeled transport didn't sound good either; The gs was more to me
then just transport.
Last years trip to Norway was her first ever holliday on a motorcycle and her first
experience with northern Europe, and like most people I've met, she never though
of Scandinavia as a good place to go with a bike and tent, but in the 3 weeks
we've been there last year she's discovered a whole new world.
Perhaps that's why she suggested I should go for option 3 first...
So last friday I went to my dealer....
And ordered a new, all black 2003 Adventure, with ABS, heated grips, big tank
and TT Sondersystem alu panniers, to be delivered in the first week of june...