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[chaos901]

The only flood experience I have had was in WV and there is typically some higher ground close by up there.  Sometimes people would leave a car to get flooded when they could have moved it to safety, the insurance company did not always pay those cases.

That was years ago and different circumstances to TX and LA.

[kalikali]

THis was sitting on 10 inch blocks.
Adjuster has yet to come out, what do you guys think?
Totaled?

FYI, I looked at my policy and I am covered for $5k in accessories.  Now that I am adding everything up just the sound system, jammers, GPS is about $5k.  I might just take the other stuff off if it is considered totaled.  Just a heads up to bump your accessory coverage, I was paying $6 a year for $5k coverage, coverage all the accessories wouldnt have been much more.

[Twolanerider]

THis was sitting on 10 inch blocks.
Adjuster has yet to come out, what do you guys think?
Totaled?

FYI, I looked at my policy and I am covered for $5k in accessories.  Now that I am adding everything up just the sound system, jammers, GPS is about $5k.  I might just take the other stuff off if it is considered totaled.  Just a heads up to bump your accessory coverage, I was paying $6 a year for $5k coverage, coverage all the accessories wouldnt have been much more.

You can tell from the waterline on the bike that the water had been significantly higher than it currently is.  To my mind there'd be no thought at all of trying to talk the insurance company out of totaling it.  Let them take it away and start over.  Strip pieces you can before they come look.  Still show enough receipts to claim your $5k in accessories.  Then thank the travel gods you had insurance.

[kalikali]

This guy had some serious bikes and cars in his collection:

[Dan_Lockwood]

A rope around the handlebars and knock a hole in the ceiling drywall and loop the rope over the truss and lift it up to hang on the rear wheel might have "been" an option.  I know you had blocks under it too.  I think a back wheel underwater would be fixable.

I know, 20/20, but we do feel for all of you that had no options but to leave your stuff where it was and just walk away until it's over.

Good luck.  I agree, this is not a bike that I would want to try to get sorted out at a later time.

Can you imagine what the glut of flood vehicles is going to be like at the auctions coming soon?  Also all of the unscrupulous people giving the cars/bike a quick cleaning and then peddling them off as not flood vehicles?

For the right price I would be interested in some toys, but it would be purely at my choice knowing that upfront.