Sidecar Flip
Living Legend
These days, insurance companies total bikes that aren't damaged that badly simply because the replacement parts are so expensive...We all know that from buying genuine Triumph parts.....
Interestingly, photographs don't really show damage that a close up examination can reveal. I've seen trucks that look pretty good be totalled because the driveline got shoved forward or sideways and the motor mounts broke or cracked right off the blocks. Remember, the R3 engine is a stressed member of the frame so hard shocks can and will destroy the engine block in short order.
That, coupled with the cost of replacement parts can drive the cost past Blue Book value in short order.
Interestingly, photographs don't really show damage that a close up examination can reveal. I've seen trucks that look pretty good be totalled because the driveline got shoved forward or sideways and the motor mounts broke or cracked right off the blocks. Remember, the R3 engine is a stressed member of the frame so hard shocks can and will destroy the engine block in short order.
That, coupled with the cost of replacement parts can drive the cost past Blue Book value in short order.