My bike got stuck in the water

[turbid]

well that's great news four our friend shienlung! thx for checking for him humpy!

 

[grommit]

The TV pictures look devastating.

Keep safe.

 

[08fz6]

As most of you know, many parts of QLD is flooded and I was moving out with a car yesterday night.
It happened @ Yeronga near where I live.
The car couldn't go pass the water and stalled.
So 2 vehicles was in between two river of water.
We got a friend who have a 4wd to get us out of there but we had to leave the vehicles there.
I am guessing my bike and the mate's car is already washed away.
I have fire and theft insurance on my bike which I don't think cover this and my friend don't even have insurance on his car.

ARGH!!

I'm assuming you have just their fire and theft and 3rd party property damage.
Motorcycle Insurance - Fire, Theft and Third Party Property | Suncorp.

From what I am reading you need their Comprehensive insurance.......





Fire, theft 3rd party:
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Fire, Theft and Third Party Property Damage cover provides limited cover for:

* Theft
* Damage to other people's property up to $20 million (unless your certificate of insurance shows a lower amount)
* Fire damage
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Plus, these great benefits:

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Why choose Suncorp Comprehensive Motorcycle Insurance?
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We include the little things that help at claim time:

* Lifetime repair guarantee
* Choice of repairer (where possible)
* Cover for riding gear (up to $500)
* No fault, no worries
* 2 year new bike replacement
* Easy, paperless claims

 

[lytehouse]

If you need a hand with ANYTHING at all mate Humpy is here for you :thumbup:

Ain't this one of the best forums in the world? This brought a tear to my eye Dan.

Also, I went back to my home and the water will flood my house if the water get 5m higher.
.....

Did it? I hope that everything is ok.

 

[motojoe122]

Does that insurance cover acts of god? I think flooding is under that, if Im correct. That does blow, tho. Glad to hear you are safe.
Joe:thumbup:

 

[Disco]

That sux dude, but more importantly you are alive.

 

[Kazza]

Does that insurance cover acts of god? I think flooding is under that, if Im correct. That does blow, tho. Glad to hear you are safe.
Joe:thumbup:

Not if he only has 3rd party, fire and theft.

He would need fully comprehensive insurance for anything else.....

 

[Shinleung]

It seems that the insurance won't cover but well, we'll see how it goes.
Thanks for fz6 forum members for caring and supporting.
I'll keep you guys updated once I get back to my home @ Yeronga and sort things out.

 

[Kazza]

It seems that the insurance won't cover but well, we'll see how it goes.
Thanks for fz6 forum members for caring and supporting.
I'll keep you guys updated once I get back to my home @ Yeronga and sort things out.

We're all thinking of you.

Hope your house is ok.

 

[Humperdinkel]

Sorry to here that bad news mate

Hope your house is OK , the flood didnt peak as high as they thought so hopefully your house is fine..

 

[Nobby]

for you bro,hope your hut is OK.Keep us posted :thumbup:

 

[2006_FZ6]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

Here in the states, some insurance homeowners policies cover losses like this. Check yours out, assuming you have some type of insurance like that and I hope it works out for you.

 

[ELIZABETH]

So sorry that you are going through this. I'm glad you are physically OK. Fingers are crossed that your house is OK too.

 

[Shinleung]

So, I found my baby and she's...
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Called like 5 tow guys until I finally got someone to tow it to Moss street to the mechanic who take care of my bike.
Haven't got a quote yet though.
This photo gives you an idea how high was the water.
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P.S I lost my TomTom Rider V2 GPS which was put in a friend's car which was next to my bike when it flooded.
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[economarte]

just give her a good wash
keep us updated m8, at least you found her!!

 

[Shinleung]

forgot to tell you guys that she wouldn't start
as you can see the water even got into the speedo.

 

[Wolfman]

forgot to tell you guys that she wouldn't start
as you can see the water even got into the speedo.

So glad you got her back....

I reckon it's a case of pulling the tank off, and cleaning, draining, flushing everything, airbox, velocity stacks, petrol tank, etc, etc, and getting, letting everything else electrical dry! which will take a fair while after it has been submerged!

Brake fluid could be contimated too.

good luck.

:thumbup:

 

[Humperdinkel]

Well at least you found her , all in one piece to by the looks of it :thumbup: Mate get some quotes , she may not be that expensive to get going again :don'tknow:

 

[LERecords]

wow that totaly blows... but at least your safe, bike is found, and car doesnt look that bad off.. hopefully the bike will just need to be drained and refilld with all the proper fluid and she'll start back up again... sucks, but at least it didnt wash away.. good luck and keep us posted.. :thumbup:

 

[Kazza]

Glad you've found her.

Keep us posted on how the repairs pan out.

How was your house?