Project Virago

So sad to hear this bad news Nigel but at least you are ok & you can always get another bike if necessary?

Oh my goodness, that is a shame. I feel for you sir.

Jesus, that is terrible news Nigel. Glad you're ok. The hard bit will be trying to identify/remember all the tools and other gear for putting in a claim.

That must have been a hell of a blow, can only praise you for your pragmatic attitude though, hats off to you.

Oh my god look at this, Nigel has a garage-workshop thats had thousands of pounds worth of fire damage. Howevever he has found a tray of burnt coppers & it can still bring a smile to his face.
Tight arse.





You can't get a good man down

That's what makes a good man! always looking on the bright side even when things take turn for the worst 

Great to see a smile Nigel.  Not sure I could be smiling if that'd happened to me.  But then, I'm a miserable of git at the best of times. Keep smiling and look forward to seeing the 'Phoenix' soon!

Garage fire - nightmare.  Nearly lost mine a few years back - luckily, the bikes alarm going off (as it was going up in flames) alerted me & I managed to catch it before it took hold.  Reckon another thirty seconds & I'd have lost the lost.

first thing I did was go out & buy a fire extinguisher.  I think we sometimes forget how much volatile/flammable substances we store in a garage - must check up on my insurance !!

Hope you manage to salvage something from it

Good to see you are able to see a little light fun in all that misery.

My full thanks to Dave for his help,   plus we had a good laugh, and someone who shall remain nameless was seen spoaching through the skip later on   ,   Had the bike insurance man out yesterday, great guy, had checked online for bike prices and agreed 1500 for the bike with no scrap value for it, so, now have the bike and the money to repair it 


So on that bombshell...







Thanks everyone,

Might be worth posting who the insurance company are - good companies are always worth commenting on!

Every cloud Nigel !!! Bit of a result

Doc Cox wrote:

 Had the bike insurance man out yesterday, great guy, had checked online for bike prices and agreed 1500 for the bike with no scrap value for it, so, now have the bike and the money to repair it 

Will this be "Project Vigaro 2" the next episode? 

Sorry to hear about the fire, but at least you are OK and it was 'contained'.

always a bit of a strain, this kind of incident, as it can refocus the mind, but I'm sure you can move on with the strength gained from this setback.

Best wishes

       Yam

When it's finished I think you should rename it "The Phoenix" 

Funny you should say that Mart, that,s exactly what I was going to do   The insurance company were excellent, received the cheque on Saturday and got to keep the bike as well, we made good progress last week and the skip is now pretty full. Dave (Mr Intruder) has kindly said the bikes can be kept at his place until the garage is rebuilt, have also been looking for another Virago, found an 1100 chasing it up today, this also means once everything is up and running again the engine and ancillaries can be used for the "81" Virago frame ,this will be a summer ride for me, but will have to de-road Queen it somewhat, this is another bike with an identity crisis, wants to be a cruiser but just doesn't cut the mustard, found this video, nice looking conversion but it isn,t the 1100 engine like the title suggests...

It's always nice to hear when Insurance companies actually do the job we expect them to! Cracking result and a new bike on the horizon - great to see you smiling through it all!

Bluesman wrote:

It's always nice to hear when Insurance companies actually do the job we expect them to! Cracking result and a new bike on the horizon - great to see you smiling through it all!

  Tidy looking Virago too! 

Yep, good to hear the insurance company sorted it pronto, pretty impressed tbh, that's how it should be.

The 1100 is a fairly torquey lump so maybe a set of flat bars on stilts, small neat bikini fairing plus much blackness a la laid back cafe racer type thing might work well.

I can see it in my head but putting into words is always awkward.

You are definitely on my wavelength Mart, will definitely have to move the footrests back a bit being short in the leg, my Bike insurance company is Carole Nash, and our house and contents policy is with Axa, excellent work from both of them, just popping off to do another thread