[QUOTE=Peckham;347391]I was hit head on by a transit van, my bike sustained front fork damage and I suppose other related faults. It's been awarded a cat c write off status by the insurance engineer because of repair costs.
Questions?

• Recon forks or new
• How much
• should I scrap the bike

The insurance company have valued the bike at 6k to me for them to keep and scrap or 5k for me and to keep the bike. Of course I love the bike it's a 2005 GSA with 43,000 miles on the clock in spanking condition? but I am not able to mend it myself and would have to take it to a mechanic.[/QUOTE

TT makes a good summary of the technical situation including the issue of getting the bike back on the road. There are quite a few cat D and C wrecked bikes for sale on ebay at any time, and some that have been repaired, so it can be done.
But, you don't give enough information in any case; what mileage have you done with this bike for instance concerning the technical/practical side of things and how much do you love/like the machine for the other side of life; maybe you are ready to own a 1200GSA and there are loads of them for sale right now, again using ebay as a test market. In fact, it is very much a buyers market, so for the insurance payout you might get another 1150 GSA with less mileage etc etc. Only you know all of the facts and the full circumstances + what it is that you really want to ride next!

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Dave

As I said 43,000 miles from new full service history and I love the bike, but, but, but I might take the money. You mentioned what bike do you really want, well what I need is a less expensive pack horse of a BMW, used around 2 grand any suggestions?

Apologies, I missed that bit, somehow.

The F650GS is highly under-rated on these forums by some contributers, and usually well-rated by those who ride them, like me.
Around 70 MPG no matter how you ride it and 6000 mile service intervals (some of the Jap bikes want to be serviced more frequently). So, if it has to be a BMW then they are worth considering, but for 2 grand you may have to look at about the same age as your 1150.
The Dakar version seems to be selling OK privately.

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and sell me the tank