MotorMilt & I just got back from the State Farm claim adjusters’ office and thankfully everything has worked out. We both ended up receiving pretty fair and decent payouts and luckily seem to have gotten back most of the cash that we laid out as our down payment. So now it’s time to head to a local Duc dealer and see what we can do. We’ve got appointments Saturday at ProItalia.
All in all I feel fairly emotionally whipped from this entire ordeal, but right now it appears that we’re on …

So I think we’ve finally got some resolution!
State Farm has bumped their offer $500 per bike and after checking with some of the Ducati.ms folks, it seems like a pretty fair shake. So MotorMilt & I will be heading down to the SF claim adjusters office tomorrow to sign all the paperwork and end this hassle hopefully once and for all.
It also sounds like we’ve found a pair of replacement bikes at ProItalia, so fingers crossed we’ll be up and riding again by the end of …

So the saga of the stolen Ducati’s continues. This morning, State Farm just made their insurance offer to us. Their offer includes the sales tax and license fees that we paid, but they claim that they’re not responsible for freight and dealer setup. Together with covers, locks, and stands that were stolen with the bikes their offer would put us in the hole about $1,500 per bike, which of course makes replacement a bit harder then we think it ought to be.
Now, personally I have no idea if this …

So here’s the latest and greatest with the stolen bikes. The adjuster for State Farm seems to have finally taken an interest in MotorMilt & me. He’s “dealing with the two cases” this week. Tells us that he’s working hard to try and get us our money bike minus a mileage depreciation fee, which he estimates at something like 10¢ per mile. Since we had just had the 600 mile service, SF seems cool with using Del Amo Motorsports invoice as proof of mileage so that doesn’t seem to be …

Seeing that this is a holiday weekend and the rest of the gang in the office left for their vacations last night, I decided to get a short ride in this morning. Just me and the Beemer up the coast for 2 of the most peaceful hours I’ve had in what feels like a long time. Given everything that has been going on, it was nice to finally get away from it all - at least for a bit - and just enjoy riding again.
I suppose I really needed …

So here’s the latest update on the stolen Ducs. I spoke to the State Farm claims adjuster this morning. The good news is that the claim is getting processed “quickly for state farm” according to the adjuster, although he couldn’t tell me when we might start talking numbers or when we might get to the check cutting stage.
The bad news is that the special investigation unit still hasn’t finished their investigation into the thieft and/or the paper work that goes along with their involvement.
As only a large company …

So here’s the latest update on the bikes being stolen ordeal. Yesterday Milt & I took all the paper work over to Phil, our State Farm agent, so he could witness our signatures on the thief claims. Had to hand over our keys which is a real bummer of a feeling and not one that I particularly enjoyed.
At first Phil was very non-commital about how SF would or would not be handling the claims. He didn’t know how much they’d offer, what the claim agent’s work load was like, how …

So late yesterday I spoke with a State Farm Special Unit Investigator, apparently now they’re running an independent investigation because they’re “concerned” about the “short time of the insurance agreement” and the fact that MotorMilt & I purchased our bikes on the same day and had them stolen on the same day. So I ask you, is the idea of a father and son purchasing bikes on the same day and parking them in the same place that far fetched?
I’ve only been a State Farm client for, oh my …

I’m sitting here, this afternoon, feeling quite conflicted about the Ducs. On one hand I want to rush right out and find another one and yet on the other hand, I keep thinking that bringing another beauty home is like handing someone in prison a get out of jail free card only to see them go back in the pen. I keep imagining two brand new and wonderous bikes sitting in the garage for a few weeks before someone, perhaps the same folks, coming along and boosting them again. The …

I’ve been really impressed by both the motorcycle blog community and the ducati.ms message board. Several folks have emailed me to pass along their sympathies regarding the stolen bikes, which is quite remarkable since no one on the net knows me and Milt in a face to face sense. For all of you who have emailed and not received a response, please don’t be insulted. I will eventually get back to you… I just frankly don’t have the mental energy to re-live this over and over within each individual email …