Motorcycle Loss of Use
Get Paid for the Loss of Use of Your Motorcycle After an Accident
If your motorcycle is deemed repairable after a motorcycle accident, not only are you entitled to demand that the other driver's insurance company pay for its diminished value (if it suffered significant damage), but you are also entitled to be paid for the loss of use of your motorcycle during the time it is in the shop being repaired.
If your motorcycle is deemed a total loss after an accident, you are entitled to loss of use compensation for the length of time it took to receive the total loss check. You can only make a loss of use claim against the other driver's insurance. You cannot make a loss of use claim under your own insurance policy.
How is Loss of Use of a Motorcycle Calculated?
Under California law, the measure of damages for loss of use of a vehicle is its reasonable rental value or the cost of renting a similar substitute vehicle. Even if you don't rent a replacement vehicle, you are entitled to loss of use damages. A rental motorcycle can cost about $100 to $150 per day.
What that means is: even if you don't rent a motorcycle, you may be entitled to $100 to $150 per day for each day that your motorcycle is in the shop being repaired, or, if your motorcycle was totaled, for the length of time it takes the insurance company to get you a total loss check.
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