Motortrike Cracked Body

[CAEM]

My Motortrike got loose in my Toyhauler on the way to Sturgis in July I have been fighting with the insurance company until now to replace the body they now have agreed to replace it the problem I have now is I placed an order with a Motortrike dealer in Kennewick Washington but Motortrike will not accept the order until they see pictures of the damage I always thought if you purchase a kit and you need replacememt parts and you are willing to pay for the parts they would be willing to sell you the part but not so I was told they would have to send the pictures to upper management to see if they would sell me a body to replace my body. What's up with that if anyone has an answer please let me know

[Gorilla]

my motortrike got loose in my toyhauler on the way to sturgis in july i have been fighting with the insurance company until now to replace the body they now have agreed to replace it the problem i have now is i placed an order with a motortrike dealer in kennewick washington but motortrike will not accept the order until they see pictures of the damage i always thought if you purchase a kit and you need replacememt parts and you are willing to pay for the parts they would be willing to sell you the part but not so i was told they would have to send the pictures to upper management to see if they would sell me a body to replace my body. What's up with that if anyone has an answer please let me know

call them direct and ask.

[ride3]

Why would they not want to sell you a body?

[cavie]

Why would they not want to sell you a body?

For the same reason you can't buy a used UPS truck. "Quality Control"/ "Brand Image"

[CAEM]

call them direct and ask.

I did and the reason they gave just don't add up since the body was installed in there factory and was ordered by the man that owns the company

[Veritas44]

Why not just snap a couple Pics, email them, and be done with it?
They get the simple verification they want,
You get the Body you want.
Not a Big Deal. Definitely no real "hoop" to jump through.

If it's an issue with having ability to take Pics or know how to attach to email,,,
Surely the Adjuster took Pics.
Call the Insurance Company and have them email a couple of theirs to MT.

[tfdeputydawg]

Why not just snap a couple Pics, email them, and be done with it?
They get the simple verification they want,
You get the Body you want.
Not a Big Deal. Definitely no real "hoop" to jump through.

If it's an issue with having ability to take Pics or know how to attach to email,,,
Surely the Adjuster took Pics.
Call the Insurance Company and have them email a couple of theirs to MT.

Agreed!!
I'm sure one of the reasons is to make sure you have a motortrike conversion. No one wants their body on some brand X conversion

[Rowdy]

Likely to prevent bogus body orders to be installed on barn built trikes.

[CAEM]

Why not just snap a couple Pics, email them, and be done with it?
They get the simple verification they want,
You get the Body you want.
Not a Big Deal. Definitely no real "hoop" to jump through.

If it's an issue with having ability to take Pics or know how to attach to email,,,
Surely the Adjuster took Pics.
Call the Insurance Company and have them email a couple of theirs to MT.

No I don't have a problem sending them pictures I had already done that The problem I have is there telling me it could be a counter fit body which I think is funny since the body that's on my trike was ordered by Jeff Vey and was put on by their shop in Troup

[tom w]

include a copy of your original invoice ? lots of industrial espionage in the world. may just be trying to look out for their brand. <br />
I haven't had any trouble from motor trike.

[dirtdobber]

It only takes a few bad folks to ruin it all for the rest.
I do understand.
I bought a bike trailer. It was grantee that it was a inline trailer. Even the photos fooled me. Picked it up and it still looked like a in line. Got home and wanted to update some things and found out it is not a in line trailer at all. It wasn't the sellers fault, he had papers showing it was a in line trailer.
It came out in the end, the trailer is great.

[Papa Zook]

There are guys selling knock off Champion bodies on ebay. They got hold of a Champion body and used it as a "plug" to build a mold from and are knocking out exact copies. Motor Trike is smart enough to know this can and is happening and are not going to sell anyone a body unless they can prove their trike is wrecked. Its easy to prove by just sending some pics of the damaged body. I got this direct from Jeff Vey several years ago.