son wrecked scoot

so my son borrowed my new scoot and promptly smashed into a van!!!!
he had blown up his ktm 640 the day before
thank god he and girlfriend were ok just a bit shocked and severely damaged pride now i have the task / decision to repair or maybe its too far gone
need a new front fairing for sure
new headlight and lh indicator
and maybe forks ( i had just replaced forks and seals)
not a problem really in the scheme of life
i know its unlikely but if anyone in the uk / europe has any parts to help give me a shout
keep smiling always

Taking it very calmly Kevin! I have never let anyone ride a two wheel vehicle I own. I don't mind lending my car (if the person has insurance) . If he just wrecked his own ride shouldn't that have been a warning? Oh well each to their own.

+1 to everything Old Limey said --and your son needs a serious dope-slap too.

Tim

That is surely a major setback. But at least your son and girlfriend walked away from it; that is the most important thing!

things to me are not too important just things
if i have the time i will have a good look at
the bike tomorrow and asses my options
its a bit of a bugger though
but i still have my aprilia sport city 300 so its ok
and another 4 bikes i can ride
unfortunately my wife has been really crook this week
so everything else goes on the back burner
wishes to everyone

Sorry to hear that, SW can be replaced.
I hate letting anyone use my vehicles, never had a good outcome. OH S--t something goes wrong.
Don't even like my wife driving my car.

My motorcycles are for my enjoyment. When someone asks, I just say, "no" and leave it at that. It doesn't require an explanation. No is a complete sentence.

Sorry for you troubles, glad they weren't seriously hurt. and good that you have other bikes to ride.

Main thing is no one was seriously hurt. I hope your insurance wasn't hurt either. Like others here I don't let anyone ride my bikes, mainly because I don't want to feel guilty if something happened to them. Secondarily because I don't want to lose the use of my scooter for a lengthy time while rebuilding or looking for another.