Brazen thieves.

z1a

Bike parked up in front garden, has lived there for ever, came home for lunch from work (in car) bike there, came home after work, bike gone.
Nicked from garden of terraced house overlooked by dozens of houses in broad daylight. How have some people got the bottle to do that? must have been loaded into a van or something & it weighs quarter of a ton!

:mad::mad::mad:

Spicy_McHaggis

Perhaps collected by the Eastern European metal wombles.

z1a

Yeah, I'm thinking along the same lines, they could have done it before I repaired a puncture & filled it with petrol ready for the start of the good weather.

Richard53

Sadly, all they needed to do was turn up in a van with 'Dave's Motorcycle Repairs' on the side, and no-one would have batted an eyelid. Two big blokes, lift it in, gone. The only defence is a very big chain through both wheels and frame, attached to a ground anchor cemented in, and that will only delay them.


Really sorry to hear about the bike.

Spicy_McHaggis

z1a wrote: »

Yeah, I'm thinking along the same lines, they could have done it before I repaired a puncture & filled it with petrol ready for the start of the good weather.

Oh, initially I was thinking the pedal variety.

Get it reported, if it's less than 500cc the local youths are probably learning their trade on it.

z1a

Thing is, not what I would call an attractive bike to nick, apart from its value as weight of scrap ( and 5 gal. of petrol!).
21 year old ZZR1100, not a nice shiny new bike.
Not attached to bike like some bikers are, so as long as insurance play ball, will be reasonably happy. Still had it's original silencers as well, which is rare for a ZZR1100.

z1a

S mc H, it was reported within 10 mins of me getting home.
Neighbour has just told me it wasn't there at 1pm when they got home, 'cause she was wondering how I'd gone to work in car & on bike!
Now wondering if somebody has noticed that I am at home for 30 mins every day at the same time for it to have gone within 30 mins of me going back to work.:(

Spicy_McHaggis

z1a wrote: »

Thing is, not what I would call an attractive bike to nick, apart from its value as weight of scrap ( and 5 gal. of petrol!).
21 year old ZZR1100, not a nice shiny new bike.
Not attached to bike like some bikers are, so as long as insurance play ball, will be reasonably happy. Still had it's original silencers as well, which is rare for a ZZR1100.

Twenty three years ago it was the first thing I reached 160 mph on so I can see the attraction.

Nodding_Donkey

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Twenty three years ago it was the first thing I reached 160 mph on so I can see the attraction.

GPZ900R for me

k3lvc

z1a wrote: »

Still had it's original silencers as well, which is rare for a ZZR1100.

This may be worth more than the rest of the bike - damn site easier to lift the whole thing than to try and remove an exhaust in broad daylight

fivetide

As above. scour eFence. It is likely in bits already.