Brazen thieves.

Fluff15

Because it had been sitting out in the front so long, somebody's probably driven past it a few times, not seen it moved, and used it as an easy excuse.

Around my area if you leave old electrical goods outside your front garden, you can be guaranteed it'll be taken by the local 'rag and bone' man in a couple of days. They don't knock to tell you they're taking it.

teffers

z1a wrote: »

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:

Heroin is very moreish ...

Arfa__

Scour all the local streets, alleys etc. Sometime the tea leaves will wheel it around the corner to somewhere quiet to try and get it started etc. They sometimes do this to see if it has a tracker installed, wait a day or two to see if someone comes after it. Worth a shot, you may get lucky. Mate of mine had his Triumph Tiger pinched, but found it in the garden of a random house a few streets away.

However, if it's gone in a van, you can fairly safely assume you'll never see it again.

root

Sorry to hear about that. I get paranoid leaving mine on the front drive when I just stop off for a quick brew!

z1a

FOUND already, by 2 PCSO's on the beat.
Think ARFA has hit the nail on the head, was only 200 yards away tucked into a corner of a car park belonging to a block of housing association flats.
When I got a text asking me to contact police this afternoon because it had been found I expected it to be wrecked, but the only damage is a broken steering lock, and they've ripped out the wiring to try and hot wire it. So engine will spin over but not start because ECU has no feed from clutch and side stand inhibiters.
At least they didn't give up and wreck it or fire it, even left on stand so no damage.
RESULT.
:T

[Deleted User]

Excellent news and nice to see some PCSO`S being useful

Hope it does not take too much to get back up and running, time for an embedded lock.

Arfa__

Ah good news!

However, they may be back, so beef up your security. Install a ground anchour and get a decent chain. 16mm or 19mm case hardened chain from the likes of Almax or Pragmasis along with a decent lock. Don't rely on anything from Oxford! Above 14mm and it will be too big for the jaws of the usual 3' croppers. Through hardened chains are too brittle and are susceptible to freeze and smash attacks. Many come with a Squire lock, which isn't bad, strong and designed so U isn't exposed, but it can be picked - though not from your average Joe. Make sure it's chained to something solid or a ground anchor, otherwise Pro's will just lift it into a van (or shove a skateboard under the locked wheel). That should sort you against all but the serious with portable power tools.

Some good tips here: http://www.beginnerbiker.com/motorcycle-security-tips/

Richard53

Glad to hear you got it back. Some minor repairs and off you go.


As has been said, first priority is enhanced security. They've had it away once, and they can do it again. Decent chain and ground anchor minimum, unless you can find somewhere nearby to lock it out of sight from here on.

facade

I've got an Almax series IV 19mm chain for mine. (into a ground anchor)
Don't make the mistake of thinking a 1m chain is enough, you need at least 1.5m to go through the back wheel and over the centrestand.

Then you need a baby oxford type chain and a cheap Aldi Abus clone lock to secure the Almax chain when the 'bike isn't there.

What naughty people do is fill your lock with glue or something, so you can't unlock it when you are out, then they hope you leave the bike unsecured. If you have a cheap chain & lock securing the almax from theft you can cut that off.

Trouble is, the security makes going for a ride into such a chore that I either walk, get the pushbike out, or jump in the car.