Bike theft
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GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
Definitely varies with region, make and model. I have seen rides parked continuously (covered and not) on some streets of Toronto for years on end. It is almost like they want them stolen, but are not. Likely because they are some UJM V-Twin 650 thing.
On the other hand, a UJM inline-4 600 cc supersport thang in a locked garage is lifted into a truck while the owner eats dinner inside the house.
On the other hand, a UJM inline-4 600 cc supersport thang in a locked garage is lifted into a truck while the owner eats dinner inside the house.
There’s a hugely entertaining YouTube video on a series of motorcycle thefts which I am not able to link on the tablet I am using at the moment. Some poor fellow in London has a very nice sport bike which he is forced to leave outside. Anticipating that it might be stolen, he installs a GPS tracking device on the bike. Soon enough, it is stolen and the device leads the police to the bike and it’s recovered.GoldOxide_imp said:
Next, the owner buys this formidable chain, and locks the bike to a street lamp. Somehow, a thief cuts the chain and steals the bike again. By now, the police aren’t going to look for it a second time, so the owner enlists the GPS tracking company to help him. With some difficulty, the company locates the bike, and the owner gets it back. Soon after, a replacement chain that could have come off a ship’s anchor is cut and the bike is stolen once more.
By this point the battery in the GPS tracker has nearly worn out, and the signal is very weak. Standing behind his product, the owner of the GPS tracker company undertakes the search personally, and locates the bike in line at a backyard chop shop. For a third time, the owner gets his bike back. Now resigned to repeating this cycle endlessly, the only thing he can think to do to help himself is to get a new battery for the tracker.
Is this it, Paris?
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
Heh, that is interesting.
I will add to the story, "... a UJM inline-4 600 cc supersport thang in a locked garage is lifted into a truck while the owner eats dinner inside the house."
Apparently two (husband and wife) supersport Hondas were ripped out of their garage while eating dinner. They did not know at all ... until the police knocked on their door. They said, "We found your bikes. They fell out of the box van there, down the street. The driver fled.".
I will add to the story, "... a UJM inline-4 600 cc supersport thang in a locked garage is lifted into a truck while the owner eats dinner inside the house."
Apparently two (husband and wife) supersport Hondas were ripped out of their garage while eating dinner. They did not know at all ... until the police knocked on their door. They said, "We found your bikes. They fell out of the box van there, down the street. The driver fled.".
There’s a hugely entertaing YouTube video on a series of motorcycle thefts which I am not able to link on the tablet I am using at the moment. Some poor fellow in London has a very nice sport bike which he forced to leave outside. Anticipating that it might be stolen, he installs a GPS tracking device on the bike. Soon enough, it is stolen and the device leads the police to the bike and it’s recovered.GoldOxide_imp said:
Next, the owner buys this formidable chain, and locks the bike to a street lamp. Somehow, a thief cuts the chain and steals the bike again. By now, the police aren’t going to look for it a second time, so the owner enlists the GPS tracking company to help him. With some difficulty, the company locates the bike, and the owner gets it back. Soon after, a replacement chain that could have come off a ship’s anchor is cut and the bike is stolen once more.
By this point the battery in the GPS tracker has nearly worn out, and the signal is very weak. Standing behind his product, the owner of the GPS tracker company undertakes the search personally, and locates the bike in line at a backyard chop shop. For a third time, the owner gets his bike back. Resigned to repeating this cycle endlessly, the only thing he can think to do is to get a new battery for the tracker.
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
I think Cormanus pinned your video down.
Yes, that’s the one. The poor guy just takes it all in stride.GoldOxide_imp said:
When I lived in an apartment in the ‘90s, I had a nice bike that I had to park outside in a very rough area. I bought an alarm with a siren on it, and thought I was all set. Then a friend of mine asked me what, exactly, was I going to do if I heard the siren go off in the middle of the night. I’m going to run out and stop them from stealing my bike, I said. No you’re not, he said. Are you going to bring a gun? If you’re not going out there with a gun, you’re only going to get your butt kicked, and they’ll steal the bike anyway. I don’t know about the gun part, but, considering the area, he had a point.
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
Yeah, and they'll get the key too. So the only thing left is to remotely blow-up the bike. Sad, I know. Like losing an old friend. But why would one subject their best friend in the hands of a bunch of punks?
alprider
Road warrior
such a luck our bike is so much boring and underpowered...
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
alprider - I would say more like "heavy". A rider can make any ride not boring.
My CB got stolen todayalprider_imp said:
