Keep your cars locked on your trackdays

[chris defiori]

Went down to Hampton downs today for the first time. Came home early as I was too pissed off to ride anymore. My daughter left the car unlocked while she was talking to someone and Satnav/ipod/Mobile were stolen.
Cheers scum I hope you are in a real shit place in your life !

[JimO]

there are cunts everywhere, one of my boys had a hockey bag with $1300 worth of gear stolen from the Dunedin turf, it was found spread all over Dundas St later that night minus $200 sunglasses, nike cap

[Mom]

Interesting, some other member was on here saying someone had stolen the wiring off his trailer yesterday down there too. Hmmmmmmmm seems that scum rises to the surface everywhere.

[98tls]

Not just a car thing,went up to Levels awhile back and threw a couple of fold out chairs in the back of the ute,whilst away getting the obligatory hotdog n chips some shitheads decided they wanted them as they walked past the ute much to my dismay.Thought bugger this and myself and a mate set off to track them down,found some young c%nts pissing up sitting on them round the embankment a bit and simply walked up grabbed the back of one and threw the thieving scum out of it a few words from him followed but predictably no actions and with a "fuck off faggot" away back to the ute we went.What i found almost as annoying is not one of the people on either side of the ute bothered to speak up when they saw (must have) the pricks take em.

[kevfromcoro]

i came back fom paeroa street races last year..
stopped at the kopu pub,, there was a few bikers there.
cell phones and wallets everywhere..
nothing was touched
its our way
those scumbags must of been young kids.....
pisses ya off though..............

[sinfull]

Yeah have to admit to being a bit casual at track meetings, due to the fact we're all there for the one thing we have in common, looks like someone has decided to look around for (and found) easy pickings !
Surprised there aint been reports of gas cans being pinched !

[BiK3RChiK]

That's just low! Hopefully someone saw something...

[Bikemad]

ah man that just sux............

[kevfromcoro]

yeah.. these scumbags dont really want your stuff.
its just money to them....
they sell it off to another scumbag. for 20 bucks....
and go and buy another tin of glue.. or a box of lion red...
arseholes......................................... .............

[CookMySock]

I'm amazed people would misbehave around a pack of asshole bikers.. What a quick way to get a face bashing...

It's easy to pick people who don't belong at a track day. I'd be cornering suspect people and asking them what they're doing there, and if theres no explanation then I'd be giving them one - don't fucking touch anything..

Steve

[scracha]

Went down to Hampton downs today for the first time. Came home early as I was too pissed off to ride anymore. My daughter left the car unlocked while she was talking to someone and Satnav/ipod/Mobile were stolen.
Cheers scum I hope you are in a real shit place in your life !

Fuck that really sucks. Text the $hitbags a derisory offer for the return of your stuff, no questions asked. It's more than they'll get from the other P addict cunts. Mention the mobile will be useless as you know the IMEI number and will get it disabled.

Probably a bad time to mention the proximity to South Auckland. Time we started watching each others stuff. Coming from a $hite part of Scotland, locking the car is second nature to me but it shouldn't have to be like that.

Might pay to email the trackday organisers & circuit management. At least they can start keeping a spare eye on dodgy fuckers who aren't riding.

[chris defiori]

Have lived and raced in both U.K and Germany and also here and this is the first time ANYTHING has gome missing Im so pissed off as have always said that we were all there for the same reason so shouldnt have to be too vigilant but ...

[dave o]

Probably a bad time to mention the proximity to South Auckland.

dickheads are everywhere, not just south auckland. and it's not that close anyway.

[Kiwi Graham]

Have lived and raced in both U.K and Germany and also here and this is the first time ANYTHING has gome missing Im so pissed off as have always said that we were all there for the same reason so shouldnt have to be too vigilant but ...

Same Uk and Europe and here, nothing gone.
Hamilton Honda racing had a set of tyres swiped at the last round of the Nats there!

[Monkeynz]

Yep the shitheads are everywhere, a few weeks ago at Ruapuna one of the racers had money taken out of his wallet from the cab of his truck and noone saw a thing. It was a Motorcycling Canterbury race meet. Couldn't believe someone could be so blatant. A lot people know this guy so was very surprised noone saw anything.
I will definitely start locking my car up now and keeping things hidden. A real shame!

[BiK3RChiK]

Perhaps it's time for security cameras at the tracks and maybe lock boxes for valuables if you are out racing...

[OutForADuck]

Same Uk and Europe and here, nothing gone.
Hamilton Honda racing had a set of tyres swiped at the last round of the Nats there!

Also done UK, Europe, Australia and here and unfortunately can say I have seen stuff nicked everywhere except for the UK. Mate lost his entire bike and trailer in Italy.

That does suck though... I still have this inate feeling of being with "friends" when I am amongst bikers. Just destroys the kinship doesn't it!!!!

[Dutchee]

Also done UK, Europe, Australia and here and unfortunately can say I have seen stuff nicked everywhere except for the UK. Mate lost his entire bike and trailer in Italy.

That does suck though... I still have this inate feeling of being with "friends" when I am amongst bikers. Just destroys the kinship doesn't it!!!!
No, it doesn't destroy the kinship, as I like to think it's someone who doesn't belong who does the nicking, rather than someone who's there for the same reason.
At buckets, it's still casual, as cars are in the pits, rather than having to lug everything away. When we're at other tracks, where the pits aren't by the vehicles, I do try to make a point of putting things out of the way, but am still a bit lax about it.
The one thing I will steal from other people's vehicles, if friendly, is the dogs, so I can go for a walk and kill off a bit of time away from the tracks. This is dependent on the dog, of course, and prefer to let the owner know (usually afterwards lol).

[Nonbeliever]

motorcycling people are generally ok but unfortunately there are assholes within our community.
In many ways we/you/I are at the mercy of people in the pits at the track, and quite frankly that concerns me when I think about it.

[rustyrobot]

Don't know if it's too late to do this, but it worked a treat for us. When someone broke into one of the work trucks and pinched a phone, the boss called it and said "this is Dick Smith Hamilton, you have won the LCD TV draw, we just need your address to deliver it". Being the dumb shits that they were, they gave their real address. Cops picked them up the next day. Maybe the people who ripped you off have IQs in the double digits, but could be worth a try?

[Dreama]

Had my laptop for my ecu nicked at Paeroa. It was a cheapie as the ecu programme runs on DOS but had all the maps stored on it. The scum probably just biffed it in the river when they realised it was old.
Street races are different, I know, but it was a wake up call.
I still leave everything unlocked and scattered about at club meets though.
It's sad but I'll be trying not to anymore after these tales.

[I14]

Have lived and raced in both U.K and Germany and also here and this is the first time ANYTHING has gome missing Im so pissed off as have always said that we were all there for the same reason so shouldnt have to be too vigilant but ...
That's a bummer Chris. Usually at racedays my phone, watch, glasses and spare cash for coffee (sometimes) are sitting on top of my toolbox in our pit. The car or van's wide open too with stuff on the floor. I guess a thievin asshole shows up a little easier there but I guess I'm asking for it. Real pity to have to be distrustful. Phil

[scracha]

Same Uk and Europe and here, nothing gone.
Hamilton Honda racing had a set of tyres swiped at the last round of the Nats there!
True. After living in SE Englandshire, the only time I've had my picket picked was in Tirau.

[roadracingoldfart]

Well if you want to hear the lengths some assholes will go to , keep reading .
One of my customers parked a Toyota Surf in the carpark at the local rail station and went to work. He got home from work , did his normal and loaded his stuff into the car and went to put the pushbike bike rack on the towball. Would you believe the whole towbar was gone bolts , washers and all . they even took the wiring loom back to where it went into the body.
A carpark with about 500 cars , people all over the place daily and nobody saw a bunch of pricks taking a towbar off a vehicle which would have to be considered a wierd thing to do in a carpark.
Cheek doesnt describe it.

[SWERVE]

It is truly a sad day when the "thieving scum" target the track. We had fuel go missing at a meet last year at Ruapuna when we shared the day with the V8 utes and the "drifter brigade" and im sure V8 ute teams dont need to nick fuel.......................!
Best one i saw was back in the UK about 1993/4 drove down to London on the M11 motorway (busy 4 lane road) a late model Volvo was on the hard shoulder broken down nr Stansted Airport at around 10.0am....................when i returned around 3.00pm it had its wheels missing (no surprise there) but the bonnet was up............and the MOTOR was gone.
And that aint a five minute job.

[rwh]

Best one i saw was back in the UK about 1993/4 drove down to London on the M11 motorway (busy 4 lane road) a late model Volvo was on the hard shoulder broken down nr Stansted Airport at around 10.0am....................when i returned around 3.00pm it had its wheels missing (no surprise there) but the bonnet was up............and the MOTOR was gone.
And that aint a five minute job.

Hmm - given a team of 2 or 3, a truck with a crane on it, and maybe a compressor with air tools, and not to much care for the state of the remaining wiring - I think it could be done. And the more equipment you have, the more official you look - a tow truck with flashing lights would probably be ideal. Mind you, the last engine I lifted out was a Hillman Hunter, which would be a bit simpler :)

Richard

[Bikemad]

It is truly a sad day when the "thieving scum" target the track. We had fuel go missing at a meet last year at Ruapuna when we shared the day with the V8 utes and the "drifter brigade" and im sure V8 ute teams dont need to nick fuel.......................!
Best one i saw was back in the UK about 1993/4 drove down to London on the M11 motorway (busy 4 lane road) a late model Volvo was on the hard shoulder broken down nr Stansted Airport at around 10.0am....................when i returned around 3.00pm it had its wheels missing (no surprise there) but the bonnet was up............and the MOTOR was gone.
And that aint a five minute job.

it is with a sabre saw and a hiab mate