Keys left in bike..

[GOONR]

I'm lucky enough to have bike parking under our building at work. I went down for a smoko earlier and saw that one of the bikes still had the key in the ignition so left a note and took said key back to my desk. I would have been gutted if I had left it there and the bike was nicked.

Now I've just been down for another smoke and the bike has gone. I'm hoping that he had a spare key on him but I would have thought he would have called me to get his key back.

:scratch:

[one fast tl1ooo]

good on ya mate

[GOONR]

good on ya mate

Cheers, He leaves his lid with his bike as well so it wouldn't be to much hassle for a very brazen toad to take off on it. Granted there are quite a few people around but some of those toads have big balls!

[nallac]

Fuck there goes my insurance job.....and i needed a new bike and lid....

[Little Miss Trouble]

Haha Nallac, you must come from as dodgy a town as I do, because that was my first thought too!

[GOONR]

Fuck there goes my insurance job.....and i needed a new bike and lid....


Haha, he's only had this bike for a few weeks!

[Blinkwing]

Why wouldn't the owner go and ask for the keys back? I don't get it.

[Mom]

I'm lucky enough to have bike parking under our building at work. I went down for a smoko earlier and saw that one of the bikes still had the key in the ignition so left a note and took said key back to my desk. I would have been gutted if I had left it there and the bike was nicked.

Now I've just been down for another smoke and the bike has gone. I'm hoping that he had a spare key on him but I would have thought he would have called me to get his key back.

:scratch:


Not a new bike I take it? I can start mine and remove the key. I am going to start pretending it has a turbo :D My first bike (also a Yay maha) I could start with a coin. Not very helpful am I?

[davereid]

Not a new bike I take it? I can start mine and remove the key. I am going to start pretending it has a turbo :D My first bike (also a Yay maha) I could start with a coin. Not very helpful am I?

Yeah.. I have a BMW like that.
If you dont take the keys out, they will just fall out. Then you can't find them. Doesn't mean you cant start the bike, you can do that with a coin. But its bloody hard to get back in the house to the beer fridge...

[Mom]

Doesn't mean you cant start the bike, you can do that with a coin. But its bloody hard to get back in the house to the beer fridge...

I have a front door key on a different tag. Still I have tried starting the BB with a coin/screwdriver/other key and it is a no go situation. I think I may remove her keys once she is well warmed up and running in case they commit hari kari and leap out at 99.99999 kph ( I never go faster than 100, for you can die doing that).

[sunhuntin]

Not a new bike I take it? I can start mine and remove the key. I am going to start pretending it has a turbo :D My first bike (also a Yay maha) I could start with a coin. Not very helpful am I?

my old gn was like that. i ended up having a thin chain around the handle bars with a key ring. i would tie to the two together everything i went out, just in case.

[Mom]

my old gn was like that. i ended up having a thin chain around the handle bars with a key ring. i would tie to the two together everything i went out, just in case.

You have got to love these oldies :laugh:

[GOONR]

Why wouldn't the owner go and ask for the keys back? I don't get it.

Neither, I'm stumped with that one.


Not a new bike I take it? I can start mine and remove the key. I am going to start pretending it has a turbo :D My first bike (also a Yay maha) I could start with a coin. Not very helpful am I?

It's a very tidy 900 Hornet, not sure about the vintage. I can take the key out of mine when it's running too.

[Oakie]

So now you have a key to a bike that will probably be parked in the same area tomorrow...

[paturoa]

So now you have a spare bike for lunch time rides!

[sosman]

Fark Years ago I did a wheel stand on my old 87 biscuit wheel CBR6hundy out Chowick way & while changing gear! I hit a false neutral...causing the front to come down hard, so when I got home in Mt Roskill...I discovered my keys were no longer in the ignition!!! Doh, the first thing I could think of was that false neutral amateur wheelie attempt & so I rode all the way back to chowick & sure enough....there were my keys on the ground in the gutter.
After that I had a bulldog clip key ring attached to the clutch cable while working on avoiding false neutral wheel stands lol

[nallac]

So now you have a key to a bike that will probably be parked in the same area tomorrow...


H'mmm i feel a trade me listing for a Hornet coming on..... test rides can be arranged during work hours...............

[GOONR]

H'mmm i feel a trade me listing for a Hornet coming on..... test rides can be arranged during work hours...............

Haha, how about an auction for keys and a map to clues of the location of the bike, I could make it a treasure hunt.

[bogan]

my old gn was like that. i ended up having a thin chain around the handle bars with a key ring. i would tie to the two together everything i went out, just in case.

same thing on my gn, dog-clip to the clutch cable was an easy fix :yes:

[Mully]

I can start mine and remove the key.

Pfft, liar.....

[Mom]

Pfft, liar.....

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO thems fighting words thems is :yes:

[Cayman911]

maybe the note fell off and he thought he'd lost the keys...or maybe the bike genuinely got nicked.... ?

[GOONR]

I had a voice mail from the owner yesterday morning, he had a spare key on him so used that.