Stolen: ChCh - 1994 YZF750R REG:82WEZ

[Monsterbishi]

BIKE RECOVERED!

Well, for the second time in my motorcycling career, my bike has been stolen.

1994 YZF750R, sometime last Thursday/Friday night. REG:82WEZ

It's of little value to most, dead battery, worn front tyre and especially since they left the rear seat and fairings behind. So I have a sneaky feeling it may been a act of spite against me by a person whom I'm working to find.

Pic provided of her better days, imagine bike sans fairings.

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/abbottm/yzf750r/mynewbike.jpg

[Kickaha]

Is that the one you got off TP a few years back?

[Monsterbishi]

Is that the one you got off TP a few years back?

Yup, back in Jan '05 - had her plasticware and seat off for a well deserved tidy-up over winter, now that's all I have left...

Is going to be hard replacing her, they don't make many bikes as physically big in terms of width/height anymore.

[Gibbo89]

was she insured?? hope you get it back

[Corse1]

Pricks!! Nice looking bike and don't see many of the 750's around. So I guess it was rideable then ...............

[Monsterbishi]

Only had third party, if they'd broken the ignition and bought a battery with them it was quite rideable - but I don't think it was stolen for parts or use - the fairings & seat were sitting right next to it, plus they walked right past my unlocked, pristine Mustang GT!

We live next to a tidal river, I'm just waiting on low tide to go see if it ended up there.

[zzzz]

We live next to a tidal river, I'm just waiting on low tide to go see if it ended up there.

I hope not and that you get your bike back and it's some sort of sick prank.

[saltydog]

So I have a sneaky feeling it may been a act of spite against me by a person whom I'm working to find.

What was the goss there mate? have you been a naughty boy then?! :-)

[Mental Trousers]

Yup, back in Jan '05 - had her plasticware and seat off for a well deserved tidy-up over winter, now that's all I have left...

Is going to be hard replacing her, they don't make many bikes as physically big in terms of width/height anymore.

Fucking flashbacks here. Exactly the same thing happened to me; I'd taken the plastics etc off and the fuckers stole it like that.

Sad to hear mate.

[F5 Dave]

Hope you get it back ok. As an ex YZF owner I think they are highly underrated.

[Monsterbishi]

Popped down to the wrecker by AMI stadium for a chat today to see if anyone has been poking around looking for YZF parts or trying to flick it off, no joy yet - he's noted down my details so that if anyone does come by - he'll get in touch.

On that note, what bike wreckers are left in ChCh? Is it just my imagination, or have they all vanished?

I suspect a malice job, since barely a week prior we called DOC on a illegal whitebaiter who's been a problem around our area for a couple of years, the ranger took his gear and sent him on his way - the whitebaiter wasn't right in the head and things got quite heated with the ranger.

I had the fairings and pillion seat sitting right next to the bike too, you'd think if it was a 'proper' theft they would have simply taken them too.

The bike isn't in a state where a thief can gain significant or immediate financial gains from it, the front tyre needs replacing($360) battery is stuffed($100+) they'll need new fairings, ingition barrel, locking fuel cap, etc and a pillion seat(?$$$?) And won't be able to legally put it on the road without doing a frame swap(even more $$$) Parts value is quite restricted too, being that they'll only work with other YZF750/FZR600's - not exactly a big market.

I think it goes without saying, I'll appropriately reward anyone here who provides info that leads to the return of my bike, but I'm not holding my breath - I just need to save some cash, and move on.

[AllanB]

Great to see the scum of Christchurch have gotten over the earthquake. Bastards.

And revenge - hell what's wrong with a flaming paper bag full of shit on your doorstep?

It's just not right when someone messes with a guys ride.


Have you contacted the Ranger? He may supply an address or put the police onto the Ranger so they can follow it up. The white-baiter my be stupid enough to have it in his shed.

[T.W.R]

On that note, what bike wreckers are left in ChCh? Is it just my imagination, or have they all vanished?

.

falsgrave autos (all of Timaru motorcycle wreckers stock)
japanese motorcycle wreckers (he's dealing from home now apparently, somewhere in Nth canterbury)
Pitlane (Allparts stock) but Dons out of action presently
Tin1212 (trademe dealer)
and there's another TM dealer also.

Hope the hunt for the bastards gets results :niceone:

[White trash]

Fucking flashbacks here. Exactly the same thing happened to me; I'd taken the plastics etc off and the fuckers stole it like that.

Sad to hear mate.

Maybe thjis dude's was stollen in the dark in the hope they'd get the parts required to finish yours?!


Hope you get it back ok. As an ex YZF owner I think they are highly underrated.

As an ex YZF rider I think they're highly overrated. Agree to disagree?

[F5 Dave]

. . .Agree to disagree?
NO. Handbags at ten paces Bitch.

[Monsterbishi]

My next great problem is what to buy next, as a cheap stop gap I'm thinking about something classic-ish like a GB400TT, or a '80's CB250RS that I could resto.

Gah, I hate buying bikes, all my favourite ones get stolen.

Sent a email to the DOC ranger too.

[Grumph]

japanese motorcycle wreckers (he's dealing from home now apparently, somewhere in Nth canterbury) Quote

Darryl - Japanese Motorcycle Dismantlers - is believed to be in Geraldine. Dealing via Internet. Worth alerting him too.

Via the usual grapevine I heard that someone (Darryl ?) had concluded a deal to buy Don's stock just prior to the quake - don't know if any of it had actually been moved prior to the building being redcarded.

[Monsterbishi]

Update, just this very minute Police Comms have just rung to say they have pulled someone over on my bike right now - I have informed them to beat the person with a large stick.

They said they'll call back shortly.

[breakaway]

So what came of it?

[Gibbo89]

japanese motorcycle wreckers (he's dealing from home now apparently, somewhere in Nth canterbury) Quote

Darryl - Japanese Motorcycle Dismantlers - is believed to be in Geraldine. Dealing via Internet. Worth alerting him too.

Via the usual grapevine I heard that someone (Darryl ?) had concluded a deal to buy Don's stock just prior to the quake - don't know if any of it had actually been moved prior to the building being redcarded.

so i take it this site is slighlty out of date?

http://www.japmcdismantlers.co.nz/contact.htm

and what happened? what did the popo say?

[SMOKEU]

Update, just this very minute Police Comms have just rung to say they have pulled someone over on my bike right now - I have informed them to beat the person with a large stick.

They said they'll call back shortly.

Outside a dairy on Pannel Ave? I heard about it on my scanner.

[Monsterbishi]

Well, story time.

About ten mins after my last post I was at the scene, comms had given a slightly vague description that a call back to them sorted out(yes, my job involves having their number on my phone)

The thiefs night didn't go too well, here he was, having gone for a jaunt down to his local dairy on Kerrs/Pannell for a pie/drink/whatever - and of all things, a resident across the rd, thinking he looked suspicious - called the cops.

The cops, thinking the dairy was in the process of being robbed, mobbed the place - summin like this I imagine :Police::Police::Police::Police::Police::Police: {insert bike, thieving numpty & dairy here} :Police::Police::Police::Police::Police::Police::P olice:

After that polava, they ran the plate and found it was flagged as stolen, where they gave me a call to confirm it was definately still flogged, and asked me to make an appearance.

The gits have done a sh1t job with a spray gun, and painted most of the tank & plastics black, rooted the ignition barrel, the fuel tank barrel, the ignition wiring harness is wrapped in red tape and they've stuck a fake carbon fibre tank protector on. They've scratched the speedo gauge cluster glass to hell, and the rear end electrics are stuffed.

Goodness knows what else I'm going to find tomorrow, on the up side, they put some gas in the tank that I'll drain for the mower to use(don't know if it's 91 or not) And has a decent battery now.

The Bike crime officer(his name eludes my memory at the mo) will be swinging by tomorrow for the usual bureaucracy, the guy claimed that he borrowed the bike from a friend - not sure that'll hold up in court :nono:

Once the police departed, with a blessing for me to ride my unreg'd(on hold) bike home - the guys brother turned up in a boyracer'd red skyline reg:CHR522 - didn't apologise for anything, just said "I guess he won't be home tonight"

I said, "He won't be home for a fair while I'm thinking"

Buggered if I know how I'm going to get the paintwork back to original, might have to find a FZR600/YZF1000/etc and just do a complete plastic/lock swap.

[SMOKEU]

I was wondering why the bike got a QVR done on it whilst parked outside a store, I thought someone had recognized it as stolen while it was parked out there. I think 3 cop cars attended the scene when it was discovered stolen, so good work from the cops.

[Gibbo89]

Well, story time.

About ten mins after my last post I was at the scene, comms had given a slightly vague description that a call back to them sorted out(yes, my job involves having their number on my phone)

The thiefs night didn't go too well, here he was, having gone for a jaunt down to his local dairy on Kerrs/Pannell for a pie/drink/whatever - and of all things, a resident across the rd, thinking he looked suspicious - called the cops.

The cops, thinking the dairy was in the process of being robbed, mobbed the place - summin like this I imagine :Police::Police::Police::Police::Police::Police: {insert bike, thieving numpty & dairy here} :Police::Police::Police::Police::Police::Police::P olice:

After that polava, they ran the plate and found it was flagged as stolen, where they gave me a call to confirm it was definately still flogged, and asked me to make an appearance.

The gits have done a sh1t job with a spray gun, and painted most of the tank & plastics black, rooted the ignition barrel, the fuel tank barrel, the ignition wiring harness is wrapped in red tape and they've stuck a fake carbon fibre tank protector on. They've scratched the speedo gauge cluster glass to hell, and the rear end electrics are stuffed.

Goodness knows what else I'm going to find tomorrow, on the up side, they put some gas in the tank that I'll drain for the mower to use(don't know if it's 91 or not) And has a decent battery now.

The Bike crime officer(his name eludes my memory at the mo) will be swinging by tomorrow for the usual bureaucracy, the guy claimed that he borrowed the bike from a friend - not sure that'll hold up in court :nono:

Once the police departed, with a blessing for me to ride my unreg'd(on hold) bike home - the guys brother turned up in a boyracer'd red skyline reg:CHR522 - didn't apologise for anything, just said "I guess he won't be home tonight"

I said, "He won't be home for a fair while I'm thinking"

Buggered if I know how I'm going to get the paintwork back to original, might have to find a FZR600/YZF1000/etc and just do a complete plastic/lock swap.

the dude was riding around without a seat etc? why did they scratch the glass????

glad you got it back, too bad you can't have a 'word' to him in a quiet area with no cameras :eek:

[Monsterbishi]

Heh, I took the seat off before the photo to find out what battery they fitted to replace the stuffed one :-)

Buggered if I know how/why they scratched the glass, I've noticed the locking tab on the brake master cylinder resovoir has been removed too, and some cheap DOT4 added.

[Gibbo89]

weird stuff.

are you glad she's back?

many k's done on it since she's been gone?

[Monsterbishi]

Has done bugger all mileage, well under 100k's - it's a relief to have her home too, since I got my bike licence when I was 15(18 years ago now) there's only been a period of under a year where I didn't have a bike.

(The gap was a result of my purchasing a Yamaha XZ400 that promptly cooked its motor - great design flaw, having two thermostats in a motor, only one of which has a temp sensor attached - guess which one seized shut...)

[willytheekid]

I love happy endings :wings:

Good to hear you got your bike back (dosn't happen very often...theiving bastards!)
Well done to the police! :Police::niceone:

Hope the damage is minimal and she's back on the road soon...summers comin!

[T.W.R]

japanese motorcycle wreckers (he's dealing from home now apparently, somewhere in Nth canterbury) Quote

Darryl - Japanese Motorcycle Dismantlers - is believed to be in Geraldine. Dealing via Internet. Worth alerting him too.

Via the usual grapevine I heard that someone (Darryl ?) had concluded a deal to buy Don's stock just prior to the quake - don't know if any of it had actually been moved prior to the building being redcarded.

Darryl was a grumpy fuck knuckle to deal with at the best of times. Don't think he'd be taking on more stock as he both premises full of stuff as it was before he closed the doors.

Dave at falsgrave was trying to swing a deal with Don; that was at the beginning of the year for the Allparts stock as he was still in the process of unloading & catagorising all of the stock he'd got from Grant at Timaru.
(Or I think more precisely Don was trying to move the stock on so he could have a readjustment of the storage area out the back of the shop so he could put in a area for doing services on bikes and set-up more permanent living quarters for the guy who uses the mini gym area as a flat) :niceone:

[Monsterbishi]

Daytime brings more unpleasant surprises, the reason why the gauge cluster is all scratch up is because they took to the back of the ignition barrel with a grinder!

On a positive note, turps is cutting the black paint off, but it's going to take a solid weekend to get it all.

I suspect the guy is no stranger to stealing bikes either, aside from the multiple failed attempts I've found to hotwire the bike - I'm betting the battery that is in my bike now is most likely from someone elses pride and joy.

[onearmedbandit]

Great news in getting it back mate. Well done to the police.

[imdying]

Caught red handed, name and shame the wanker.

I hope he dies. Very very painfully. I hope he gets diagnosed with a cyst in his brain the size of a grapefruit. I also hope that the cyst is inoperable, and puts pressure on just the right portion of his brain to cause immense all day every day pain, and that it lasts for a good 3 years before his withered body finally dies in a massive brain haemorrhage. Finally, I hope it's all captured on video, to replay to his brother, over and over, between water boarding, and anal rape from the Negro All Star Womens Basketball Team.

[onearmedbandit]

What type of cyst? And the video, HD or is standard def ok? Details man, you can't forget the details.

[Kickaha]

Caught red handed, name and shame the wanker.

I hope he dies. Very very painfully. I hope he gets diagnosed with a cyst in his brain the size of a grapefruit. I also hope that the cyst is inoperable, and puts pressure on just the right portion of his brain to cause immense all day every day pain, and that it lasts for a good 3 years before his withered body finally dies in a massive brain haemorrhage. Finally, I hope it's all captured on video, to replay to his brother, over and over, between water boarding, and anal rape from the Negro All Star Womens Basketball Team.


I think you must have far to much time to sit around and think this shit up :lol:

[imdying]

Only another 26 minutes :D


I retract my previous statement though. Too good for him.

[crystalball]

All i can say is glad you got it back. Also good on the cops :Police: hope the thief gets what he deserves.

[munster]

bugger. Hope it doesn't take too much to get it back on the road.

cheers

[Monsterbishi]

Update for the hour, just been chatting on the phone to the DS who attended the scene last night, turns out this guy is about as bright as cardboard!

He went before the courts this morning to be bailed, which the police opposed but the judge granted anyway. That was until they found all the addresses he'd given them were false!

So he's locked up again, with bail being opposed and I'm guessing the judge won't argue this time ;D Turns out he's done this before, back in 2007 - similar circumstances but with a Kawasaki ZX9R

Only downside is that they were busy with all that today so could pop round to photograph/document which means I can't really get stuck into the resto until tomorrow now.

The police were interested to know that the battery in my bike isn't the one it was stolen with(and betting dollars for doughnuts that they didn't pay for it), so I'd hazard that once they find where the guys been living they could be calling another biker to let them know their baby has been found.

[Monsterbishi]

They came round last night, photographed everything and dusted the battery for fingerprints since it wasn't the one it left with - so I had their blessing to get stuck in with the resto.

Got a bit more info about the sequence of events too, turns out it wasn't a concerned resident who called it in, but a motorist who the guy went flying past at a YZF-esque speed, they called the police who got them to follow my bike at a distance until he stopped at the dairy.

Then the swarm of cop cars did their thing thinking a robbery may be in progress :Punk::rockon:

For those who have/are in the same position as I, I'm stripping the black paint off using turpentine, soaked in a rag which I use to damp the black paint - after a couple of minutes it becomes soft enough to scratch bits off with your fingernail, then I scratch a 1/2" grid pattern into the area I'm working on and use a turps-damp rag to scrub it all off.

[F5 Dave]

glad to hear you got it back, good thing he didn't crash it, but hopefully he'll get impact sickness at a later date & do the world a favour.

[Fluffy Cat]

Good to see you got the bike back.
As for the delusional others who think that now the thief is caught he will get what he deserves.....lol. This is NZ.

[Milts]

Good to see you got the bike back.
As for the delusional others who think that now the thief is caught he will get what he deserves.....lol. This is NZ.

"Deserves" is a subjective term, i.e. it is defined by the context of the society within which it is used.
We are a democratic state with proportional representation.
Therefore the laws are for the most part a representation of the will of the people, combined with the reasoning of an educated member of society selected by that society to preside over a court.
Therefore by definition, he will get exactly what he deserves. Just not necessarily what this particular subset of society believes he deserves.

[Fluffy Cat]

Just read that...lol.
You have a good sense of humor:yes:.

[jim.cox]

Therefore by definition, he will get exactly what he deserves. Just not necessarily what this particular subset of society believes he deserves.

This particular subset - i.e. me - believes lowlifes like this should get the "cambodian mob with bamboo sticks" treatment

Failing that - the stocks - name, shame and public humiliation ( and hopefully we can throw rocks at him )

[Monsterbishi]

Well, it's the thieving mongrels day in court today, when I hear the outcome I'll let everyone know, turns out the police have tacked an additional 2 burglary charges onto the list, so I presume they found something additional when they searched his abode...

Sadly I'm betting he'll probably get not much more than a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket, but I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway.

[Mental Trousers]

Burn the fucker at the stake I say. Thieving carnt.

[onearmedbandit]

Wishing the low life scum the worst day of his life. I know it won't happen, but we can wish right?

[Gibbo89]

Wishing the low life scum the worst day of his life. I know it won't happen, but we can wish right?

Of course we can wish, should we go stand outside the court rooms and take some shnaps of the wee cockslap? :innocent:

[rickstv]

Make sure you post the little pratts name up here so his name lives in cyberspace forever. Anyone can google him then, and see his history.:angry:

Rick.

[SMOKEU]

Make sure you post the little pratts name up here so his name lives in cyberspace forever. Anyone can google him then, and see his history.:angry:

Rick.

I agree, name and shame!

[Monsterbishi]

As expected, he got slapped with a wet bus ticket, and sent on his way.

Convicted, sentenced to 200 hours community work, and no reparations ordered.

ps. The guys name is Terence Briggs.

[Gibbo89]

As expected, he got slapped with a wet bus ticket, and sent on his way.

Convicted, sentenced to 200 hours community work, and no reparations ordered.

ps. The guys name is Terence Briggs.

quick, i found the bastard here:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Terence-Briggs/1159758092

[Monsterbishi]

Erm No. That dudes about a squillion years too old.

[neels]

Convicted, sentenced to 200 hours community work, and no reparations ordered.
And you wonder why the police can't be bothered attending theft calls, what a waste of their time for that. And as usual the victim of the crime is the one who is actually left out of pocket from the proceedings. You could always add up your costs and go to the disputes tribunal so he can pay you $1 a week from his dole :killingme

[imdying]

Caught red handed, name and shame the wanker.

I hope he dies. Very very painfully. I hope he gets diagnosed with a cyst in his brain the size of a grapefruit. I also hope that the cyst is inoperable, and puts pressure on just the right portion of his brain to cause immense all day every day pain, and that it lasts for a good 3 years before his withered body finally dies in a massive brain haemorrhage. Finally, I hope it's all captured on video, to replay to his brother, over and over, between water boarding, and anal rape from the Negro All Star Womens Basketball Team.

Well, you know how I feel about Terence Briggs.

[jim.cox]

Do we have an address for the little mongrel - there are three T Briggs in the Chch phonebook

Some friends would like to pay him a visit

A picture of him would help ensure correct targetting

[hayd3n]

would 95 yzf600r gauges work i have a set on trade me
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=334493595

[Monsterbishi]

Time to bring my thread back from the dead, the February quake last year decided to make matters worse, threw the bike off the side stand and messed up the left side, a few thousand aftershocks later and it got tossed in the opposite direction against the Mustang!

A few weeks back I was right on the verge of throwing it on trademe for $1, but pulled finger and have started rebulding my bike!

Have now got parts coming from the UK, Hong Kong, Australia and a few locally sourced bits - can't wait to get out again.

[Monsterbishi]

Oh yeah, and could a mod possibly rename my thread please? Just changing the subject from STOLEN to RECOVERING would do!

[F5 Dave]

Sometimes it takes a crash or something to get the ball rolling to rebuild & rebirth a great bike.

Miss mine, very capable bike. All power mate!!


oh yeah & tiedown strap from handle bar to roof beam as I read on one thread & decided to do as wgtn isn't immune.

[mossy1200]

Sometimes it takes a crash or something to get the ball rolling to rebuild & rebirth a great bike.

Miss mine, very capable bike. All power mate!!


oh yeah & tiedown strap from handle bar to roof beam as I read on one thread & decided to do as wgtn isn't immune.
I do that also so im not paranoid then?

[F5 Dave]

yes, but paranoia is a sensible state of mind.


. . . but why are you asking?


. . .and who are you anyway:crazy:



You're not outside are you?

[Monsterbishi]

There's also something that I've been meaning to raise here as well, which is I have more or less figured out exactly how the arsehole who stole my bike got round to targetting me.

Kiwibiker - yup, our forum. This is the only local place that had significant information about me and specifically - my bike.

It wasn't a random act of theft, the guy had previous convictions along the same lines dating back four years, my property is down a dead end street that is two residential streets away from anywhere significant. I live on a back section, and the bike was out of site where it was parked.

When I got my bike back, it had someone elses battery in it too - guess what that means!

Anyway, sum and total of this post - OPSEC, because everything good can be used for evil.

[F5 Dave]

Could well be. Or the easier option is hang around or drive around in cars & follow people half heartedly until someone pulls into a driveway. People driving into residential area are going home & not too surprising if someone follows them & continues up the road. They make a note & go back in a couple of weeks for a scope. If anyone follows me near home I ride past & can loop back later.

may scum thieves get AIDs in their eyeballs.

[Monsterbishi]

Captains log stardate 7/12/14, the continuing four year mission to collect parts to restore my bike to her former glory is drawing to a close, as of 0930hrs this morning I sourced the last of the parts to have a bike that looks unmolested and period correct, total cost all up:

$5400

Yes, I know I could have bought a newer bike for that money, but that would be letting the thieving vandal dickwads win, wouldn't it!

Will post some pics in the next few weeks...

Any chance of a mod renaming my thread title to not say stolen anymore?

[F5 Dave]

It makes me glad to hear it. Pictures, make me sentimental about mine.

[Monsterbishi]

So here's what my bike looked like pre-theft:

http://203.97.119.119/yzf750r/mybike.jpg

The day she was stolen, which just for good measure was a few weeks after the first bike quake here in Christchurch - 28,860km's on the clock.

A few weeks later, back at my place, I can't currently find the pics with the fairings on after a certain Terence Briggs had rattle canned my bike Black, binned the belly pan, sprayed over the decals, tank protector, the works.

http://203.97.119.119/yzf750r/bikeback.jpg

Just for good measure, he violated the tank lock like a insurgent with a goat:

http://203.97.119.119/yzf750r/tank.jpg

So the ignition would match he took to it with a angle grinder:

http://203.97.119.119/yzf750r/lockdamage.jpg

Oh, and for good measure the grinder kicked back and f&*ked the gauge cluster lens, brake master cylinder reservoir retainer and buggered a portion of the harness too. I might add that he still needed to screwdriver the ignition on top that to get it to operate. It was this ham fisted crap that got him caught I might add since he nerfed the lighting circuit which was why someone *555'd him the night he got caught.

So out with the turps and many, many hours of scrubbing:

http://203.97.119.119/yzf750r/genesis1.jpg
http://203.97.119.119/yzf750r/genesis2.jpg

This is my boys first ride on my bike, with the bulk of the paint stripped - I've since sourced a belly pan that needs paint/decals.

http://203.97.119.119/yzf750r/hisfirstride.jpg

The new paint/decals/fairings are going to be slightly different, but very much the same flavour - but that's a few weeks away at the earliest.

What still annoys me is that if the retard had paid any attention to what he had stolen, he would have realised that the locks on a YZZF750R were made to be removed and bypassed with nothing more than two bolts removed, and two wires plugged together - no grinder rape required at all!

I've bought parts in from like minded EXUP owners from around the Globe, Australia, UK, Hong Kong and the USA and of course New Zealand so I can sort my bike out - I'm eternally grateful to those who have helped out and will hopefully be able to do the same for someone else in the future.

[F5 Dave]

Glad to see you back out on the road. If its any consolation mr numbnuts will die penniless having lived an unfulfilled life, shitting on enough people to be incapable of trusting others.

My boy is 5,1/2 but he's not the type of lad I'd trust to hold on just yet. Maybe next year. Have to find a helmet.

[Monsterbishi]

Try taking food out of his hands - then you'll know how well they can hold on to things :eek:

That was a low speed (10kph max) pootle around our Cul-du-sac but he still thought it was the greatest thing ever.

[F5 Dave]

yeah with the front wheel turned it was what it looked like.

So far his most adventurous ride is on the back of a tandem cart which he insisted his 4yr old sister drove while Daddy pushed. Ahh he'll grow up soon enough.

[James Deuce]

Nice to see my bike looking nice again :)

[Monsterbishi]

:shifty:

Well, I wouldn't call it nice yet, better, but not yet nice! When her new clothes are ready I'll be spending some time getting all the alloy up to spec and a new front tyre just for good measure (existing one has 1.4mm on it - go figure, they never seem to have just enough)

Todays project is setting up the lighting to comply with the 'always on' rule that has appeared since my project begun.

[Tazz]

:shifty:

Well, I wouldn't call it nice yet, better, but not yet nice! When her new clothes are ready I'll be spending some time getting all the alloy up to spec and a new front tyre just for good measure (existing one has 1.4mm on it - go figure, they never seem to have just enough)

Todays project is setting up the lighting to comply with the 'always on' rule that has appeared since my project begun.

If it works, it complies, you just leave it on ;)

Good effort on the tidy as well. You are a patient man stripping all that back.

[BigAl]

Bugger that you've had to go to all this hassle because of some low life scum.

But it is looking good, btw any extra security precautions you'd suggest to perhaps prevent a similar theft?

[Monsterbishi]

We made a few changes here, to this day I'm still fairly sure that the thief actually targeted me through the forum being that we live on a back section, down a cul-du-sac off a quiet side street, and I'd had it parked up for a few months so being followed home was unlikely.

Especially since the guy is a career thief and I wasn't his first victim, probably not his last either!

As for what you can do, think about how you can secure your bike in ways that prevent a thief from being able to use cutting tools, with Lithium batteries and high current cordless tools readily available now - they're now a regular item in a thiefs kit bag. Also get your toys out of sight, and when secured in a place where trying to carry them out is as difficult as possible.

So think about if you secure one of the tyres with a big lock, how easily will two guys (don't think for a second that all thieves work alone) be able to just lift that end of the bike and wheel it to the back of their van?

[SPman]

Why do they always rattle can the bikes black?
The arsehole who removed my 750GT Ducati many years ago did the same thing - when finally recovered, it was shitty , badly done black! (I had the dubious honour of having the first Ducati V twin stolen in NZ - which made it rather obvious, which is probably why he tossed it down a bank to hide it)

[R650R]

We made a few changes here, to this day I'm still fairly sure that the thief actually targeted me through the forum being that we live on a back section, down a cul-du-sac off a quiet side street, and I'd had it parked up for a few months so being followed home was unlikely.

Especially since the guy is a career thief and I wasn't his first victim, probably not his last either!



Epic good story of turning the tables on bad happenings. I remember when those bikes first come out was just getting my learners and they had the demo bike at Jack Burn in Hastings...

I wouldn't worry about the being followed to much, thieves are inherently lazy, all that planning and waiting would be time much better spent doping random burg's.
And with seven degrees of separating there's probabl;y someone living mere doors away who knows someone who knows some feral trash. I can guestimate where most of the bike owners within several hundred metres of me live by the start up and shut down routines, its hard to make subtle entry and exits on superbikes or Harleys etc....
I don't stop in the driveway anymore though, always straight around back of house with bike.

If your still worried a GPS satellite tracker is only about $160...