Argh I'll effing kill them

[Coyote]

I'll refrain from using nasty language:

Some 'little rascal' nicked my helmet from my motorcycle sometime during school. It was deliberately cut off because the buckle was left around the helmet lock underneath the pillion seat. Whoever it was wasn't the most intelligent person around as this rendered the helmet useless, but as if they really needed it. It's just some klepto trophy now.

I'm going to talk to my Dean tomorrow about it, and I was suggested to talk to the police since the bike was parked outside of school grounds.

I doubt this is a personal attack. It's most likely some opportunist or some year 9 homie that still thinks stealing for the hell of it is cool.

Luckily this was an old helmet that was due for replacement 4 hard knocks ago. But I still want to catch the 'little rascal' and castrate him, don't want their kind breeding.

Really, really, ultra, uber ticked off right now.

[Mr. Peanut]

They probably play with your bike when you're not looking too :yes:

[quallman1234]

What school do you go to.

I can help 'punish' him if needed ;).

[Coyote]

They probably play with your bike when you're not looking too :yes:
I bet. I remember a teacher that rode their Vulcan to school once. Some 2 kool 4 skool homie sat on it to impress some baby makers and dropped it. The teacher left school after that

[dogsnbikes]

Its the principle of the matter I agree with Peanut cheak the bike.....reason i say this is that I had someone disconnect my brakes when i was at schools just a few years ago:innocent:

[Coyote]

What school do you go to.

I can help 'punish' him if needed ;).
Boganville College aka Upper Hutt College

Still don't know who the prick is. I should've walked around school for a bit to see if anyone was sporting their new helmet but a mate was able to give me a lift to home and back to grab my old MX helmet and I couldn't keep him waiting

[Mom]

Boganville College
God I thought about sending my kids there :dodge: ..........LOL...nice use of the lingo too mate!

I have a spare helmet here if thats of any help............not much use for tomorrow though I guess.

[Disco Dan]

Sucks about the helmet dude. I would rather carry mine with me regardless than leave it on the bike.

Can you not just go and buy a replacement strap???

[gijoe1313]

Yep, I'm ultra paranoid when it comes to the old lid - I don't mind the hassle of carrying it around with me and wonder about the others who do use the ol'helmet lugs on their rides...

I'm wondering about getting one of those plastic coated wire-mesh helmet keepers when I do have to .. :mellow:

Nah, just keep hanging onto it!

[Indiana_Jones]

Yea, I more often then not take my lad with me.

Might get nicked or some knob will bang something into it etc.

-Indy

[skidMark]

Sucks about the helmet dude. I would rather carry mine with me regardless than leave it on the bike.

Can you not just go and buy a replacement strap???


what do you suppose they attach the replacment strap to dan lol

[Rhino]

Some 'little rascal' nicked my helmet from my motorcycle sometime during school. It was deliberately cut off because the buckle was left around the helmet lock underneath the pillion seat. Whoever it was wasn't the most intelligent person around as this rendered the helmet useless, but as if they really needed it. It's just some klepto trophy now.

Luckily this was an old helmet that was due for replacement 4 hard knocks ago. But I still want to catch the 'little rascal' and castrate him, don't want their kind breeding.
With a bit of luck, justice will prevail.:yes: Said 'little rascal' will use the helmet while riding his/mates bike and make a f**k up. While doing his Superman impression through the air, the strapless helmet will depart his brainless head. Hopefully he will have time to think "oh shit' before Darwin reclaims him.

[Sidewinder]

damn bastards... hope you find them and kick their skinny little asses

[Coyote]

Its the principle of the matter I agree with Peanut cheak the bike.....reason i say this is that I had someone disconnect my brakes when i was at schools just a few years ago:innocent:
Someone stole my clutch lever when I took the old bike to school. I think they thought it was the brakes

Sucks about the helmet dude. I would rather carry mine with me regardless than leave it on the bike.

Can you not just go and buy a replacement strap???
I don't take it with me into school cause 1: I have nowhere to keep it, 2: you look like a dick that's trying to show off 'hey, I have a helmet, I'm cool' and 3: everyone will ask to wear it and get all shitty when I don't let them.

The helmet was due for replacement anyway. It would be better to spend my money on the new helmet. I'll be lucky if I even get this old one back. If I do it'll probably be abandoned somewhere in school with obvious mallet damage.

With a bit of luck, justice will prevail.:yes: Said 'little rascal' will use the helmet while riding his/mates bike and make a f**k up. While doing his Superman impression through the air, the strapless helmet will depart his brainless head. Hopefully he will have time to think "oh shit' before Darwin reclaims him.
If justice did indeed prevail at our school, we would've found this theif that's been stealing phones from the library all this year. They must've made thousands by now.

As I said it's unlikely that they would ever use the helmet, they just took it because they could and they are idiots. They'll be showing all their mates and their mates will think they're totally skux (huttite slang for 'playa' which is ethnic american slang for someone who sleeps with a lot of women)

[yungatart]

Aww, that sucks!!
Find a teacher who you relate well to, and ask if you can leave your bike gear out of sight in their class, that is what hXc does with his.

[Toaster]

What the heck is "Year 9"???

In my day we had "Forms".... and the cain.

Bummer about your helmet dude.

[bungbung]

Must be the northern hutt dialect.

[MSTRS]

What the heck is "Year 9"???

In my day we had "Forms".... and the cain.

Bummer about your helmet dude.

No shit? You Abel? :killingme :dodge:
Yr9 = Third form

[Toaster]

No shit? You Abel? :killingme :dodge:
Yr9 = Third form

Hmmm my spelling slipped, nice spotting.

[The Pastor]

i take my helmet into uni, becuase im cool and everyone likes to look at me :)

[bungbung]

Coyote,

Do you have a medium head?

[Coyote]

Must be the northern hutt dialect.
No, it's a youth thing. I've heard of it being used in Kapiti but not to the same extent as it is used here

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skux

i take my helmet into uni, becuase im cool and everyone likes to look at me :)
I'm sure they're just all looking and thinking 'poor man' :bleh:

Coyote,

Do you have a medium head?
I believe I do

Rather that doing Cross Country I'm going to check the bikes stores today. I do have some cash saved up for unexpected things, I can afford another cheap HJC

[FilthyLuka]

Luckily this was an old helmet that was due for replacement


Get a carbon fibre HJC! they're sexellent

[Coyote]

Get a carbon fibre HJC! they're sexellent
As much as I'd like too cause they're flippin sweet, I'd rather spend the extra 500 bucks over the price of a cheap helmet towards the next bike :D

[quallman1234]

Boganville College aka Upper Hutt College

Still don't know who the prick is. I should've walked around school for a bit to see if anyone was sporting their new helmet but a mate was able to give me a lift to home and back to grab my old MX helmet and I couldn't keep him waiting

Have you tried parking around a corner where no one normally walks around?

I go to HIBS and never had a problem but thats probably because its a bit more controled here (but not too controled)

200 Posts :).

[Swoop]

Coyote, if it is possible to look at the bright side of things, just see this as a way to make you safer. If your lid has had a few knocks then this is an opportunity to replace it with something that will protect you to a much better standard.

Hopefully the "skux" will find the weakpoint of the helmet whilst travelling through the air at a great rate of knots prior to impacting a solid object...

[limbimtimwim]

No lockers big enough?

[BuFfY]

That really does suck dude.
Could you claim on your parents home and contents insurance for your helmet? Just pay the excess and get a better quality one? Or is that not a viable option.

I do hope that this gets sorted for you dude. Go talk to people like the receptionist at your school, they normally see a lot of people walking around and might have seen the 'lil rascal' who did this. Otherwise they could slip it into the newsletter, let them know that they could have actually done a bit of harm to you if you had to of riden home without your helmet.

Believe it or not schools are actually out there for the students best interests, and if not... tell ERO or someone else like that! Complain about the school ethos ;)

[avgas]

I bet. I remember a teacher that rode their Vulcan to school once. Some 2 kool 4 skool homie sat on it to impress some baby makers and dropped it. The teacher left school after that
Sit on my bike, leave in a wheel chair. Its a fair trade i think.
Nah im not that harsh......unless you really piss me off

[The Pastor]

Believe it or not schools are actually out there for the students best interests, and if not... tell ERO or someone else like that! Complain about the school ethos ;)

Give it a few years into your teaching carrer and I doubt u'd be reconmending people to complain to the ERO....

Dude, sux u lost ur helmet, but don't leave it where people can steal it. Its not your fault they stole it, but you could of stoped them stealing it.


Maybe sweet talk a recepion lady or teacher and ask if there is an out of way place u can store u helmet jacket and gloves?

[Coyote]

Have you tried parking around a corner where no one normally walks around?

I go to HIBS and never had a problem but thats probably because its a bit more controled here (but not too controled)
My bike was on a street across from the school (by the main road). Once I finally get hold of one of my Deans and spread the word hopefully there will be at least one witness or a friend that'll dob them in for money. Having the bike somweher that isn't public is asking for more trouble

HIBS has an army base near by. We have flats

No lockers big enough?
Barely big enough but easily broken into

Coyote, if it is possible to look at the bright side of things, just see this as a way to make you safer. If your lid has had a few knocks then this is an opportunity to replace it with something that will protect you to a much better standard.

Hopefully the "skux" will find the weakpoint of the helmet whilst travelling through the air at a great rate of knots prior to impacting a solid object...
Well I was going to replace it soon, but I'd have at least liked to keep the visor off it in case I get another HJC with a tinted visor. But still, it's an inconvienience, it's still something I paid for stolen and it's a matter of principle. People shoudn't be able to get away with this

I could see this 'skux' running into pylons to see if it works

[Coyote]

That really does suck dude.
Could you claim on your parents home and contents insurance for your helmet? Just pay the excess and get a better quality one? Or is that not a viable option.

I do hope that this gets sorted for you dude. Go talk to people like the receptionist at your school, they normally see a lot of people walking around and might have seen the 'lil rascal' who did this. Otherwise they could slip it into the newsletter, let them know that they could have actually done a bit of harm to you if you had to of riden home without your helmet.

Believe it or not schools are actually out there for the students best interests, and if not... tell ERO or someone else like that! Complain about the school ethos ;)
It's only a cheap HJC, not worth loosing the no claims bonus which will cost more than the helmet within a year.

I asked reception about it since it was right outside their window, but they referred me to the 'Blake House' deans.

This is college, not primary. The teachers and others in charge have to deal with kids like the one who took my helmet and have grown to judge all kids by the lowest common denominator. They're looking more for their best interests, expelling a kid makes their school look bad. However as of yet they haven't stood in my way, but that's because I haven't been able to get hold of anyone that can help.

[quallman1234]

Soo true now that im thinking properly, parking it in a private place would be stuipd, my bad.

Hopefully you get the bastard and beat the shit out of him... i mean tell him off :P.

[MidnightMike]

Man, thats just shit, its one of the reasons why I dont ride to school, the few times that i have some of these little 'homie' faggots have been hanging round my gsx checking it out, probably looking for something loose to break off it. Easy fix really, leave a sign on your bike saying that if someone touches it that you'll snap their necks. I didnt need to cos now they know that the guy who rides the bike is a massive fuck. But the little sign was my second option.

[peasea]

One of my many different jobs is at a local primary school and I often ride my Harley up there. The kids ooh, and they ahh and leave it alone. When I can I put it in a shed but if I DID catch any of the little angels touching it I'd probably be able to put the fear of (a) god into them verbally. However, many teens are quite big buggers and a group of them could prove to be a larger hurdle should they decide that HD's are less than worthy to be parked on their patch. If I was in doubt I'd catch the bus, walk or buy a wee jappa cage for transport, leaving my pride and joy (complete with helmet) in the shed.

With a large dog.

It sucks to have your gear ripped off, bummer. Roll on the day when GPS units are the size of microdots.

[Coyote]

I've always wanted to get a 'Beware of Dog' sticker and put it on my tank. That'll scare the dumb buggers away

[Coyote]

What should I get? These are the ones I like the look of, first 2 are at TSS going for $200/$220 and the 3rd I'll ask if they can order it in so long as it's under 300 bucks (more than I really wanted to pay but I'm willing if it gets me something cool)

Yes, I realise they're dirtbike helmets but they look so much cooler than all the other road bike helmets around. Ideally I'd get the exact same one as the old one, that was a really good lookin helmet and it was cheap

Also at WMCC they have a sale on V-Can plain black helmets, $99. They're not very exciting but they'd do the job for well within budget

[N1CK]

This has happened a couple of times at my school, one was my brothers and the other a friends.
Both times they burnt the strap. It does suck when you have no helmet to ride home with.

[Coyote]

This has happened a couple of times at my school, one was my brothers and the other a friends.
Both times they burnt the strap. It does suck when you have no helmet to ride home with.
I'm not sure if it was burnt off. Looks like a straight cut but then the cut is a bit smooth in places. Also it's kinda blue at the cut :confused:

[aderino4]

When I was still in uni, I used to invest in a bicylcle lock thing and wrap it around the helmet mouthpiece.

Works a treat since they will need a wire cutter at least to get through it.

Nowadays I just carry my helmet around. Because it looks cool; :yes:

[Forest]

As much as I'd like too cause they're flippin sweet, I'd rather spend the extra 500 bucks over the price of a cheap helmet towards the next bike :D

How did that old Bell helmet ad go? Something like:

If you've got a $10 head ...

wear a $10 helmet

[alexthekidd]

enter gene-o-clean sales pitch

[Coyote]

How did that old Bell helmet ad go? Something like:

If you've got a $10 head ...

wear a $10 helmet
Anyone got a helmet for free then? Accident damage is not a problem

[RT527]

Give it a few years into your teaching carrer and I doubt u'd be reconmending people to complain to the ERO....

Dude, sux u lost ur helmet, but don't leave it where people can steal it. Its not your fault they stole it, but you could of stopped them stealing it.


No he couldn't have because they don't give a shit, we can stop them from stealing , its called consequences.


Maybe sweet talk a reception lady or teacher and ask if there is an out of way place u can store u helmet jacket and gloves?

thats like saying take your car with you because if someone steals it its not their fault you parked it here.


wadda ya mean its not their fault , its bloody wrong and they know it.
Its never anyone else's fault that they are scumbags, i`m getting pissed off with this oh they've hard a hard life poor little dears attitude

[oldrider]

My brothers grandson goes to college in Upper Hutt area and from what I hear of it there are a lot of things could be a whole lot better there.

The disappointing thing is that he is a very good at sports and has excelled at rugby boxing and swimming but he is compelled by some quirky rule that he is compelled to play sports for the college rather than an independent club.

Apparently and that means mixing it with the bogans from the school who are just not interested in anything but wasting time and energy and pissing about so now he doesn't bother.

At least he has a bike now and takes his frustrations out on that so I suppose he will be facing all the same problems that you are with helmets and other gear being interfered with when having to leave them unattended.

Hutt valley is my old stamping ground as a youth and it disappoints me to hear that the standard of freedom and trust that we enjoyed has deteriorated so much.

One thing I like about KB is that it gives me the chance to read posts from all age groups and allows me to keep in touch with the things that you youngsters have to contend with in your day to day lives that otherwise I would have no idea about.

I enjoy reading your posts and sharing your problems (and the good news too of course). :yes: Thanks for sharing. Cheers John.

[The Pastor]

thats like saying take your car with you because if someone steals it its not their fault you parked it here.


wadda ya mean its not their fault , its bloody wrong and they know it.
Its never anyone else's fault that they are scumbags, i`m getting pissed off with this oh they've hard a hard life poor little dears attitude

No its not, I said it was the thiefs fault? I just pointed out that leaving a helmet on ur bike is the same as leaving the keys or wallet on the bike.

If you catch the basterd give em one from em eh? Maybe chain them to ur bike then go for a ride.

[RT527]

No its not, I said it was the thiefs fault? I just pointed out that leaving a helmet on ur bike is the same as leaving the keys or wallet on the bike.

If you catch the basterd give em one from em eh? Maybe chain them to ur bike then go for a ride.

Arghhhhh Sorry , not well at the moment , just got back from a school camp to rotton vegas and may have misread a thing or two.that and a head cold.

[The Pastor]

Arghhhhh Sorry , not well at the moment , just got back from a school camp to rotton vegas and may have misread a thing or two.that and a head cold.


well you know what the say about;


assumption

<img src="http://www.toxicshock.tv/news/wp-content/uploads/live_free_or_die_hard.jpg">

Its the mother of all F ups.

[sunhuntin]

bugger mate. can you not leave it at reception? thats what we did with helmets, skateboards, push along scooters etc.

the rare time i ride past my old high school, the number of 50cc bikes out front with an unsecued lid is amazing! usually, they sit them on the floor boards, other times, in the wire basket on the front. i could easily walk away with 20 lids if i chose. just nuts! the bikes are on the road outside the school, with no security at all.
and yeh... our lockers were only just big enough for a bicycle helmet on wet days, so no way a motorbike one would have fit.

[The Pastor]

Heh, at my school 3 cars a week got stolen. or at least broken into.

[cynna]

i had my helmet stolen from a rally once. then in the morning i seen it in a guys tent near mine. when confronted he said he found it on the ground and was just holding it till he found the owner.......... had to give him the benefit of the doubt but it didnt seem like he was looking for the owner to hard

[jafar]

The college I went to had a designated bike park in the school grounds (next to the assembly hall) & if anyone was caught near the bikes inside school hours they were in line for 4 cane unless they could prove they were an actual owner of one of the bikes. Student cars were in the same area with the same rules. As I remember no bikes or cars were tampered with.
Mabey your best move would be to petition the board of trustee's for onsite student parking?

[The Pastor]

or you could take a chain and lock ur bike up and thread the chain through the helmet.

[RT527]

well you know what the say about;


assumption

<img src="http://www.toxicshock.tv/news/wp-content/uploads/live_free_or_die_hard.jpg">

Its the mother of all F ups.

I never assumed anything, i said i may have misread what you meant.

[The Pastor]

I never assumed anything, i said i may have misread what you meant.

yeah it was a loose connection, i just wanted to use that quote from die hard.

[Coyote]

The disappointing thing is that he is a very good at sports and has excelled at rugby boxing and swimming but he is compelled by some quirky rule that he is compelled to play sports for the college rather than an independent club.

Apparently and that means mixing it with the bogans from the school who are just not interested in anything but wasting time and energy and pissing about so now he doesn't bother.

At least he has a bike now and takes his frustrations out on that so I suppose he will be facing all the same problems that you are with helmets and other gear being interfered with when having to leave them unattended.

Who is he? I might know them. Biker comradery and all

I know what you mean by school sports, they also try to force the whole 'house groups' onto us. Every sporting event we do earns points for our house and the house with the most points wins. One house is named after a guy that was killed by pirates, another after some fat guy who made some movies, another after an opera singer of all people and another by some dude who climbed a big hill.

And not all bogans are bad :p

[The Pastor]

And not all bogans are bad :p

Yeah dead ones.:whocares:

[Coyote]

bugger mate. can you not leave it at reception? thats what we did with helmets, skateboards, push along scooters etc.

the rare time i ride past my old high school, the number of 50cc bikes out front with an unsecued lid is amazing! usually, they sit them on the floor boards, other times, in the wire basket on the front. i could easily walk away with 20 lids if i chose. just nuts! the bikes are on the road outside the school, with no security at all.
and yeh... our lockers were only just big enough for a bicycle helmet on wet days, so no way a motorbike one would have fit.
The office don't want to start doing favours cause then everyone will expect the office workers to bend over for them. Fair enough

That and they don't get the extra revenue from selling a locker to me

[Coyote]

The college I went to had a designated bike park in the school grounds (next to the assembly hall) & if anyone was caught near the bikes inside school hours they were in line for 4 cane unless they could prove they were an actual owner of one of the bikes. Student cars were in the same area with the same rules. As I remember no bikes or cars were tampered with.
Mabey your best move would be to petition the board of trustee's for onsite student parking?
All the parking spaces within the school are taken up by teachers. I wish teachers still had the cane, now they're not allowed to punish the poor little darlings that just had a hard life that has made them this way, poor things. The principle would even pat their heads before letting them run off into the playground to frolick but then the little bastard would turn around and say assult and the principle would get into shit, so they just smile nicely

Dad's a teacher. I hear all about the PC bullshit and workload forced upon them

I thought where I parked the bike was a good spot. Easily visible from the front of school, plenty of traffic going by. Sure, the helmet was in the open so people could notice it was there but I thought being a public spot would deter them. You just can't win, there's no security cameras I could park by and even then it wouldn't deter some dick wearing a hoodie, kicking it over, and the grainy camera wouldn't have seen a thing

[Coyote]

Yeah dead ones.:whocares:
elohel

By the way I did have a bicycle chain that I used to lock the front wheel of the bike but I accidentally rode off with it on one day and it snapped, whoops. And I had thought that they could just cut it off but I hoped noone would be that stupid cause most people steal to sell the goods off to pay for drug money and that would make it worthless. I was wrong

[sunhuntin]

The office don't want to start doing favours cause then everyone will expect the office workers to bend over for them. Fair enough

That and they don't get the extra revenue from selling a locker to me

crap man... sounds a bit slack. the office is there to be utilised by students who need gear looked after. what happens with the sports kids with hockey sticks and such? they drag it with them? same with the band kids and their guitars.

i had a locker that was used for my books... no way would a motorbike helmet fit inside with a stack of books!

i know what ya mean about parking in public... meant to be safer, but on the flip side, passers by dont know that its not their bike and that something dodgy is actually going on. i try and park out of the way if i can. use a park a block over from town, rather than right in town.

[Coyote]

crap man... sounds a bit slack. the office is there to be utilised by students who need gear looked after. what happens with the sports kids with hockey sticks and such? they drag it with them? same with the band kids and their guitars.

i had a locker that was used for my books... no way would a motorbike helmet fit inside with a stack of books!

i know what ya mean about parking in public... meant to be safer, but on the flip side, passers by dont know that its not their bike and that something dodgy is actually going on. i try and park out of the way if i can. use a park a block over from town, rather than right in town.
It's funny how you innocently say that as you believe that should be the case. But that's exactly what the hockey players have to do, carry their sicks around, and the guitar players carry their guitars in their cases wherever they go (except they must be left outside the hall in an assembly unguarded and so too in the library locker room which is ungaurded)

They'd suggest getting 2 lockers

And there's nowhere else I can really park it. Kinda stuck there