How easy is it to steal a bike in public? (Vid)

[onearmedbandit]

Doesn't take these guys too much effort...

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btw, it's a 2007 CBR600RR, owned for about 4 weeks. The owner says his new bike has another disc lock, and also an alarm and fuck-off large chain through the back wheel.

[T.I.E]

wouldnt have thought of that approach, what a great idea.

[Motig]

Its almost like watching some helpless animal being disposed of.

[deanohit]

Jeez, thats a pretty slick operation, just waited for the moment and away the bike goes. Disc and steering lock wouldn't have helped much.

[Slingshot]

I've heard of that being done with a bike that was chained to a fence...they took the bike with the fence attached and lifted it into the back of a van.

If they want it bad enough, they'll take it.

For me, it's easier to pay insurance premiums than take every security precaution possible.

[nudemetalz]

As the old saying goes "locks only keep out the honest crooks"

[Calo]

Insanely easy. :crybaby:

[Disco Dan]

OMG Thats pretty scary.

Blimin homy G's scum! Interesting approach though!


...hmmm I wonder if bikes can be "electrified" touch em and ZAP!

[07fatboy]

Just like that...insurance is a good thing

[sAsLEX]

A hoofin great chain around a lamppost will be a bit better..... someone using boltcutters in the street is likely to be noticed....

[Zapf]

ermm.. buy a heavy bike

Also I was surprised the van was wide enough to have the bike in sideways.

[onearmedbandit]

Seats removed, bike in on an angle. You can see one of the guys pushing the bike towards the far rear corner of the van. I don't think that's the first time they've done this.

[sAsLEX]

Seats removed, bike in on an angle. You can see one of the guys pushing the bike towards the far rear corner of the van. I don't think that's the first time they've done this.

Cant see why they do it that way though, surely straight though the tailgate would be easier?

[Spuds1234]

Cant see why they do it that way though, surely straight though the tailgate would be easier?

The van hides them from the view from the road.

I dont think many people saw what was happening.

[RentaTriumph]

Yep buy a Harley or a Rocket III.

[klingon]

:( So quick! Nobody saw them! Poor bike :(
That was hardly even a 'van' just a people-mover.

The solution: own a bike that nobody would want to steal.

[MVnut]

Seen a vid where some guys in NY steal the engine from a pick-up in under 45 secs.

[beyond]

One more reason for buying a GSX1400 eh? :) :msn-wink:

[Brett]

Hmm, solution: fit a gps tracker to the bike, watch on your computer where it goes to, either turn up at the door with 15 mates, take the bike and destroy everything else, or...call the cops and get the bastards done for.

[Taz]

Doesn't matter whether anyone saw them or or not. Most people wouldn't do anything anyway. That's how I get my bikes.....

[Grahameeboy]

Cant see why they do it that way though, surely straight though the tailgate would be easier?

Nah, the rear bumper would be higher than the side door area plus it hides the theft better from passing cops....notice they waited until the pavement was clear...okay camera got them.

[WarlockNZ]

The solution: own a bike that nobody would want to steal.

LOL ... another reason to own a Hyosung ... HA HA

[vagrant]

An alarm wouldn't have stopped them either.
After losing my keys and alarm remote I got some mates witha van to pick the me and the bike up. Easy peasy to lift it up and load it into the van.
The alarm was nutting off, but the couple of pedestrians walking past didn't even look twice.
A heavy duty cable securing your bike to something large and immovable is the best bet.

[Bullitt]

The other surprising thing to me is they were double parked for 3 mins and noone appeared to even toot at them.

As someone said above, as long as I own a replaceable bike (eg not something overly rare or with lots of sentimental value) Ill take all reasonable precautions and rely on insurance for the rest.

[ZeroIndex]

Yep buy a Harley or a Rocket III.
or a Goldwing with a sidecar :killingme

[fredie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob61ot5ZBiI :2guns:CREEPS

[HTFU]

shit they were quick. Didn't look like the van was big enough.

[DingoZ]

Doh...!!!!!!..........

Hunt them down and :spanking:......

Then cut their farkin hands off.....

[skidMark]

Impressive...40 seconds....

this is why i don't let my bike out my site.

and why disc locks arnt always awesome.

cbr600 is what about 160-170 kg depends on year?

only lifted front...roughly 60kg each? front end being heaviest?

[skidMark]

Doh...!!!!!!..........

Hunt them down and :spanking:......

Then cut their farkin hands off.....

Just thier hands?

[DingoZ]

Just thier hands?

Okay cut off all their toes as well......Then let em try and walk let alone steal something else

[Oakie]

That is exactly what happened to Mrs Oakie's old bike back in September.

[Mikkel]

Bloody bastards blocking a lane for that long! :crazy:

But seriously - that's gotta be hot lifting a bike while wearing black polyprops and balaclavas... ;)

[Padmei]

That was one of the most boring videos ive ever seen. Somebody please cut the 1st 10minutes out of it

[Dave-]

@ OP

ahh...but they clearly got caught....sure any dick can steal bike, but only these morons can do it infront of a security camera.

[Coyote]

Argh, that angers me so much

[TOTO]

@ OP

ahh...but they clearly got caught....sure any dick can steal bike, but only these morons can do it infront of a security camera.

did you see the plate on the van ? I couldn't.

[Soul.Trader]

There's some pretty good motorcycle thief vids on YouTube. This one is pretty classic.

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[No FX]

That was one of the most boring videos ive ever seen. Somebody please cut the 1st 10minutes out of it

the first 3mins would be better.

[onearmedbandit]

@ OP

ahh...but they clearly got caught....sure any dick can steal bike, but only these morons can do it infront of a security camera.

How did they clearly get caught? Couldn't see a license plate on that minivan, and chances are it was stolen as well.

[Trouser]

what was that little thing rolling between van and bike around 1:10. Remote controlled something.

[SlashWylde]

A hoofin great chain around a lamppost will be a bit better..... someone using boltcutters in the street is likely to be noticed....

Yeah, they will be noticed. but if the thief is big and scary, who's gonna try and stop him?

I had a bicycle stolen at 2pm on a busy Saturday afternoon in a town shopping center. The bike had been cable locked to a bench seat which was itself bolted to the pavement.

I went into the library for 10 mins, and when I came out, the bike was gone.
The thief must have simply waltzed-up with a pair of bolt cutters, snipped the cable and made-off with the bike.

This was in Glen Innes Auckland, so I can guess the kind of person who would have knicked my bike.

[Thunder 8]

The raving homo's in that van need squashing and re squashing and squashing again just to make sure. Fuckin theives...... scum of the earth.nuff said.:argh::argh:

[PrincessBandit]

what was that little thing rolling between van and bike around 1:10. Remote controlled something.

I wondered that too, but doubt it was of any significance to the theft.
Thieves seldom have any concern about interference from normal law-abiding citizens (which is why i luuuurved scumdogs recounting of his recent nighttime pursuit). As was already mentioned, if you have something they want there is sweet s all you can do about it - they see it, they want it, they take it. Will always be that way. One of the reasons i loved owning our old '69 beaten up bluebird - cos you could leave it anywhere and no one would have wanted to steal it! (In fact we used to put a sign on the dash telling the inorganic collections guys that the car wasn't out there for removal :laugh:)

[hang0ver]

I saw a scooter get lifted into the back of a ute a couple of months back in Welly.

It was middle of the day Saturday beside the Old Bank bike park (near lambton).
I didn't click for a while, thought it had probably crapped out or sumthing, it happened in front of a bunch of traffic and peds, but when they just dropped it on its side in the tray and sped through a red it became pretty clear.
Its a good thing they probably cant lift a coupla hundred kg's.

Parked up after that and my 4WD got broken into.

It was a shit day. I never got the plate of the ute, and I felt guilty about it.
I'd be ripped in two if that happened to me.

[HungusMaximist]

Trust me, stealing bikes isn't that hard. All you need is a van of some kind and a helper.

And don't get me started on scooters, they're easy enough to push back home.

You see, our uni motorcycle club had this issue roughly middle of last year and in the space of few weeks we had 3-4 bikes go missing. Then there's also the poor chap who had his harley taxed outta his own apartment parking block.

Better start getting those alarms and heavy gauge D-locks, especially if you have a new ride.