Try and do something nice...

[thehollowmen]

I did something nice when I returned home last night near midnight, I switched off the engine up the road and glided most of the way up the road to and just in by the gate...
Woke up this morning and had to call a locksmith to fish the broken end of a toyota key out of the lock.

Well, I guess I'll just have to wake everybody up so I can park my bike safely then.

Be safe people.

[Macktheknife]

So how did a Toyota key make it into your lock then?

[thehollowmen]

Somebody tried to force the lock. Considering it has had an attempt on it already they probably would have succeeded with a screwdriver. But the soft metal of the key gave way when they twisted it.


So how did a Toyota key make it into your lock then?

[Deviant Esq]

Somebody tried to force the lock. Considering it has had an attempt on it already they probably would have succeeded with a screwdriver. But the soft metal of the key gave way when they twisted it.
Yep, consider yourself lucky they were amateurs. The key was probably for Mummy's car, or maybe their own heap they were just old enough to buy. :baby:

Still annoying when shit like that happens, but at least you still have your bike. They know where it is now though...

[car]

Somebody tried to force the lock. Considering it has had an attempt on it already they probably would have succeeded with a screwdriver. But the soft metal of the key gave way when they twisted it.

Commiserations.

Two consecutive weekends, some scrotes wrecked the ignition barrel of my RVF with a screwdriver. First time, I happened to be up and about at 3am, but they'd legged it by time I got out of the front door. I spent half an hour touring the village with a baseball bat. In retrospect, it was a good job I didn't find them, because they were three up and one of them was a big lad; they'd only have taken the bat off me and beaten me senseless with it.

They came back the next weekend. I'd put a cover over the bike -- my only line of defence -- but that went and they failed to steal the bike again, but succeeded in doing another £150 worth of damage. I moved to a house with a garage a few months later.

I guess what I'm saying is that if they've tried once, they might try again.

[Grahameeboy]

No still continue to be nice...........attempted theft probably nothing to do with neighbours.

[scumdog]

Bummer H/M - at least they didn't get the bike, hopefully the lock still works OK after the broken key was removed.

Bloody low-life scum-sucking slack-jawed mouthbreathing improvident lack-wits, why can't they just get a job and buy shit like everybody else?? Grrrr.:argh:

[Chickadee]

Glad they didn't succeed, really makes you paranoid when this shit happens.

Hope they don't come back for a 2nd try as car suggested.

[90s]

Buy a kryptonite shackle lock for a bicycle 2nd hand off trademe. It'll take them a while to saw through it (no bolt cutters'll do it) so they might well just move on to some other poor saps bike.

[imdying]

I guess what I'm saying is that if they've tried once, they might try again.Yep, and the real bullshit is that when you surprise them next time with a sawn off, you're the baddy :weird::weird:

[mattimeo]

Did you have a scout around for toyota cars nearby? Since they broke their key...

[SVboy]

Wankers-pleased they failed-glad they did not do worse to your bike.

[car]

Buy a kryptonite shackle lock for a bicycle 2nd hand off trademe. It'll take them a while to saw through it (no bolt cutters'll do it) so they might well just move on to some other poor saps bike.

Presuming that they're not halfwits, that is. My bike had a Kryptonite D-lock through the rear wheel anchoring a 3/4 inch steel rope through the front wheel. They could have lifted it, maybe, but if they were going to do that, why gouge the ignition at all?

The answer is that they hadn't thought that far ahead. See pretty thing, steal pretty thing. Can't steal pretty thing? Spoil pretty thing!

[_intense_]

wtf? scum that mess with others peoples gear need to be shot, f****rs, hope the removal isnt gonna sting to much.

[The Pastor]

park it inside you house?

[Insanity_rules]

Oh man, that sux. We try and have a little consideration and look what happens? Might I suggest that we have tougher penalties for bike thieves like say a public hanging by the toes and then pelted with spark plugs.

[fireball]

know just how you feel buddy
i double check my bike is locked and chained up now, every night.
still looking for the scum that tried to steal the ZZR....

bloody fuckwitts need to go get a job and work for their own toy not steal others hard earned pleasures

[90s]

Presuming that they're not halfwits, that is. My bike had a Kryptonite D-lock through the rear wheel anchoring a 3/4 inch steel rope through the front wheel. They could have lifted it, maybe, but if they were going to do that, why gouge the ignition at all?

The answer is that they hadn't thought that far ahead. See pretty thing, steal pretty thing. Can't steal pretty thing? Spoil pretty thing!

So that's just vandalism if they couldn't steal it anyway.

Strange; most idiots simply move on - unless they are drunk.

Did you have your suspiscions as to who was wrecking your bike? Were they really trying to steal it?

Anyway, at least you've got it safely in your garage now.

[car]

So that's just vandalism if they couldn't steal it anyway.
Did you have your suspiscions as to who was wrecking your bike? Were they really trying to steal it?

If they'd just wanted to deface it, why not mess up the the pristine paint, or stick a hole in the tank? Why gouge at the ignition barrel?

If they were actual bike thieves, not just feral scrotes, they could have stolen it. Two or three big guys could have lifted into the back of a van in 60 seconds, then worked over the D locks and steel rope at their leisure. But these were not professional bike thieves, these were just your common or garden lazy feckless bastards out to see what they could pinch or otherwise destroy.

I came round to thinking that a lot of theft is this way out. They're not stealing to put food on tables, there's no higher ethic here, no justification. This is not Robin Hood. Theft is just another way to screw the man, screw the system, screw working hard enough to get a decent job. So yes, it is very much to do with vandalism, and very little to do with survival.

"Look at me, ma, I'm a sociopath!"


Anyway, at least you've got it safely in your garage now.

Well, I'm in a whole different country now, although I'm under no illusions as to how long my bike would last if it was parked out in the street in some of the less choice areas around here.

[dwnundabkr]

bloody low lifes piss me off when shit heads try and steal what you work hard for