Robber base?

[oldrider]

what do you think their crime rate would be like if they took the same slack ass aproach as our cops then?

HHmmmm! When you put it that way............... Fair point!

[LittleJohn]

I think it is a great idea. Would be beneficial to talk to a lawyer if you are really worried but I would think that as long as you are not putting up their real name, unless they have been convicted, then it is just a photo or description of something dodgy looking/happening.

Would also consider a place to put up stolen bikes and VINS/frame/engine numbers, then people could search before they buy a "good deal"

Give me a yell if you want a hand, have been known to design a few database programs in my short life. But get in quick before I'm out of here.

[camchain]

[QUOTE=Hemex;1129298713]These theives are getting the better of us...one too many times...QUOTE]
100% agree with that sentiment Hemex. Things need to change. Boils me up reading about stolen bikes and the poor bastards who've had their lives violated. You'd likely have big probs doing anything beyond a basic list of bike details/where stolen from etc unfortunately. The police should be doing this though, they are collecting all this info anyway and it should be online for little trouble or expense. WTF?

I got rozzer stopped, pulling onto Motorway on way to Sandpit last weekend. Several cops stopping everyone doing wof/reg check. Same old frustrating story, checking paper labels on cars. A pity they weren't going around their crim list looking in a few likely garages. The cops know who a lot of these scumbags are.

[cheese]

What about a database of bike serial numbers?

have to be very secure or it would be a shopping list for bike thieves!!

[Bradz]

I would just do it, a couple of reasons to support..
1. its a photo or description of SUSPICIOUS behavior being posted
2. If they are involved in criminal involvement they are hardly going to pursue legal avenues against a neighborhood watch type db.

[Sammikins]

I would just do it, a couple of reasons to support..
1. its a photo or description of SUSPICIOUS behavior being posted
2. If they are involved in criminal involvement they are hardly going to pursue legal avenues against a neighborhood watch type db.

But they might send their cousins round to your house...

[Bradz]

But they might send their cousins round to your house...

well best you issue all dirt division ppl with your angle grinder watchya ma call it.

[Murray]

we need to import a few south african cops, police shooting rates would go up but gauranteed crime rates and prison population would drop a hell of a lot

The cops in South Africa account for part of the crime as well!! Stopping innocent cars and asking for payment to not arrest them on a jumped up charge is pretty common practise over there!!! It happens!!

[Hemex]

What about a database of bike serial numbers?

have to be very secure or it would be a shopping list for bike thieves!!

Yeah the security could be worked upon fairly easily...
How would this help though? Everyone SHOULD know their serial numbers, not at their finger tips but somewhere handy...

It would help when buying a bike and checking the serial number against this databse...we could backtrack from there...
Much like doing an online check for cars/road bikes...

I would just do it, a couple of reasons to support..
1. its a photo or description of SUSPICIOUS behavior being posted
2. If they are involved in criminal involvement they are hardly going to pursue legal avenues against a neighborhood watch type db.

Exactly what I was thinking...its like a neighbourhood watch...just for the whole of the country ... Pictures, descriptions should be alright as long as no names are mentioned....

[Hemex]

I think it is a great idea. Would be beneficial to talk to a lawyer if you are really worried but I would think that as long as you are not putting up their real name, unless they have been convicted, then it is just a photo or description of something dodgy looking/happening.

Would also consider a place to put up stolen bikes and VINS/frame/engine numbers, then people could search before they buy a "good deal"

Give me a yell if you want a hand, have been known to design a few database programs in my short life. But get in quick before I'm out of here.

Yes, will need your help and I think the VIN numbers of bikes owned and stolen would surely be beneficial...
People can check online for VIN numbers etc...

When you off Capt.America?

[Sammikins]

well best you issue all dirt division ppl with your angle grinder watchya ma call it.

Sad thing is, they could bring 20 of their cousins and come storm my house, but the minute I fire up the grinder gun and launch the thing into their fat asses, I'd get done and sent to jail... Don't want jail, my friends dad said the inmates there would beat me up every day and turn me into a lesbian!!

[Brownstoo]

The cops in South Africa account for part of the crime as well!! Stopping innocent cars and asking for payment to not arrest them on a jumped up charge is pretty common practise over there!!! It happens!!

That's by far the lesser of the evils. What I mean is, would you rather be charged a small cash fee every now and then, or have no bike, or more likely, be dead?

The database thing sounds like a fine idea, apart from legal issues that is, and how the fucked up "justice" system has something of a soft spot for scumbags.

[LittleJohn]

Yes, will need your help and I think the VIN numbers of bikes owned and stolen would surely be beneficial...
People can check online for VIN numbers etc...

When you off Capt.America?

Training in August/Sept back for couple of weeks then gone. But by the time I get back you will still be talking about it anyway.....

[oldskool]

Training in August/Sept back for couple of weeks then gone. But by the time I get back you will still be talking about it anyway.....

You know Hemi pretty well!

[SixPackBack]

Interesting that any suggestion of contacting the authorities is dismissed.
We collectively have faith that the police will tax us out of existence should we put a foot wrong on the road, however expecting them to find our stolen motorcycles is met with dismissive scepticism.