I do that also so im not paranoid then?Originally Posted by F5 Dave
Forum whore
I do that also so im not paranoid then?
I have evolved as a KB member.Now nothing I say should be taken seriously.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
yes, but paranoia is a sensible state of mind.
. . . but why are you asking?
. . .and who are you anyway
You're not outside are you?
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
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.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
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.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
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?
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
It makes me glad to hear it. Pictures, make me sentimental about mine.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
So here's what my bike looked like pre-theft:
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.
Just for good measure, he violated the tank lock like a insurgent with a goat:
So the ignition would match he took to it with a angle grinder:
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:
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.
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.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
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.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
Try taking food out of his hands - then you'll know how well they can hold on to things
That was a low speed (10kph max) pootle around our Cul-du-sac but he still thought it was the greatest thing ever.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
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.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
Nice to see my bike looking nice again
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Hardcore Biker
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.
Forum whore
If it works, it complies, you just leave it on
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.
Good effort on the tidy as well. You are a patient man stripping all that back.
Genuine hp
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?
"Sorry Officer, umm.... my yellow power band got stuck wide open"
Hardcore Biker
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?
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