Okay, how about this?

**FJRider** · 10th March 2012, 18:38

Originally Posted by Oakie

Perhaps a few discrete sequins on his tassles then.

I was thinking around the edge of his skull mask ... maybe ...

**rastuscat** · 11th March 2012, 19:06

Originally Posted by Drew

Anymore "better work stories" for us coppa?

You've not given us a lot to burn you for lately.

I had a burglary late in 2010. My personal favourite road bicycle was stolen. Custom made for me in 1996, it has old school Campagnolo gear on it, all class. Reynolds 853 tubing, made by Jon Foster. If you know the Kiwi cycle indstry, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Anyway, yesterday I was patrolling with a new auto number plate recognition vehicle when I saw a geezer riding down Ferry Road ON MY BLOODY TREDDLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I nabbed him quick smart, to find that he was a poor bugger who paid a legitimate price for the bike. He was pretty cool about it when I took the bike as an exhibit, it's now in our exhibit store, awaiting official processing before return to the owner. See, insurance paid out on the burglary, so they now own the bike. I'm hoping I can buy it back, coz I've had it since it was made for me, all but for the 16 months it was missing for.

It's good to be a Popo when you see your own stolen property

Now, ain't THAT a better work story ???????????

**Jantar** · 11th March 2012, 19:10

Originally Posted by rastuscat

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Now, ain't THAT a better work story ???????????

The better work story still is when you track down where he bought it from and do them for receiving stolen property, or finding out from them who stole it in the first place.

Either way, the poor guy who paid a legitimate price needs to be compensated by the scum who committed the crime.

**Kickaha** · 11th March 2012, 19:12

Originally Posted by rastuscat

Now, ain't THAT a better work story ???????????

The only way it could have been better would have been if the scum that took it was riding it

So the guy who thought he'd bought a legit bike is left with nothing? where'd he buy it from?

**rastuscat** · 11th March 2012, 19:18

Originally Posted by Jantar

The better work story still is when you track down where he bought it from and do them for receiving stolen property, or finding out from them who stole it in the first place.

Either way, the poor guy who paid a legitimate price needs to be compensated by the scum who committed the crime.

Have fully interviewed him, he works at a local bike shop. They have a stall at Riccarton Market every week in summer. Last summer a guy approached the stall at the market and asked how much it would cost to fix up this old bike he had just paid $500 for. The bar tape, pedals and a few other things needed fixed/replaced, my darling had had a hard few months. On hearing that it needed a few hundy spent on it the dude just wanted to recover his money, so sold it to the LBS guy for the $500.

Please don't just read this and decide he's a receiver, as believe me, I've spent time on this, out of my personal interest. He is legitimate. We have a faint lead to the bad guy, but even the guy the LBS guy bought it from may have been genuine.

My beef, despite knowing how the system works, is that I really want back the bike that I spent 14 years racing and maintaining, and loving too. Not in a physical sense, Scummie.

Now I'll be having to buy it back. It's worth far more emotionally to me than as a bike, as I've basically moved on. Yeah right.

**Fast Eddie** · 12th March 2012, 20:19

a good idea, I'v had a cop give me a similar out recently when speeding. Told me to go do a course at mainland driving school and he would wipe the fine. It came under some sort of compliance scheme. He gave me the ticket first and I had 14 days to do course and then present certificate to a cop shop and then fine was wiped.

I enjoyed it, course was cheaper than the fine and learnt some neat stuff