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    Unhappy Possession is nine-tenths

    A highlight of my television viewing this weekend was watching one of Wairarapa’s finest sons uplift my helmet and gloves off the tank of my motorbike, place it in the boot of his mate’s blue Falcon AU XR8 and drive away.

    This footage was revealed, courtesy of the Greytown 4 Square’s carpark CCTV coverage, and answered a particularly troubling question I had had a few minutes’ earlier: “Where did I put my helmet?”

    A short while later, this footage was shared with a Constable from the NZ Police, who remembered seeing the car in question earlier in the day. Investigations are underway. One helmet and a pair of gloves stuffed inside it are still missing, presumed trashed.

    The reason for my belief that my helmet has been biffed, rather than sold in a pub or usefully recycled, is that it is quite large. It needed to be, as I have a rather large cranium. If my head was any larger it would have orbiting moons – it lives at the far end of the head-size bell curve. Whoever nicked off with it probably tried it on shortly afterwards and would have discovered that there was enough room inside for his mate’s head as well, pinheads that they are.

    New Zealand law says that one cannot ride one’s motorcycle without wearing a securely fitting helmet. As of 12:33pm on Friday afternoon, I no longer had one of those and was effectively marooned in the middle of a small New Zealand town with lots of cafes, women’s fashion stores, antique dealers and a well-stocked garden machinery business but nothing else of any use to my immediate predicament.

    In a wardrobe, 74.1km away in Wellington, I had a spare helmet and pair of riding gloves. My Loyal and Devoted Riding Companion mounted her steed, strapped on her unstolen helmet and rode off to retrieve these for me. Bless her! I spent the next couple of hours entertaining the local constabulary and sitting in the sun, cogitating, and waiting for a blue Falcon XR8 with clear rear indicators to drive by so that I could record its registration details.

    Once I was re-helmeted we resumed our travels, arriving at our evening’s destination a few hours later than originally intended.

    My next task is to have a conversation with my insurance company. I suspect that they may take a dim view of a motorcyclist who leaves their helmet and gloves unattended atop a motorcycle parked in view of a CCTV camera in a trendy country village. Me? I take a dim view of opportunistic criminals who impose significant cost and inconvenience on others, particularly when what they have stolen will have little real value for them.

    At best, the Boys In The Falcon will only get for this helmet and gloves what they can hock them off for at the local pub, probably about $50 plus or minus. On the other hand, we’ve now got to fork out many hundreds of dollars for replacement items, not to mention the cost of fuel involved for Mrs Wonderful’s return trip to Wellington.

    Lessons have been learned. We won’t be leaving our helmets unattended on motorbikes in Greytown again, or anywhere else for that matter.
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    Darn - what a bloody annoying thing to happen....

    There are a lot of these idiots out there so i hope they get caught....

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    Probably traded for a couple of tinnys by now. Help stop crime, legalize weed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Darn - what a bloody annoying thing to happen....

    There are a lot of these idiots out there so i hope they get caught....
    Years ago on a summer trip around the South Island the missus and I locked our helmets on the bike at Punikiki Rocks, only to return and find some A..hole had stolen my gloves from out of my helmet A quick ride south saw us arrive in Greymouth at two minutes to closing time at the bike shop where the only ones I could buy were winter weight but at least we got some. Don't ya just love these light fingered pricks!!!!

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    Bloody bastards.
    I used to take my helmet with me all the time, but lately I've gotten lazy at the gas stations and left it on the bike. Think I will take it with my again from now on.

    So the CCTV footage was not good enough to see the license plate? Quite possibly locals though. If it is just a small town, hopefully there won't be to many of those Ford Falcons around.
    Please let us know what your insurance company says.
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    Unfortunately the only thing that deters these mongrels is naming and shaming, legal deterents are a joke.

    Maybe possible to get a still from the footage, replicate and display in many of the towns shops.

    Even offer a small reward for information, won't get gear back but might stop others suffering same fate.
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    Blatant scumbaggery

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    At petrol stations, the helmet stays on the head.

    Anywhere else it is with me. The same applies with glubs.


    Good luck with the insurance company! Hopefully they will be sympathetic to your situation.
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    Why not a simple bike cable through sleeve of jacket (if left behind also) then through D ring on Helmet, Hitcher ? THEN SECURED TO YOUR BIKE. Your right about sizing, most would have given that thought; 'may not fit.

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    These light fingered arseholes are not averse to removing helmets attached to the motorcycle, by the method of cutting the straps!!! A friend had her helmet removed in such a way from Alfred St, by Auckland University not many years ago....! Someone saw the little brown turd jump out of a passing car, run to bike, saw through said strap and abscond with a helmet, useless to man, woman or small furry animal!

    Intelligence is not a strong point among these fucktards!
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    Meh, nobody would steal mine. I got nits....
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5150 View Post
    Meh, nobody would steal mine. I got nits
    The offender in question didn't do a nit check
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    Sad bit, but i tell ya, I never leave my helmet on the bike, anywhere.

    I suspect you won't again either?

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    I recovered a girlfriends nicked bike one day in wellington by stopping the vehicle in the road, standing over the 16 yo rider and taking his-my ride. I then called the rozza and told them I was taking the bike home without safety gear. The command staff just put a call out telling the rozza to lay off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    At petrol stations, the helmet stays on the head.

    Anywhere else it is with me. The same applies with glubs.


    Good luck with the insurance company! Hopefully they will be sympathetic to your situation.
    Yeah the staff get pissy with me when I do that ... even tho the bike is parked at the pump closest to the window ...
    something about staff safety bla bla bla ... I told him I could not be fucked taking it off middle of winter @ 11pm ... you can see my bike & plate ... here is the fuel card ...

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