My bike's been stolen -- ZXR250 - Grafton, 10 July

[Edbear]

Yeah, take it there. Spectrum do a lot of insurance assessments.

They seem good people in there and I've only heard good about them, but not had personal dealings with them apart from checking out bikes and gear from time to time. If my experience is anything to go by, they treat (potential) customers well.

[LilSel]

Glad to hear its been found... stink that its been crashed... hope its not too bad!

[placidfemme]

Thanks all...

I don't think the fingerprint thing will be an issue... its been cleaned twice since the trackday and its rained shitloads since then too... so the only prints on it should in theory be mine, sams and the thiefs...

In regards to the red baron suggestion... um... nuh... they ripped me off last time so they can get screwed...

I spoke to the insurance co and they said they will organise the towing of the bike from the tow yard to where they decide they want it appraised... it seems I have no chocie in this matter... oh well

[bert_is_evil]

Are you with State insurance?

[placidfemme]

No I'm with NAC...

Anywho... the police are starting to piss me off something cronic..

When the bike was originally stolen an eye witness came forward (due to the flyers I gave out) and I gave the cops her name and number and the description she gave me... they never called her to ask her anything (obviously the cops would know better questions and techniques than myself, and they might have gotten something from her that I didn't even think to ask about)... but nope... they never called her...

Again today a lady on the 4th floor came and gave me the name and number of a visitor of theres who had dropped his wife off for an appointment, and he sat in his car one car park away from where my bike was, and he saw the guy stealing the bike, he said he didn't think anything of it because the guy nodded and smiled at him... he watched the guy, and was much closer then the lady who came forward first... I called the cops today to give them his name and number and the lady pretty much said along these lines "oh... can you call him and get the details and call us back and tell us" my response "isn't that your job?" and her response "if you don't want to talk to him call him and ask him to call us then".

Ok fine they've found my bike (by pure chance... not because they were actually even fucking trying). But that aside, the guy is still out there, they have 2 witnesses (not including the person who reported him running through thier garden after he binned my bike), and they have made no effort to get a statement from either of these witnesses... one may have more detail then the other or more information... but they don't give a rats ass.

They could be out there trying to stop him from stealing someone elses bike...

Stealing bikes seems like a great business to get into.. after all its not like the cops give a shit

*is pissed off big time*

[breakaway]

That sucks. Mind you, it's not just bikes, its cars as well. Cops don't give a shit.

[geoffm]

Should have said the thief was breaking the speed limit as he ran away - they would have been all over him...
This matches my experience with car thefts. Breaking in daylight on Tamaki Drive, the cop at Central was quite honest that they wouldn't be doing anything and the piece of paper was only for the insurance company. $800 of stuff stolen. Second time, at home wheile we were there, $12000 stuff stolen from van. Cops weren't interested at all, in the end I took it to the Mt Wellington cop shop to report it, ran into a cop I vaguley knew, who knew the fingerprint man and convinced him to at least pretend to take prints. No luck there either.
The cops don't investigate car or bike thefts, end of story. They only way the cops will catch your thief is if he discovers God and confesses in a fit of religious fervor. Even then I would give it a 50/50 chance of anything happening. Wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.
G

[Patrick]

When the bike was originally stolen an eye witness came forward (due to the flyers I gave out) and I gave the cops her name and number and the description she gave me...

Again today a lady on the 4th floor came and gave me the name and number of a visitor of theres who had dropped his wife off for an appointment, and he sat in his car one car park away from where my bike was, and he saw the guy stealing the bike, he said he didn't think anything of it because the guy nodded and smiled at him... he watched the guy, and was much closer then the lady who came forward first... I called the cops today to give them his name and number and the lady pretty much said along these lines "oh... can you call him and get the details and call us back and tell us" my response "isn't that your job?" and her response "if you don't want to talk to him call him and ask him to call us then".

That is just pure laziness... ring and speak to the officer in charge (Senior Sergeant or Sergeant at the very least) and repeat the above to him/her...

Should have said the thief was breaking the speed limit as he ran away - they would have been all over him...
This matches my experience with car thefts. Breaking in daylight on Tamaki Drive, the cop at Central was quite honest that they wouldn't be doing anything and the piece of paper was only for the insurance company. $800 of stuff stolen. Second time, at home wheile we were there, $12000 stuff stolen from van. Cops weren't interested at all, in the end I took it to the Mt Wellington cop shop to report it, ran into a cop I vaguley knew, who knew the fingerprint man and convinced him to at least pretend to take prints. No luck there either.
The cops don't investigate car or bike thefts, end of story. They only way the cops will catch your thief is if he discovers God and confesses in a fit of religious fervor. Even then I would give it a 50/50 chance of anything happening. Wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.
G

He probably was speeding in the first place, which is why they noticed him?

In Auckland, the best way to get something done about car breakins is to take it to the cop shop for printing etc. Plain and simple people, there are not enough Police to do the job. A two man car in that area will be expected to attend any job occurring right now and simply can not ignore someone getting the bash to attend historic theft.

Get an alarm and don't leave valuables in your car...

If there are no prints, no witnesses... just what do you expect Police to do?

[placidfemme]

Havn't managed to have a look at the bike yet, was meant to check it out on Saturday but my mates cv joints broke or some shit so... yeah...

Just gotta wait on the insurance co now...

[surfer]

Glad to hear you got your bike back. Impressive piece of detective work by you. Sad to hear of the crap that you went through with the cops though. Hope the insurance and repairs go smoothly for you.

[surfchick]

waahhh that whole scenario sux - bike stolen, slow snoozy cops... waaaaahhhh hope you get your ride back together little by little

[placidfemme]

Well the bikes a write off... so just waiting to hear back from the insurance co... ehh... sucks

[Indiana_Jones]

Sorry to hear that Placidfemme

hopefully they'll get the dickless shit that did that and hopefully give him more then a slap on the wrist (fat chance!)

and one more hopefully!.........you might get a cooler bike?

-Indy

[Deviant Esq]

Well the bikes a write off... so just waiting to hear back from the insurance co... ehh... sucks

Was it that badly damaged from the crash the crook had?! Bugger, that really sucks! Did they tell you what the extent of the damage was? Would you consider buying the "wreck" back off them and getting it back on the road again? Poor lil' ZXR!

[MSTRS:Me]

Was it that badly damaged from the crash the crook had?! Bugger, that really sucks! Did they tell you what the extent of the damage was? Would you consider buying the "wreck" back off them and getting it back on the road again? Poor lil' ZXR!

This is always worth a look....often damage is cosmetic. Given patience and a little luck, the bike can be put back on the road quite cheaply...