Try and do something nice...

**thehollowmen** · 15th October 2007, 23:07

I did something nice when I returned home last night near midnight, I switched off the engine up the road and glided most of the way up the road to and just in by the gate...
Woke up this morning and had to call a locksmith to fish the broken end of a toyota key out of the lock.

Well, I guess I'll just have to wake everybody up so I can park my bike safely then.

Be safe people.

**Macktheknife** · 15th October 2007, 23:29

So how did a Toyota key make it into your lock then?

**thehollowmen** · 15th October 2007, 23:38

Somebody tried to force the lock. Considering it has had an attempt on it already they probably would have succeeded with a screwdriver. But the soft metal of the key gave way when they twisted it.

Originally Posted by Macktheknife

So how did a Toyota key make it into your lock then?

**Deviant Esq** · 16th October 2007, 06:38

Originally Posted by thehollowmen

Somebody tried to force the lock. Considering it has had an attempt on it already they probably would have succeeded with a screwdriver. But the soft metal of the key gave way when they twisted it.

Yep, consider yourself lucky they were amateurs. The key was probably for Mummy's car, or maybe their own heap they were just old enough to buy.

Still annoying when shit like that happens, but at least you still have your bike. They know where it is now though...

**car** · 16th October 2007, 07:00

Originally Posted by thehollowmen

Somebody tried to force the lock. Considering it has had an attempt on it already they probably would have succeeded with a screwdriver. But the soft metal of the key gave way when they twisted it.

Commiserations.

Two consecutive weekends, some scrotes wrecked the ignition barrel of my RVF with a screwdriver. First time, I happened to be up and about at 3am, but they'd legged it by time I got out of the front door. I spent half an hour touring the village with a baseball bat. In retrospect, it was a good job I didn't find them, because they were three up and one of them was a big lad; they'd only have taken the bat off me and beaten me senseless with it.

They came back the next weekend. I'd put a cover over the bike -- my only line of defence -- but that went and they failed to steal the bike again, but succeeded in doing another £150 worth of damage. I moved to a house with a garage a few months later.

I guess what I'm saying is that if they've tried once, they might try again.

**Grahameeboy** · 16th October 2007, 07:11

No still continue to be nice...........attempted theft probably nothing to do with neighbours.

**scumdog** · 16th October 2007, 07:12

Bummer H/M - at least they didn't get the bike, hopefully the lock still works OK after the broken key was removed.

Bloody low-life scum-sucking slack-jawed mouthbreathing improvident lack-wits, why can't they just get a job and buy shit like everybody else?? Grrrr.

**Chickadee** · 16th October 2007, 08:00

Glad they didn't succeed, really makes you paranoid when this shit happens.

Hope they don't come back for a 2nd try as car suggested.

**90s** · 16th October 2007, 08:20

Buy a kryptonite shackle lock for a bicycle 2nd hand off trademe. It'll take them a while to saw through it (no bolt cutters'll do it) so they might well just move on to some other poor saps bike.

**imdying** · 16th October 2007, 08:46

Originally Posted by car

I guess what I'm saying is that if they've tried once, they might try again.

Yep, and the real bullshit is that when you surprise them next time with a sawn off, you're the baddy

**mattimeo** · 16th October 2007, 09:52

Did you have a scout around for toyota cars nearby? Since they broke their key...

**SVboy** · 16th October 2007, 10:00

Wankers-pleased they failed-glad they did not do worse to your bike.

**car** · 16th October 2007, 10:13

Originally Posted by 90s

Buy a kryptonite shackle lock for a bicycle 2nd hand off trademe. It'll take them a while to saw through it (no bolt cutters'll do it) so they might well just move on to some other poor saps bike.

Presuming that they're not halfwits, that is. My bike had a Kryptonite D-lock through the rear wheel anchoring a 3/4 inch steel rope through the front wheel. They could have lifted it, maybe, but if they were going to do that, why gouge the ignition at all?

The answer is that they hadn't thought that far ahead. See pretty thing, steal pretty thing. Can't steal pretty thing? Spoil pretty thing!