Try and do something nice...

[Insanity_rules]

Oh man, that sux. We try and have a little consideration and look what happens? Might I suggest that we have tougher penalties for bike thieves like say a public hanging by the toes and then pelted with spark plugs.

[fireball]

know just how you feel buddy
i double check my bike is locked and chained up now, every night.
still looking for the scum that tried to steal the ZZR....

bloody fuckwitts need to go get a job and work for their own toy not steal others hard earned pleasures

[90s]

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!

So that's just vandalism if they couldn't steal it anyway.

Strange; most idiots simply move on - unless they are drunk.

Did you have your suspiscions as to who was wrecking your bike? Were they really trying to steal it?

Anyway, at least you've got it safely in your garage now.

[car]

So that's just vandalism if they couldn't steal it anyway.
Did you have your suspiscions as to who was wrecking your bike? Were they really trying to steal it?

If they'd just wanted to deface it, why not mess up the the pristine paint, or stick a hole in the tank? Why gouge at the ignition barrel?

If they were actual bike thieves, not just feral scrotes, they could have stolen it. Two or three big guys could have lifted into the back of a van in 60 seconds, then worked over the D locks and steel rope at their leisure. But these were not professional bike thieves, these were just your common or garden lazy feckless bastards out to see what they could pinch or otherwise destroy.

I came round to thinking that a lot of theft is this way out. They're not stealing to put food on tables, there's no higher ethic here, no justification. This is not Robin Hood. Theft is just another way to screw the man, screw the system, screw working hard enough to get a decent job. So yes, it is very much to do with vandalism, and very little to do with survival.

"Look at me, ma, I'm a sociopath!"

Anyway, at least you've got it safely in your garage now.

Well, I'm in a whole different country now, although I'm under no illusions as to how long my bike would last if it was parked out in the street in some of the less choice areas around here.

[dwnundabkr]

bloody low lifes piss me off when shit heads try and steal what you work hard for