Uni bike thefts

[Squiggles]

Yeah, so much for not coming eh?

we're so awesome he had to come

[skidMark]

Yeah, so much for not coming eh?

Yeah nah yeah ahhh lol



c u next week lol

[bomma]

Yeah nah yeah ahhh lol



c u next week lol

gonna ride bitch on the r6 with stevo again??

[skidMark]

gonna ride bitch on the r6 with stevo again??

I don't think so Tim.

lol

He lane splits to slow

Mind you it could've been worse... I went bitch on tonys cbr600 the other day...

Nah, i will come in but will come on the train, costs me a buck extra to bring the kawasaki green bmx of doom along.

[racefactory]

Hi guys,

I'd like to point out something which has not been yet underlined enough by the majority of folk.

PLEASE EVERYONE- we can fit as many disk locks and fucking contraptions to our bikes as we care to, but I'd like to point out and underline that we together should just as importantly be looking out for behaviour and suspicious groups/individuals/vehicles- not just locking up our own fucking bikes with more precaution.

The reason i think that this in particular is so important at this time is because it is OBVIOUS that the cunts are targetting auckland uni bikes in particular- ie. they are looking for our bikes, in our uni. In my opinion, i think that this narrows it down to being possibly just a single group of a few organised goons who are doing all of this. IF any of us could just so much as spot anything suspicious, we could may very well be knocking out all uni bike thefts with one shot. It could be just one group we would have to nail- just one lot.

Whenever your walking to lectures (1 hour each lecture in AU) , do make a good effort to keep your eyes peeled for ANYTHING suspicious.

The following would be a good list to look out for maybe?

Passing cars- shit looking cars/no plate/dodgy characters possibly with a helmet or equipment in the back. Get a plate number if you can. Especially vans. If it's waiting somewhere by/in the uni itself and triggers your interest- fucking follow it, no hesitation.

People walking with a helmet who are wearing no signs of motorcycle gear or student clothing. They could have just came out of a car and could be on the way to steal a bike.

Anybody looking at motorcycles- just take a few minutes to watch them to be sure. Just think you could be saving people thousands.
-I was in fact looking at another VFR400 (a KB member's) in Uni the other day, walking around it, checking out each side and everything- not one person cast a glance at what I was doing- we need more eyes because the reality is no one gives a fuck.

People getting out of cars with helmets.

As has been said before- where there is a will, there is a way. They can nick anything if they want, so please, as well as taking extra measures to lock our own bikes up, just do those things everytime you're going between lectures. It doesn't even cost you anything. That way we have a chance to rid the threat all together- much more effective than any fucking disk lock.

Also, if you've got some spare time and really have nothing to do- why not spend some time patrolling the parking areas? You get to look at some bikes anyway- it can't be that bad! If anyone has seen a guy taking their time checking out bikes and their odometers (especially sports bikes!) on symonds st then that's probably me!

I'm actually at AUT- but i often come up to AU. I have started to spend my waiting time in AU at the bike places. It's time to start taking this shit seriously as people are realising on this thread. I'm keen to hear from people about any ideas regarding bike protection etc.


Let's hope we have no more bike thefts from now on.

Cheers.

[bomma]

Hi guys,

I'd like to point out something which has not been yet underlined enough by the majority of folk.

PLEASE EVERYONE- we can fit as many disk locks and fucking contraptions to our bikes as we care to, but I'd like to point out and underline that we together should just as importantly be looking out for behaviour and suspicious groups/individuals/vehicles- not just locking up our own fucking bikes with more precaution.

The reason i think that this in particular is so important at this time is because it is OBVIOUS that the cunts are targetting auckland uni bikes in particular- ie. they are looking for our bikes, in our uni. In my opinion, i think that this narrows it down to being possibly just a single group of a few organised goons who are doing all of this. IF any of us could just so much as spot anything suspicious, we could may very well be knocking out all uni bike thefts with one shot. It could be just one group we would have to nail- just one lot.

Whenever your walking to lectures (1 hour each lecture in AU) , do make a good effort to keep your eyes peeled for ANYTHING suspicious.

The following would be a good list to look out for maybe?

Passing cars- shit looking cars/no plate/dodgy characters possibly with a helmet or equipment in the back. Get a plate number if you can. Especially vans. If it's in the Uni- fucking follow it.

People walking with a helmet who are wearing no signs of motorcycle gear or student clothing. They could have just came out of a car and could be on the way to steal a bike.

Anybody looking at motorcycles- just take a few minutes to watch them to be sure. Just think you could be saving people thousands.
-I was in fact looking at another VFR400 in Uni the other day, walking around it, checking out each side and everything- not one person cast a glance at what I was doing- we need more eyes because the reality is no one gives a fuck.

People getting out of cars with helmets.

As has been said before- where there is a will, there is a way. They can nick anything if they want, so please, as well as taking extra measures to lock our own bikes up, just do those things everytime you're going between lectures. It doesn't even cost you anything. That way we have a chance to rid the threat all together- much more effective than any fucking disk lock.

Also, if you've got some spare time and really have nothing to do- why not spend some time patrolling the parking areas? You get to look at some bikes anyway- it can't be that bad! If anyone has seen a guy taking their time checking out bikes and their odometers (especially sports bikes!) on symonds st then that's probably me!

Let's hope we have no more bike thefts from now on.

Cheers.

hey mate well pointed out and i fully agree with you....having been in such an experience, i can say that this is definately a great deterrant....however i would just like to point out that having experienced it, i have found that the cops dont give a flying fuck, and that the theives after having been chased away had the ballz to drive up and down symonds st a couple more times before they fucked off in their stolen car.....i dont see it stopping but i FULLY AGREE that this would help a great deal of bikers save a great deal of time, effort, mone and grief!!! Well done

[motorbyclist]

haha, ever since my theft i've made a point of walking through CP36 whenever i go to the commons/science, and every time i bump into SMCers who then get held up as more arrive and join in the conversation before we all have to leave due to an hour having passed and the next lot of lectures started 10 minutes ago

how the fuck those theives didn't get spotted is beyond me

[racefactory]

hey mate well pointed out and i fully agree with you....having been in such an experience, i can say that this is definately a great deterrant....however i would just like to point out that having experienced it, i have found that the cops dont give a flying fuck, and that the theives after having been chased away had the ballz to drive up and down symonds st a couple more times before they fucked off in their stolen car.....i dont see it stopping but i FULLY AGREE that this would help a great deal of bikers save a great deal of time, effort, mone and grief!!! Well done

Hey man- when i mentioned plates, i did just as importantly mean for the info of KB members to look out for. If we work together that's probably a lot more effective than police yea.

[skidMark]

Hey man- when i mentioned plates, i did just as importantly mean for the info of KB members to look out for. If we work together that's probably a lot more effective than police yea.

On your topic of disc locks though.

Of the 15 bikes total parked on friday i saw, some of them very very very nice bikes, a mere 2 had disc locks.

Shit they are $30.

[Real_Wolf]

yeah, and then my bike doesn't start cause robs there.

If I see rob there I should just decide to stay at uni for anotehr hour.


On the point of bike theft, theres really not much you can do to intimidate them if they don't want to be. Stolen plates, plus useless police, mean that you can't really stop them if you catch them in the act, unless you catch them right at the start of it

[bomma]

Hey man- when i mentioned plates, i did just as importantly mean for the info of KB members to look out for. If we work together that's probably a lot more effective than police yea.

mate a dancing monkey tied to the bike would be more effective than the entire police force!! and yea like you said in your first post, it's a great idea to keep an eye out

On the point of bike theft, theres really not much you can do to intimidate them if they don't want to be. Stolen plates, plus useless police, mean that you can't really stop them if you catch them in the act, unless you catch them right at the start of it

im not 100% sure what you mean by this but from my experience, while they're in the act is prolly the best time to spook em....but i agree on the intimidation, nothing less than a shotgun or rusty blade at the ballz will deter these muppets.....where's Judge Dredd when you need him?!?! "I AM THE LAW" classic

[Squiggles]

Its simple as to why they hit the uni park, its the single biggest in auckland (150.5m allocated out of a total 306.5 in auckland city)... Their risk has paid off so far.

[motorbyclist]

Step One to reducing bike thefts:

big fuck-off alarmed disc locks, at cost, for you

[Zim_Invader]

best thing about cp36... it's the driest way to get from science building to commons... u may walk a bit more, but u do it shit loads drier. good "scenery" while downstairs.... i mean, who can go wrong with all them pretty bikes down there? and chances of bumping into some1 u know are pretty high.. see. perfect way to mantain social ties, enjoy teh walk, and keep dry in the rain. walk through cp36, and help antagonise bike theft. (it's a win win situation - unless u're in a rush)

[2wheeljunkie]

best thing about cp36... it's the driest way to get from science building to commons... u may walk a bit more, but u do it shit loads drier. good "scenery" while downstairs.... i mean, who can go wrong with all them pretty bikes down there? and chances of bumping into some1 u know are pretty high.. see. perfect way to mantain social ties, enjoy teh walk, and keep dry in the rain. walk through cp36, and help antagonise bike theft. (it's a win win situation - unless u're in a rush)

i know u do this cause sometimes we spend over an hour talking down there cause everyone meets and walks passed there..and the odd occasion of having to push the xs250..hehehe....but me, ehab, zim and hassan normally make it a point to go and check up on the bikes during the day ..( we do this to get away from the books) and what a fine damn idea it is...