STOLEN from Tauranga - 73 Norton Commando

[sidecar bob]

Couple of minor bits missing, a broken indicator & a bit of mud.
Im sure Mike will have it perfect again by the end of the weekend.

[OddDuck]

Great news, really pleased to hear that he got his bike back.

[sidecar bob]

Ok, how does a stolen motorbike get recovered & no arrests are made?
I'm sure if it was found in my basement I'd have been arrested.
Seriously, what the fuckin fuck?
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/164053...otorcycle.html

[Jeeper]

Great to hear a story with good ending. Nothing worse than your pride and joy being molested.

[gortnipper]

Ok, how does a stolen motorbike get recovered & no arrests are made?
I'm sure if it was found in my basement I'd have been arrested.
Seriously, what the fuckin fuck?
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/164053...otorcycle.html

From the owner on AccesNorton:

Hi Guys, yes its back home in its rightful place.
A little worse for the experience, one indicator (flasher) lens hanging by its wire, ignition barrel smashed, flat battery, registration certificate(annual sticker) gone, both seat knobs gone, Air Hawk inflatable seat that I use when doing long rides gone.
Other than than all in tact .
It sounds like it was stolen to pay a debt , changed hands at least once, possibly twice and was found in a garage belonging to the father of the last person to get their greasy hands on it.
The father knew it was stolen after reading the Bay of Plenty Times article on Monday. Sounds like it was there since the day it was stolen.
The tenacious officer who carried out most of the ground work, said he just kept shaking trees, and was pleased at what fell out!!!!
Also it was all done without one search warrant being issued, he just kept shaking trees ,asking questions and door knocking every lead.
At one stage it ended up on the marae (Maori settlement) in Bethlehem (suburb of Tauranga).
I will be posting publically names and addresses once second or third person are arrested and been before the courts.
There has been a request from many members of the motorcycle community of all types for that info!!!!
In the current climate , unless other charges and previous convictions are raised, the f&**%$# will probably only get a slap on wrist.
Will keep you updated as more comes to hand.
Craig who followed the offending van and called in the law, gets a big thank you as did the lady who took the picks of the van and the young guy running the pony rides in the school yard close to the scene of the crime that first noticed unusual activity .
Thank you to you all.
Regards Mike

[nzspokes]

Most excellent.

[awayatc]

Good outcome...
Great to see so many people still cared and did the right thing , rather then the more common "I don't want to get involved"attitude.

Maybe if we all cared a bit more, we could deal with more fuck wits.

Excellent to hear a real cop did a great job ....slightly outside the norm

[jasonu]

Ok, how does a stolen motorbike get recovered & no arrests are made?
I'm sure if it was found in my basement I'd have been arrested.
Seriously, what the fuckin fuck?
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/164053...otorcycle.html

Bet it was some thieving Murrays that dun did it.

[Voltaire]

And today in Tauranga Grant Vintens Carbon Art Customs has been broken into and three Ducati's and a load of gear too.

996SPS Limited, Monster S4R Blue and Monster S4 Red.

[gsxr]

Stolen from Sereno Vista Bellevue Tauranga, New Zealand.
Ducati 900ss 1978.
Engine No: 087777
Chassis: 087460
Origional silver and blue.
$25,000 reward

Please share.
https://www.facebook.com/john.bolton.9480

[pritch]

This is fucking depressing! I'm coming to Tauranga shortly, sure as Hell not bringing my bike.

[awayatc]

I wouldn't either...
Just grab somebody else's. ..
That's what the locals seem to be doing...

[Laava]

To be fair, that 900ss got stolen in march last year...

[Reckless]

Great news
These pricks have no respect for other peoples property or the fact that they are totally destroying 44 years of history. They are fucking maggots.
I'd love not to have to put my plates on hide, not to have to check the mirrors and do a loop round the block if someone follows me into my street if I've got the race bike or dirt bikes on the trailer same when the Z1R was mobile.

The cops did a good job on this occasion. Hopefully arrests forthcoming!!

This is the issue (it must be bloody frustrating for the cops to).
"Quote Brooking 850
In the current climate , unless other charges and previous convictions are raised, the f&**%$# will probably only get a slap on wrist."

It effects all of us the courts should get their shit together, draw a line in the sand

Rant over

[sidecar bob]

Great news
These pricks have no respect for other peoples property or the fact that they are totally destroying 44 years of history. They are fucking maggots.

They are missing the chunk of brain that separates civilised humans from cavemen.
Like the clowns that stole the first McIntosh Suzuki & chopped the motor out with a saw to put in a go kart or similar.
To take a mint Norton & drop it on its side, cover it in mud, souvineir random small easily removed shiny objects off it & damage it wilfully is evidence of a brain of someone who's ancestors only recently stopped making basic hand tools out of stone & hadn't discovered the concept of the wheel.