anyone had there bike nicked?

[tony532]

hi all

at half one in the morning on sunday as i was watching the football
highlights i saw a low loader outside the house with my bike on the back

ran outside and the bloke said that the police had caught someone trying to steal my bike and it was being taken away for finger print testing

noticed the left wing mirror was smashed and a crack in the screen


gave a statement sunday morning when the police came round at 8 o clock and i had about half an hours sleep


have rang local garage and they said they can pick it up and do a damage assesment e.tc


just wondered the best way i can go about making the thief pay for the damage on my bike


he will pay for any scratch on my bike

[tgabber]

My first bike - a KMX125 - was nicked from my front garden while I was out. There was a long rubber mark down the path where it had obviously been dragged with the wheel lock still on.

Truth is neither you nor the police (who have very little interest in this sort of crime) are ever likely to find out who did it.

Best thing you can do is improve your security. Keep it in a garage, ground anchor, alarm, etc, etc...


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I think the best you can hope for is to try to take him/her to a small claims court. though I wouldn't hold out much hope of getting anything of them
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[R1stu]

My last R6 was stolen over 2 nights. The 1st night they came and stripped the bodywork. Stole the alarm and wrecked the wiring and steering lock as well.

The next night they came and stole the bike from my garage even with a chain through the wheel and frame and two cars infront of the garage.

The cars had scratches down them and there was a hugh rubber mark along the drive as well.

The police didn't even bother to come and take a look or anything, and it took them long enough and lots of nagging to get anything useful from them!

It took 6month for my pay out as well, and then 18months later the bike was found 150miles away in Coventry!
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[Keith]

As i've always had motocross bikes, people attempting to get in my garage isn't anything new.
Every night the cars are parked up next to the door and it is impossible to get it out as theres only 1 way in and out.
On one occasion, they actually got into the garage, realised they couldn't get the bike out, made a bit of a mess and ran away.
Now its alarmed as theres too much moneys worth in there!
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[M1ke]

Ts50 was stolen before christmas. Havent heard anything of it since.

[tony532]

cheers for any replys


seems my best bet is to go round to his house and take it directly out of his wallet


this isnt too much of a problem

[MikeyC]

had my NSR nicked from outside my old workplace, cops found it an hour later, minus a lock barrel

[tony532]

what i cant understand is this

if someone knocked your bike over smashed the wing mirror off e.t.c and they admitted doing this

you could take the bike to a garage have them repair it and send them the bill for repairs


why can i not get the address of the person that tried to walk away with my bike and dropped it when the police caught them in the act and do exactly the same thing?


or can i?

[Slavo]

I don't think they will give you that information mate.

A while ago, I had my fishing gear and my stereo nicked out of my car. The police caught him (heroin addict) and wouldn't give me his details to protect both mine and his safety.

Not at all happy, just something we have to learn from. You have to catch them at it yourself. If you do, and you lose your temper (as I no doubt would). Once they're on the floor bleeding from that bar falling from the sky, go put a bread knife in his hand Self-defense, you feared for your life as he lunged at you with what you thought was a sword as it all happened so quickly.

[billy whizz]

Something nicked my ke125 many moons ago, they cut down a lamp post to get it?!! police found it 2 weeks later up a dirt track and left it! By the time i got there some other twat had taken it So much for the police
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[JonB]

No offence to her majesty's Police force, but it is terrible at dealing with things like this, my bike got smashed on Fri night, I went to the police and all they said was "There is nothing we can do about it"

10 minutes later I was getting done for dangerous driving on a RESTRICTED Moped.
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[Josh]

Crime is low in Devon, although I still chain/garage/lock down my bike whenever possible, but so far, nothing has been done to it, well okay once some kids put a small pink bracelet on the clutch lever, but that was cool
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[JonB]

As soon as you are over the border into Somerset, things must get out of hand!
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[last hope]

yep had my sons dt50 nicked from shed phoned coppers nout there good do was not a road bike made a few calls found who nicked bike phonned coppers told them where he lived and shit like that fucking no joy got a phone call bike seen in local woods went down and yep two kids on it time i got there my lass had hit one lad and one ran away coppers came and where not happy said we sould have phone them 1st umm time them got there bike would have bean striped or nacked just shows you pays to look you self lad got 10m 4 it he he got myself a dtr 125 yep had it 2 days some twat again tryed to nick it cut two locks and a heavy chain to get to it from shed just looked from window and 2 cunts there got a way went looking around in car no joy pulled out behind a coppers car so i tryed to stop him flashing my lights and horn at him 4 about 3 mins but he just did not stop it was 3 am to i might have bean pissed or high just show you coppers are shits to much paper work for them

[tony532]

i will get justice

i will have every scratch on my bike paid for by this bastard

[skyline]

heh lock your exhauts to lads n lasses. went to school on my bike for a 3 hour exam. left it in front of the church today. come out of my exam to find some thef had stole my exhaust silencer and my k and n kit i just cannot belive how low some people can so, they even wrecked a plasic getting to the bloody exhaust

[1cyl]

Nope,

And if anyone try'd i'd shoot them in the face.
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[headlamp]

Never had a bike nicked but have had three cars stolen! On one occasion, after it had been missing for three weeks, I saw it drive right past me! I followed it for a few miles until it parked up outside a house and the driver went in.

I phoned the police (who were clearly having a quiet day) and in no time a panda and area car arrived. I showed them the car - they did a VNC check and told them the house of the driver. They knocked on the door and the thief answered it! He said he had bought it for £200 but they arrested him anyway. A week later we got the car back, none to worse for wear. It turned out he was done for handling stolen goods, was an illegal immigrant and was subsequently deported.
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[sv_cath]

I used to live 5 minutes from Reading main police station.
My RD125LC was nicked from my back garden *sob* and the police didn't even bother to come round.
Never saw her again...

I agree, bike thieves are scum, but don't do anything that will get you into more trouble than they get for nicking your bike in the first place!

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[dainesefreak]

If they have actually caught someone for it and successfully prosecute, you can claim compensation for any damages caused.

I'm not 100% sure but I think that your insurance company may be able to use a guilty party in a third party claim. Remember though that anything you are awarded can arrive in dribs and drabs as the likelihood of them saying they can pay it all at once and actually doing so is slim.

They will usually have their name and address read out in court, not that I'm suggesting you do anything with it!