Stolen bike NEWCASTLE

[Powdermonkey]

Hi everyone
Been a while since I last posted on here and I wish this post could be of a more upbeat nature but unfortunately not

I rode my bike up to my house in Newcastle yesterday from Northants (which was a mighty fun trip of A and B roads, being still on L plates and all that so no motorways :p) Anyway I was woken up this morning by my housemate telling me some scrote had broken in and stolen it from our backyard in the Heaton district (it had been there less than 12 hours...) The Police have been round but didnt seem to hopeful about recovering it.

Just wanted to advertise it on here incase anyone in the Newcastle area sees it around, its a white Yamaha XT125X, its got a snapped clutch lever and is missing the exhaust heat shield on the right hand side. The number plate is KP09*** Theres a picture of it below. Also if they've left them on there's 2 L plates, one on the front right suspension fork and one underneath the number plate at the rear.

If anyone sees it around the area please either let me know on here or ring Northumbria Police to let them know, I would be very greatful for any information about it. Thanks.

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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[Paxovasa]

Sorry to hear about the bike been nicked.

Hope you have a happy ending
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).

[radical]

Op, keep an eye on the local newspapers, gumtree and ebay in case someone tries to sell the bike or its parts. If the bike has any unusual marks or dents about it report this to the police as well. Hope you get the bike back and if you find the culprit beat the crap right out of them.

[imanupstart]

Sorry to hear that mate, worst feeling in the world having a bike stolen

[Powdermonkey]

Bump

Thanks for the support guys, yep the police are aware of the missing exhaust shield and broken clutch lever but thats all thats wrong with it really... Will keep an eye out for it on ebay etc, thanks radical hadnt actually occured to me to look on them tbh. Still not heard anything but hopefully a happy ending is on the cards. Fingers crossed
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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[Makaveli_Rydah]

Hiya mate i live in Newcastle so i'll keep my eyes open for you as well .
I'm also part of a rideout group from the northeast and they have a section for stolen bikes on their site .

There's over 1000 riders from the NE so it'll be worth posting the details there , the page is....

https://www.n-m-r.co.uk/smf/

Good luck
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Bike History:- Vision / Phantom 100 / Aerox 100 / Runner VX125 / Honda VFR400 NC24 / Kwak ZX9R B3 / Honda CBR600 F / ZZR400 & K2 GSXR 750 / Suzuki VZ800

[kingsknight]

was it not alarmed or locked up?
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TS50 (sold) NS125F (sold) NSR125R-K (write off after 2 crashes) CG125 (nicked) XR125L-3 (Sold )-: ) DR125SM '11 (sold yay) XL125V '12 (In love with this bike) XT600E '04 (fun on the dirt)

[joan33987]

I learned it the hardway too, had had my bike stolen in the front garden. If bike has alarm, it would be a different story
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current toys: Skygo SG125-J 125cc stolen again 1992 Kawasaki GPZ500S (crashed damaged) 1996 Renault Clio 1.2 2005 CG125 project

[kingsknight]

A bike like that needs at least an alarm lock like a Oxford Boss lock! I know mine has saved my bike at least twice so far! Ill never own another bike without some form of alarm on it.

I always lock my bike up to something when I go out! The only time i worry about my bike is when its in my back garden and now my gate and bike both have alarms on them.

An alarm+good lock will stop 95% of kids nicking your bike.
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TS50 (sold) NS125F (sold) NSR125R-K (write off after 2 crashes) CG125 (nicked) XR125L-3 (Sold )-: ) DR125SM '11 (sold yay) XL125V '12 (In love with this bike) XT600E '04 (fun on the dirt)

[kingsknight]

joan, did they remove the fence when nicking your 125?
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TS50 (sold) NS125F (sold) NSR125R-K (write off after 2 crashes) CG125 (nicked) XR125L-3 (Sold )-: ) DR125SM '11 (sold yay) XL125V '12 (In love with this bike) XT600E '04 (fun on the dirt)

[Powdermonkey]

Hi guys
@ Makaveli_Ryder, thanks very much mate, also thanks for the heads up on the other site, iv posted over there aswell now so fingers crossed!

Annoyingly enough this was actually the first time ever I've not put my disc lock on the bike, normally it would have had both the steering and the disc lock on but for some reason I must have just have forgotten to put the disc lock on, also the back gate for the yard was locked but they managed to break that pretty easily...! The disc lock does have an alarm but its so sensitive I'd actually taken the batteries out soon after getting it because it was just constantly going off....! They'll definetly be going back in now though! Once again thanks for all the support and advice guys .
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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[Glenben92]

Sorry to hear it mate, I live in south shields, i'll keep an eye out on my travels. I know it's a gutting feeling. Hope you find the little arseholes!
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[Powdermonkey]

Thanks for the support Glenben. Yeh me too!
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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[Powdermonkey]

UPDATE

Received a letter today from a local garage saying that my bike has been recovered from an estate in Byker and that I can go collect it on Monday, two guys were seen with it acting suspiciously on a footpath but had gone by the time the Police arrived but they've got descriptions of them so hopefully the scrotes will be caught!

Here comes the sting though.....apparently having had my bike stolen, probably abused and broken, I now have to pay £150 for the luxury of it in storage costs to the garage thats storing it for the Police.... ! What kind of country do we live in where if someones property is stolen they then have to pay for the pleasure of getting it back..... I was speechless when I read that I'm going to have to pay for it! Apparently though if they do catch the scrotes that stole it then I can claim compensation and make them pay for it but I have to be honest that I'm not holding out for that to actually happen!!

Oh well, atleast I'm getting her back on Monday, heres hoping she's not too damaged and also that they do catch the scrotes.

Thanks to everyone on here for your support
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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[c-m]

[Powdermonkey]

c-m, apparently it should but unfortunately we made a mistake when renewing the insurance and so it wasn't actually covered for theft apparently ...

Even so I still don't see how they expect me to pay for storage of a bike that was stolen from me, it's not my fault that the bike was stolen so why should I have to pay for it to be stored after it's been stolen....!?

Still atleast I'm getting it back, hopefully will be able to carry on enjoying riding it thanks , haven't actually been told what condition its in though.....
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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[waffles]

Fingers crossed that they haven't trashed it, post pics when you get in back on Monday
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[loply]

They have this ridiculous system where the police call a random private company and ask them to take your bike away, which they gladly do, and they charge you for it.

Why the police don't have their own department for this shit is beyond me - a big storage yard out of town, and one or two guys with a pickup is all they'd need.

Wouldn't cost much
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[Powdermonkey]

[gearboxkart]

have you only got Third party only insurance on a 09 reg bike !
did you pay cash or is the bike on finance ? if its on finance it must be insured fully comp for the term of the hp ! have you had a good check of your insurance.
Police used to keep all the stolen bikes in the back yard of police stns years ago but as with most things now all the recovery etc of bikes/cars has been put out to private firms so apart from the £150 recovery cost you will be racking up another £15-25 a day in storage charges from the day it went in there ! iv had 2 bikes stolen over the years old suzuki X7 and a brand new 3 month old RD500LC neither were recovered but the rd500 was replaced with a brand spanker as it was only 3 months old.

[Powdermonkey]

[Powdermonkey]

Well went and got her back today....

First thoughts were, you sure that's my bike, mines white and red.....not badly sprayed black...oh right the buggers have sprayed her!

On a worse note, the headlamp had been taken off and all the wiring at the front ripped out in order to hotwire it, all the lights (apart from the break light) and the mirrors have been taken off, the steering lock was cut through with an angle grinder, they've ripped off the rear mudguarddy bit and number plate and they've taken an angel grinder to parts of it by the looks of things....including the frame and engine serial numbers (no wonder the police took so long to let me know they'd found it, it was hardly recognisable save for the snapped clutch lever and the missing exhaust shield!) Also unexplainably they'd ripped the battery connectors off the end of the wires going to the battery and then frayed the copper wiring and connected it like that...seems fairly pointless!

Managed to get her started on the kickstart (eventually, took about 15-20 mins of kicking it,) it would seem that the starter button on the handlebars is still connected, even though the ignition switch is not so the electrics kick in with the kickstart but there's no display on the screen.

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The next two show the destroyed frame and engine numbers,
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Next one shows how I bodged a new numberplate on, having nowhere to attach it to I had to take off the numberplate light and use the screw and nut attaching that to put through the plate aswell....
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I know it could have probably been worse but it's bad enough! Although I am slightly leaning towards liking this model of bike in black...just not my one...and especially not such a shoddy job!!

Tried ringing the garage today but to no avail, will be ringing again tommorow and hopefully getting a quote on the repairs soon and will have to decide what to do once I get that!
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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[Ariel Badger]

They made a mess of that. When I had a bike nicked last year they bunged a rag in the tank and torched it. I restored the bike but never rode it again.
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[chris-red]

Cunts, that's horrid to see mate, best of luck sorting her out.
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[Paxovasa]

If it was mine I wouldn't want it back in that condition

Hope the repair bill is not too big, but iIfeel that it will be unless you can buy replacement parts cheap and do the work yourself.
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).