What would /you/ do?

[Gazdaman]

If you read on another forum about a stolen bike that had been found, and you pretty much knew whos it was. What would you do?

Gaz

[Silver]

What, you knew who stole it? I don't understand why you wouldn't tell the owner?

[firefox]

Way i look at it if it was your bike and it got stolen would you want somone to tell you who stole it. I know for sure i would want to know. But its you not me its up to you but will you feel guilty over it as i think i would.

[yzf750r]

If it was a mates, and I knew who had stole it, I'd tell them of course, actually if it was anyones I had seen/heard about, I'd inform the owner.

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[Gazdaman]

You don't know who stole it.

But you know the person who had it stolen. And you know the person who now has the bike. (A good guy, who chased the thieving chavs away).

Surely you'd contact the owner via any means possible?

Why would somebody not make any attempt to contact the rightfull owner. Discuss.

Gaz

[Bendy]

[Rookie]

This is purely hypothetical, right Gazdaman?

[Gazdaman]

It will all become clear once more flaming of the person who didn't tell me happens.

Gaz

[Rookie]

So did this person pay for the bike, or just take it off the chavs hands?

Besides the point really, I'd want to be informed. However if the bike was in good enough nick I'd like for it not to go through the police, as the guy didn't actually steal it.

[Gazdaman]

Ok, here's the scene.

On VisorDown, this thread was posted:
https://www.visordown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236343

Which for those who don't want to read it. States that the thread starter has found a stolen MZ 251 behind his house. With a busted ignition. He also lives in Bristol.

Hmm, could that be Gaz's bike? I'd better tell him. Or that's what you'd think.

NSR-Andy posted in that thread, and made no effort to contact me. Who does that? I never liked the twat before, but I would certainly tell anyone where their bike might be if it'd been stolen!!

And a major to Maurice, who tried to contact me, and didn't stop until he got hold of me at 3am this morning.

[quacker_boy]

'm not taking sides here, but if i was in NSR-125-UKs shoes i'd surely think. oh if maybe i inform gaz that i've located his stolen bike maybe his attitude would change towards me and we could possibly become friends.

just giving my opinion don't flame me

glad you found your bike though gaz

chris

[yambabe]

Wouldn't give a toss about friendship tbh, if I knew someone had had a bike stolen and I had a clue about where it might be I'd let them know even if they were a complete twat.

I might not tell them directly, in fact I'd probably tell someone else and let them make the contact, but I would at least do that much.

I suspect that Andy may have thought he'd "done his bit" by posting the Gaz from BCF comment. After all, there are a number of people on here who also go on VD regularly and in the end it did work cos Maurice saw it.

Just my

Is it definitely your bike then Gaz? Have you got it back?
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[Gazdaman]

Not heard anything yet, waiting for the guy to come online and hopefully phone me.

I think it's very probably it's mine.

And that was my point. I wouldn't care whos bike it was, if I located their stolen bike, I would tell them about it!!

I have spoken to Andy about this, and he has apologised, and I've calmed down a lot. But I was absolutely fuming earlier.

What got me, is that after I brought the subject up he made it plainly clear that he purposefully didn't contact me, due to our 'relationship'.

Gaz

[Andy C]

to be fair, he said you had yours nicked and is quite a small chance it was yours and did mention your name.

HOWEVER, i feel at least a PM to you was in order and think he was out of line there.

HOEVER (again) ZRX61 had posted before NSR kid did (surely its the same one as on here, he a regular here surly he knew aswell? )
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[colin1]

not everyone is good at putting 2 and 2 together
dont assume the guy had figured out that it might be yours
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[california_rookie]

That's a fooking easy one. Even if I didn't particularly like the fellow, I'd still do my best to get them their bike back.
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[Irezumi aka Reuben]

If I felt that the person had in some way insulted me or treated me unfairly, whether I was right or wrong then I'd be unlikely to inform the person who's bike it could be about it. They have done nothing but been akward towards me, so why should I do anything for them?

I would however inform the person who now has the vehicle that it may be stolen and it is possibly so-and-so's vehcile and they should contact them. It would then be upto that person to do something about it.
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[Gazdaman]

Either way, the police now have the bike, and I can have it back tomorrow morning.

Gaz

[paulthewitt]

IDIOT.

i pressed on the tell them option then pressed down and clicked submit. i am the only one whos pressed it so far.....sorry.

i of course would tell the owner. and probably the police. i mucked up the stats...sorry again

Paul

ps: bike found in bristol, your lucky. i notice it wasnt the cops who found it! dont suppose this guy has a stolen kmx125 aswell does he? no. ok. lucky you got it back, shame people didnt tell you earlier. to maurice. top guy when i met him, prooved himself again!

[biggerjohn]

Now there is a good question why haven’t the police contacted you if the chap that found it reported it to the police surly they will have the reg/frame no and be able to tell the true owner where his bike is.

Still I would always try and get the bike back to it true owner as that just what I would want some one to do for me even if I did think the chap was a prat.

[Gazdaman]

I couldn't be more disheartened with the police.

The entire-ness of what they did was:
- Take mine and the bike's details
- Call the recovery place and get them to recover it

The bike was about 4 roads away, I could have pushed it that far.
And I actually phoned them because I already knew it'd been recovered.

to Avon and Somerset police.

They were even called when a theft of it was in progress. Did they attend? Did they fuck.

Gaz

[NSR-Rulez]

Dont think i know a lot of coppers who take much interest in their jobs

(appologies if this offends anyone, just going on who i know)

there is only one rozzer i know that is decent, plainly because i have known her for about 4 years.

I would tell the owner obviously as if i was in their shoes i would be very annoyed.




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[MarJay]

I used to like Andy.

He used to be an enthusiastic pizza boy with a hankering for an NSR125.

Then in my perception of him, he somehow got pretentious, and self righteous and lots of other things that I didn't hold with. Fair enough, so the dude annoys me but live and let live. I've attacked him and defended him in equal measure. Blimey if annoying someone was a crime then most of parliament would be in the slammer!

However this is a new low. If Andy didn't contact Gaz, he's either very slow and didn't put two and two together or willfully withheld the information. Now, I have deliberately tried not to get this thread turned into a flame war because I could say some much worse things, however I hope that Andy now feels suitably guilty.


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