So my bike was stolen.. badly

wizzzard · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Karma :

Was knocked up at 5am on Monday morning and told the wonderful news. Luckily it was also accompanied by the good news that the thieving bastards didn't manage to get that far.

The ecilop were doing their job properly that morning and while actually patroling they saw a bike with the ignition light on and went to have a butchers. It seems that Raffles excellent bodge job of wiring the starter in an unusual place may have confused them long enough for them to give it up as a bad job.

They went to great lengths to remove the side gate completely and cut the chain. They even managed to silently get the bike round a very tight bend from the back of the house, past next doors dog and my own german shepherd without disturbing them just to be thwarted three streets away.

It was obviously a planned theft which makes it stranger that they didn't have a van or something waiting and instead opted to cut the ignition wires and try hot wiring it.

The officers gave me a lift round to it and even offered to help me push it back down home which I thought was pretty nice of them.

Just goes to show, I had actually gone to sleep cursing the police that night as I'm pretty sure one of their number on double bubble caught me going a tad over the limit in the van on my way home from work.

The only damage I can see is the cut wiring and they seem to have scratched the car while fecking around with the gate.

So a huge ner ner fuck you thieving pikey scum and thank you West Yorkshire police and Raffles.
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P.addy · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

What bike was it? Lucky save by the po po there Shocked

Lupo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 12 Oct 2012 Karma :

Happy for you, it is not as satisfying as seeing the robber get shot like in Brazil but you should be pleased. May I enquire as to what type of chain was cut for researching purposes?
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wizzzard · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Karma :

It was only a zzr600 so complete lack of ambition by the scrotes there Very Happy

As for the chain I opted for a length or random thick chain I had knocking around in the shed rather than the specific bike chain I have because it was a lot longer and allowed me to get it around a metal pipe without blocking the pathway up. I figured with two dogs on guard, very restricted access and movement, my not sleeping till 4am and no line of sight to the bike I'd be safe enough. Got that one massively wrong Very Happy

Come to think of it there are scooters/ mopeds parked in either side garden to mine completely unchained, one is even slap bang in the middle of the garden, yet they went through all that to get mine and gave up on it so easily :S
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dydey90 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Karma :

I keep thinking of wiring the battery to the bars as a nasty shock to any potential thief. But I'd probably only zap myself with it, or a small, curious child who wants to play with it in a car park.
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wizzzard · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Karma :

You've never quite got round to bonding with our furry friends have you Mr Raffles, I loves my doggie I do.

Anyways I'd be fecked for going dogging without her. 'I'm just popping out to walk the dragon dear' simply wouldn't cut it Razz