Stolen. Suzuki GSXR 1000 K9. 20/2/14 London.

Fisty · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Karma :

Mate of mine has had his Gixxer pinched from Tottenham court road between 9am and 1pm today.
It's in the usual blue white colour scheme and has yoshimura gp exhausts on along with a grab rail.
Reg is SG09FKN. it's his only form of transport so any help would be appreciated. Pics etc will be added later.
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guile · Spanner Monkey Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Karma :

This area is heavily covered by CCTV. How are they so brazen to steal from here? Do they just roll in with fake plates on a generic white van and hope they don't get seen in the act?

GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

I think its because they know the police don't really actively pursue bike thefts, so they're free to do as they please.

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Nope. · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Feb 2011 Karma :

Don't suppose it's the one thats sometimes parked down Euston Street by William Hill?

I'll keep my eye out.
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biggeeman · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Karma :

Ba****ds all I have to say.
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Fisty · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Karma :

It was all on CCTV, 4 blokes faces covered in a van with stolen plates on.
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biggeeman · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Jan 2011 Karma :

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

It will be out of the country or in pieces by now. Sad

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Fisty · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Karma :

The police have found it. Or whats left of it.
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Scythe · Crazy Courier Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Karma :

waffles · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Karma :

It's not just a pile of parts, is it? That would be heartbreaking Sad

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woo · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Karma :

hes lucky to get anything back

i would love to have anything back from the 3 R1's i have had stolen
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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

That brands hatch raid likely did nothing but fuck over innocent people who probably bought exhausts and such from eBay - yeah I'm sure the thieves were a-shaking in their boots at that one. Likely put people off using the track as well since they don't want to bring their bikes which they've bought/spent money on legitamately to then have them taken off them because someone sold a moody exhaust to them on ebay.

Thing is the police in West Mids were recently pushing a "security marking" scheme, "valued at £30" and offering it for free. Now realistically if a bike gets taken, the likeihood of anyone bothering to check for security markings and cross-referencing them before going on to sell/buy them on ebay and other such places is non-existant.

I felt the money would be better spent installing homebrew GPS systems, the cost of which would be equal to the pointless marking system, yet have a significantly higher chance of the bike being recovered and the thief convicted.

So if I'm just a lowly grunt and I can figure this out, why the fuck can't the police who are paid substantially more than I am to think this shit up?

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bikersupermot... · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Karma :

if i was buying a new bike, lets say for example id narrowed my choice down to 2 or 3 that i really liked almost equally and its at that difficult " which one stage ".

what would swing it for me is if one of them had a built - in tracker that activated as soon as the bike was operated / tampered with / moved in a non - standard way and alerted police and alerted me.

the technology exists now - this could be offered in the " options list " when buying new or as standard - anyone whose had a bike nicked before may seriusly consider ticking the yes box for it.

another revenue stream for the makers, perhaps increase sales / steal sales from competitors if offered as standard the way some bike have electric screens / heated seats etc.
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