Stolen Bikes/Peds In That London

[chris-red]

[arry]

No I'm not on that estate - my mother in law is though.

I'm in the Victorian expansion part of the town. My road is Victorian terraces. They're lovely old houses. There's quite a few nice tree lined avenues in the area.

Problem is the town itself is just a hub of dross these days. It won't be long before that lot go looking for something to rob. Bad enough with the pikeys that have moved in and had a special council dispensation

[chris-red]

[arry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41633205


Some crimes; like shoplifting............ or bike theft.

[M.C]

[BTTD]

[grr666]

[arry]

[barrkel]

.... and now I've been bike-jacked. Black SH300 ripped out of my hands.

Going north on the A10 through Tottenham towards Enfield, I pick up some bikes following close behind me, I turn down Monument Way towards Tottenham Hale, they try to grab me from behind as I'm cornering, I try and escape filtering through the cars but they catch up as I reach traffic at the junction.

Pillion on an Italian-plated scooter gets off and comes running at me while I'm trying to remove the key from the ignition, we fight over my key, and he rips it off the keyring. He tries to take the scooter from me, fails, then it falls over and hits the car next to me and he runs off.

Chap gets out of his car, looks to see how bad the dent is, then gets back in and drives off. But the thieves aren't finished; they circle back around, and shout at me to get off my scooter (I'm now stranded in between two lanes with a dead bike). The chap who has my key comes at me and fails to take the scooter from me a second time, then starts hitting me on the helmet, and a second guy comes up behind me and pulls me backwards down to the ground by the helmet, and they kick me in the head a couple of times just to make sure.

I struggle to my feet, in the middle of the traffic, all the horrified drivers looking out through their windscreens. I stagger to a traffic island, and everybody heads off on their way home.

A pedestrian then walks up to me, on the phone to the police. And thereafter commences the whole statement rigamarole. I just got home, two hours later than usual.

Message clear: don't ride a nice scooter through Tottenham. In fact, don't ride anything you don't mind losing through Tottenham. Ideally, steer clear of Tottenham altogether. I'll probably switch to a cheap geared bike for my commute, something less convenient for thefts.

If you do get bike-jacked, I recommend you throw away your key, if you have time.
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[P.]

Or beat them senseless. I literally have no self control when someone fucks with my stuff. I'd not worry about putting them in intensive care. From the weediest guy ever

Bad luck mate

[Rogerborg]

Well, damn. So it comes to BCF at last.

I hope you at least recalled that they shouted "Off the scooter, you $INSERT_SKIN_COLOUR bastard!" so that it gets hate-crimed.

Small comfort, but do please claim your compo for the kicking:

https://www.gov.uk/claim-compensation-criminal-injury
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[grr666]

Only a matter of time I suppose. At least you weren't macheted in the process.
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[barrkel]

[M.C]

[barrkel]

[P.]

Won't be long until bikers fight back... Knife or a decent gas powered pop pop in the bar muff.

[grr666]

Bloody hell, that SH300 looks no different to the 50 at a glance.

But I bet it goes better though
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[Rogerborg]

[TbirdX]

Unlikely, the police only investigate real proper crime now.

Although, you'd probably get a ticket for creating a noise nuisance.
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[M.C]

[barrkel]

I reckon the SH300 is close to ideal for doing scooter thefts from. Physically fairly small and narrow, but fast and probably the most capable handling of its capacity with the big wheels. Does about 80mph per GPS, 10-60 in about 6 seconds, but not super fast immediately off the line without transmission mods.

Long story, but it used to be my primary scooter before the engine seized, owing to a slow oil leak that I underestimated when I did extra travelling while moving house. My second SH300 was my main scooter until it was stolen in April, then recovered, and stolen again in June. I got a second-hand engine from ebay and replaced it myself, including replacing all the bearings in the final drive once I got to hear the whine it was making; 3 out of the 4 SH300 engines that have passed through our household have had bearings failures in the final drive, it's a weak point on the scooter.

Point being I loved that scooter model, loved riding it, and loved that particular bike enough that I poured multiple weekends into getting it ship-shape. The fairings were clean and shiny, no scrapes or scratches from being dropped, unusual for a 5 year old scooter with 22k miles. It was riding wonderfully smoothly, and I was looking forward to taking it easy through the winter after having spent a couple of months commuting hectically on the Brutale.

Three thefts of an SH300 from me in the past year. If I get another one, it'll have a GPS tracker.
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[c_dug]

It'd make for good headlines if nothing else, "Biker robbed at knifepoint in Police Station" or something, and really some actual decent press coverage is what we need.
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[chris-red]

Someone Mentioned taping a screwdriver to the bars as a handy shank...

It's becoming like fucking Mad Max meets Grand Theft Auto out there.
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[M.C]

[arry]

I would have serious reservations about the ride into London, TBH. I know I know, the benefits of it, the time saving, the convenience - but the guy's just got jacked and assaulted; who is to say the next time there won't be something melty involved despite Amber's best efforts?

There's a couple of suspicious looking scooters making their way out into the M25 borders these days and I've already bumped into a few unsavory characters out on a ride - won't be long until they're hanging around the country lanes is my guess.