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chris-red Have you considered a TDM?
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Posted: 11:10 - 13 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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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 |
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chris-red Have you considered a TDM?
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.... 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. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Posted: 21:21 - 16 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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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
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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 ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Only a matter of time I suppose. At least you weren't macheted in the process. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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Paddy. wrote: | 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 |
Between three and five guys altogether - in the commotion I don't recall if I saw two scooters or only one, because multiple people came at me multiple times from multiple directions - but there was a guy on a geared bike riding off on the pavement as well, part of the group. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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M.C wrote: | Not analysing your ordeal but how come you didn't carry on to the police station a bit further down? I'll keep an eye out just in case your bikes stayed in the area. |
I didn't know it was there. I only ever pass through Tottenham, I've never walked around the area, or paid much attention to the buildings. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Bloody hell, that SH300 looks no different to the 50 at a glance.
But I bet it goes better though ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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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. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 190 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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