Followed by thieving chavscum (Bromley / Orpington)

[Kris]

Pretty sure I was followed by the 2-up maxi-scooter posse on Monday afternoon.

It was about 3.20pm and I was on the GSXR taking it easy on the way out of Croydon along the A232. Pretty rare for me to be travelling along there at that time on that bike but I was taking it on a shakedown run before a trackday. I guess the shiny sportsbike attracted the attention of some local undesirables.

Anyway, I'm pretty vigilant with the mirrors and noticed a PTW a few cars back. Did a few overtakes and the maxi-scoot shadowed the overtakes exactly. A red light at a pedestrian crossing let the gap close up and sure enough; two track-suited scumbags with balaclavas under their helmets.

I was careful to keep the bike moving and allow a gap to the cars in front. Once the light changed I didn't give them a chance to keep up and I was off and into hyperdrive. Nice open roads and too close to the motorway for them to catch up.

Luckily for me I'm used to getting followed on bikes after growing up in Medway (chav-scum central) and I can stay pretty relaxed. I can imagine a newbie would be easy prey though.

Anyway, cool story bro and all that. Nothing happened but I wasn't about to let anything happen regardless.
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[MarJay]

I wonder if 'I was being followed by what looked like a pair of motorcycle thieves' would be an acceptable defense for speeding these days.
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[Bonnie Lad]

[Ste]

[Bonnie Lad]

I'm not saying that coppers decide policy, or that I'd do anything other than scream away regardless of speeding consequences if i had thieving pedboiz on my tail - you just won't get any leniency if caught speeding for that reason as it's an easy tug (ooh-er) for the copper who stops you and an easy conviction in court for the mongoloids who pass sentence.

[arry]

[MarJay]

[Raffles]

[Kris]

[Rogerborg]

[P.]

Unfortunately they seem to be appearing in Orpington currently. I saw a group 2 up on a ped and a cbr125 with no plates ragging around looking in gardens. Police do fuck all

[bigdom86]

not sure if should post this publically, but this is why I carry a knife when I ride in my backpack. live in croydon, commute in central london

[Raffles]

[Dr. DaveJPS]

[chickenstrip]

[B0ndy]

I work in Orpington and have had a bike stolen from outside my workplace. Two pikeys tried to steal a work mates' Pan european a couple of months back, it's dump round here.

Even though my bike is chained up using an Almax going through a wall anchor I still worry about it, this post has reminded me I need to get a GPS.

Thanks for the heads up, must remember to keep getting my mirrors while travelling through the jungle - until I get to the M25.
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[Rogerborg]

[chickenstrip]

[Kris]

[Minty]

[Kris]

[Ste]

Quite possibly but you'd still have your bike.

There's no shortage of photos from newspapers and videos from youtube that show what you decided to speed away from.

If you got done for speeding away from bikelife then you could probably sell the story to tabloids.

[Minty]

[Rogerborg]

[Fizzoid]