Had my bike stolen, white transit ng04 exe

[sp1968]

26 Milford Street
Sheffield
England
S9 2
United Kingdom

[sp1968]

Normal looking clean shaven wore white baseball caps don't know there accent but security man on gate spoke to them one was smaller than other 2 he was sat in the middle they kept in the van the whole time I think they may come back we have had nickel alloy and titanium stolen this year and last year and been ram raided a few times we have a few bike enthusiast at work Brian travellers all over England and Europe on his bike and nobody chains them up at work and that's what makes them easy targets meadowhall shopping centre down road they have rails to chain them to it was by chance that I was in a meeting near the gatehouse and they looked suspicious so when I got back to my desk I googled the reg of the van and it came up with this web page

[Galviniser]

Normal looking clean shaven wore white baseball caps don't know there accent but security man on gate spoke to them one was smaller than other 2 he was sat in the middle they kept in the van the whole time I think they may come back we have had nickel alloy and titanium stolen this year and last year and been ram raided a few times we have a few bike enthusiast at work Brian travellers all over England and Europe on his bike and nobody chains them up at work and that's what makes them easy targets meadowhall shopping centre down road they have rails to chain them to it was by chance that I was in a meeting near the gatehouse and they looked suspicious so when I got back to my desk I googled the reg of the van and it came up with this web page

Pm me the crime number please


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[Galviniser]

Iv just spoke to the police and give them all I know, they need sp1968's crime number, he seems legit so thank you pal


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[joshwalker094]

sp, thats brill :P Chris fingers crossed this could help catch the fackers

[Galviniser]

I've had to give the copper sp's user name and the forums web address if you don't mind


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[sp1968]

At work tomorrow 6am it is written on my pad will send it then

[Elliott]

Fantastic news!

The SV forum..... Tracking down criminals.....

[Elliott]

Double post sorry

[Galviniser]

Lets hope so, I don't believe it, if you type in that guys reg on google this is the first thing that comes up haha!


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[dizzyblonde]

Just the biking community willing to lend a hand. I remember a few months back, somebody got his classic kwak Z back via sharing on Facebook.

Unfortunately its not always a nice ending, but at least people are willing to try make it so.

The tinterweb has its uses :)

[Galviniser]

Yeah, I can't tell you how great full I am of this and if any of you encounter the same problem I'm always happy to help, looking your bike is absolutely gutting and only fellow bikers really know how this feels


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[Elliott]

Lets just hope that these little thieving get there hands cut off!

[Galviniser]

Definitely!! And I get at least one piece of my bike back!


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[joshwalker094]

Can't believe it either, google the reg and bam the org. The swines need there hands chopping off, like to see them theive then!

[Fruity-ya-ya]

Fingers crossed you get some positive news.

Thieving little beggars.

[Specialone]

Can't believe it either, google the reg and bam the org. The swines need there hands chopping off, like to see them theive then!

Josh, friendly heads up, edit the above mate, its blatant avoidance of the swear filter, i dont mod this section or i wouldve done it.

[Galviniser]

At work tomorrow 6am it is written on my pad will send it then

Could really do with that number now please, coppers gona ring me any minute


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[Owenski]

Small world, SP works at Firth Rixon and we're doing some work for them on their Meadowhall site at the minute, just down the road from the address he's listed.

[Roberrrrt]

Small world, SP works at Firth Rixon and we're doing some work for them on their Meadowhall site at the minute, just down the road from the address he's listed.

Let's hope they don't make you take your bike on a site visit then eh...

[Owenski]

not my project, its Martins who drives a Nissan Juke... I recon thats safe.

[Roberrrrt]

not my project, its Martins who drives a Nissan Juke... I recon thats safe.

Aye no-one would be after those ugly things :D

[sp1968]

795 28112012

[NTECUK]

not my project, its Martins who drives a Nissan Juke... I recon thats safe.
Jukes safe as long as you have the keys out of the old fishing rod trick .
Dead locks ,Proper imobaliser.
Yes they are Sexy :smt019
Its not like a BMW :smt096

[Brettus]

Aye no-one would be after those ugly things :D

Whoa whoa whoa, don't be dissin' the Juke, I love mine :) Looks unlike anything else and mine goes well too! 1.6 Turbo quoted as 190bhp and its not a big car. I still rarely put it in sports mode as you have to stop it trying to headbutt the scenery, bonkers fun :)

Back on topic, fingers are still crossed galviniser, hoping for a good result for you.

[Galviniser]

Thank you, the police say they have traced the reg plate and have found it belongs to a guy in Stockport...weather it's actually his. Or not is another thing, lets hope so. Lets hope he has my bike in his garage unharmed....anyway back to reality it's most probably all over the country now


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[savage86]

Thank you, the police say they have traced the reg plate and have found it belongs to a guy in Stockport...weather it's actually his. Or not is another thing, lets hope so. Lets hope he has my bike in his garage unharmed....anyway back to reality it's most probably all over the country now


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It might not be much but it's a start keep faith man!

[Djgary]

My god, I saw this thread and something about the reg seemed familiar, I have my sv and I also have a rather nice transit van that due to its rarity is a bit of a target from our travelling friends, due to its rarity I take a lot of notice of other transits and I definitely remember seeing this reg somewhere and I travel in Stockport A LOT, I will keep my eyes open for this van and I will also let all my fellow transit owners in the area know so they can keep an eye out too.
Oh and it's not my van mines a mark 7.

[Galviniser]

My god, I saw this thread and something about the reg seemed familiar, I have my sv and I also have a rather nice transit van that due to its rarity is a bit of a target from our travelling friends, due to its rarity I take a lot of notice of other transits and I definitely remember seeing this reg somewhere and I travel in Stockport A LOT, I will keep my eyes open for this van and I will also let all my fellow transit owners in the area know so they can keep an eye out too.
Oh and it's not my van mines a mark 7.

Nice, well keep your eyes open, see if they match the description of the men,I notices one was baled too

Thanks for the help everyone


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[Galviniser]

Another thing too right, say one of you saw this van driving about, what would you actually do? Say you recognise the number plate and think to yourself "hey, they stole Chris' SV" would you actually follow it or just report it when you get home?

I think after all that has happened to me, if someone else had their bike stolen I would definitely follow that van and do my best to help them, after everything everyone has done for me. I tell you it's a real eye opener this


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[savage86]

If i had the time yes would try and make time as i hate theft....if not a phone call to the police or crimestopers.

[rob13]

Any result from the address enquiry yet OP?

[Owenski]

Phone the police, tell them I'm following a suspected drink driver and give them details of our journey until one of the pro's takes over. If I'm on the bike (which is more likely) then the best I can do is pull over and phone the police, I'm not exposing my own bike to a bunch of bike thieves.

[ChrisCurvyS]

If you were on the bike and so couldn't call the police, ideally you'd follow the van till it parked up somewhere and then make the call.

Only trouble is a bike's very noticeable so they may clock you following them - especially if they're taking lots of turns - and reverse into you at the first opportunity.

[NTECUK]

Dipper had a thread on cheap trackers.
Maybe a thought? though too late in this case.
Keep safe remember all the threads on people being chased .
You can't help from inside a body bag....

[Galviniser]

I have a tracker, a good one too but stupidlt it wasn't on my bike because I had a bad battery and it kept draining, iv just spoke to the police, they have been doing some work on it today, looking at cctv and following the van on cctv, they have also been round the to registration of the van holders address but they never told me anything about that...I'm starting o think this was a robbed to order theft. I also gave them the number sp gave me, they said it doesn't sound like a normal crime number but they will have a look
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[NTECUK]

Lets hope you get a result quick.
People at work take the P out of me because I chain mine to the fence .
I even do that to the zx6.
Now I'll show them this thread .

[dizzyblonde]

Not a normal crime number?

That sounds like they are inferring the member was pulling your pudoo!

[ChrisCurvyS]

Not a normal crime number?

That sounds like they are inferring the member was pulling your pudoo!
Perhaps but why would he do it and then keep it up for so long, when there's much funnier pranks to pull? He put in quite a bit of detail, didn't contradict himself and you'd think he'd go for something more obvious, eg "I'm following the van now! Call the cops!!!"

I know he'd only signed up to post on the thread but that could be because he only found it after googling the reg of the van that he'd been suspicious of. Just a thought.

[Galviniser]

Perhaps but why would he do it and then keep it up for so long, when there's much funnier pranks to pull? He put in quite a bit of detail, didn't contradict himself and you'd think he'd go for something more obvious, eg "I'm following the van now! Call the cops!!!"

I know he'd only signed up to post on the thread but that could be because he only found it after googling the reg of the van that he'd been suspicious of. Just a thought.

Yeah true, could the North Yorkshire crime numbers differ from ours?


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[ChrisCurvyS]

Possibly - this might help -

http://www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php?/topic/44006-pnc-crime-reference-numbers/

[Biker Biggles]

That number looked like a CAD number followed by the date to me.Which isnt a crime number but is a reference to an incident.

[Galviniser]

That number looked like a CAD number followed by the date to me.Which isnt a crime number but is a reference to an incident.

So it can still be something important? The officer said he would note it down anyway


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[savage86]

Yeah don't ref numbers end in the date of the incident.

[tigersaw]

Incident numbers start with the date backwards - in hampshire anyway

[Fruity-ya-ya]

Looks right to me, incident 795 recorded 28112012.

Maybe phone them direct instead of your local force e.g. look up South Yorks on 118118 (http://www.118.com/search?what=police&where=sheffield).

I presume phoning 101 would get you through to your local force but the number listed on the above search should get you through to them.

[Galviniser]

The police have just been in touch, they say they have been round to that guys house who supposedly owns the transit, it's not him, as they say, so they are trying different combinations of number plate but I think they must have used fake plates. Why on earth can anyone just go and buy a number plate, is our country thick or what! Looks like I'm claiming off my insurance, I was anyway but before there was hope, now this is getting silly


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[yorkie_chris]

Well actually you can't, you need the V5 and ID.

Unless you buy a "show plate" or know somebody a bit dodgy.

[savage86]

I'm sure there is many websites that do number plates no doc's needed!

[Galviniser]

It's just a joke that :/ proper annoyed. What else could the police do to catch these scum and get my bi,e back


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[Owenski]

Aye "show" plates cost little over £10 for bikes and require nothing other than your eBay account to buy them.
Look little/no difference to normal ones but are technically illegal.

Tbh the method of knocking the plates up is so simple even if it wasn't so easy for Jo public to do the criminals wouldn't have any issues setting up to do it themselves

[sp1968]

The reg was correct I wrote it down it actually looked a newer model than a 04 plate looked unmarked with no visual wear and tear that you old expect from a 8 year old van

[NTECUK]

Yes life can be poo .
But with all the cuts with reductions in man power ,the human rights acts they can only go so far .
It's up to all of us to make getting your bike difficult .Chains ground anchors they make the time to remove it longer.
Mark as much as we can . Then if the parts turn up they can trace the gits who deal in stolen parts .
Ok its not going to get this bike back .But might help someone else go and get a chain /lock etc

[savage86]

It really does make the case of looking at the likes of the datatag and the like.

[yorkie_chris]

The reg was correct I wrote it down it actually looked a newer model than a 04 plate looked unmarked with no visual wear and tear that you old expect from a 8 year old van

It's the correct model for that year looking at the shape of it but they did make those up until 06 IIRC

[Galviniser]

Do you think I should tell the police this?


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[Kenzie]

Proper shops with number plate machines are licensed and audited. I have a set of documents required before I can issue a plate. Internet sellers and market traders don't have this procedure.

[tigersaw]

I dont think the bobbies really bother about where you get you plate made, else there would not be so many munged up plates trying to spell an obscure word that makes the owner look a complete ****.

[Galviniser]

Right, I'm at my wits end now, a police officer came...to my work today to view a better copy of the CCTV. He said he could not make out a clear registration on the vehicle so he just said the case is closed, end of, shazam, it's over....WHAT THE ****, THE POLICE ARE ****! What the hell did they do in the old days! When there was no CCTV eh! Do they know how this feels! I'm making a call to the police station as we speak to make a complaint. I want something done about this. This is appalling! To say the least


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[acting_strange]

If you are going to make a complaint do it fast....I got conned by my local police when they failed to tell me that I only had 24hrs to make my complaint....so when I took it in two days later they wouldnt accept it...

Sorry if this offends but I personally find the police worse than useless....

[Galviniser]

I have done already, they said they would contact me in 24 hours tho


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[Biker Biggles]

I say again-------Write to your MP.

[NTECUK]

Also worth ringing the local radio station and tv news .

[yorkie_chris]

Although I'd be careful about the reg as if it's a cloned plate of someone local you might get somebody innocent into bother.

[NTECUK]

Yes don't get hung up on the reg,Today I had to fit a pair of plates to a car that had been stolen.
They didn't inform the police .I did point out if they got a Demand for petrol drive-aways etc they might be on a sticky wicket

[rb8989]

Scum, will keep an eye out.

[Owenski]

God that's frustrating! Wait so long for some action only to be told their washing their hands of it.
Another terrific reason our insurance is so high companies must be paying out £100k a day if the stats on stollen bikes are accurate.

Not that I think you are doing but don't be narrow minded by blaming the officers dealing with it. The complaint should be about the systems in place or lack there of.
It's a sad reality of what state our previous gov's greed put the country into. I'm not saying the torys are aby better but these cuts are all that's keeping GB afloat.
The ****ty end of the cuts is more obvious when it happens on your doorstep though. In your case pal these *******s have taken advantage of the weakness in the current system, been robbed is never a nice feeling. I only had a car stereo nicked so it doesn't even come close to having my bike taken but I do remember the hatred I had for those who did it. Excess fees were the same as the stereo so it was gone for good, no replacement. Look on the bright side, you might get top dollar for the bike in the end but fark it if its not still sickening.

[Galviniser]

You are right, it is sickening, this year has been so **** for me, been knocked off my bike twice this year, second time I broke my arm, both non fault, if I had the money from the second accident it might have paid my way now, and it wouldn't be as bad but like everyone else nower days, I have no money and have to start the long process of saving. The insurance company have been in touch, they want everything from the bike, all the keys, receipts, documents the lot, I was hoping to keep a key in memory of the SV, hoping that one day I will find it haha, but no, they want it.

Another thing, I got a call last night from the chief inspector, apologising on behalf of the police for the actions taken when my bike got stolen, there was clearly not enough done and not enough officers around, doesn't that say something....hire more police, stop cutting back. Spend taxes on something useful, I ended up writing to some guy really high up, I forget now, hopefully it will get seen and something will be done, I'm gonna give them another ring today, see if anything has actually been dome about my bike and my complaint now, if they are still going to give up that easily and not look for my bike then I will keep making complaints to the police unless something is done, I hate to be a pest but if that's the way they want it, I'm just sick of this now, they don't care about my bike, they don't wanna know do they, it's just one big joke


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[missyburd]

Blimey only just caught up with all this, what a crock of sheeite! Sounds very badly handled by the police too, very disappointing.

There are so many bike thefts being reported lately, so sad.

[Galviniser]

Just got off the phone to the inspector, they have no reassigned someone back on the case and they will give me full updates


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[Owenski]

Just got off the phone to the inspector, they have no reassigned someone back on the case and they will give me full updates


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Good stuff, you've proved to be enough of a PITA to them they've had no choice but to do what you'd have expected from them initially its just a shame they're doing it so far down the line. I imagine like anything which goes missing its a case of the longer its gone the less likely it is to get it back as you lost it.

I don't think anyone asked early on but thinking back to when Si had his zxr nicked the other month. Did you do a walk around check of the area, all back streets etc etc?
Its well known on the drz forum for the bikes to be nicked, relocated for a brief time and then collected a few days later. The idea been that with trackers now been fitted the thieves are stashing the bikes (they do the same with cars) basically to see if someone comes to fetch it.
If you find it on a street its zero incriminating for them and they've lost nothing they never had.

[yorkie_chris]

Why why is stuff that goes boom illegal here, that could be hilarious :(

[Owenski]

Why why is stuff that goes boom illegal here, that could be hilarious :(

You thinking about combining a parking lock with a proximity mine?

[NTECUK]

A few years back you could get a garage deterrent that used a blank cartridge.....;)

[Elliott]

How about a smart water canister?

Check any white transit quickly.

I think tbh that trackers are the only way to secure your bike these days as there is away round any of the others. Anyone know a good tracker?


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[yorkie_chris]

You thinking about combining a parking lock with a proximity mine?

I was more thinking a service where if a bike is nicked and left local for the theives to check it isn't tracked, pack the underside of the tank with 20lbs of something energetic and blast them into pate when they come to collect :)

[yorkie_chris]

How about a smart water canister?

Check any white transit quickly.

I think tbh that trackers are the only way to secure your bike these days as there is away round any of the others. Anyone know a good tracker?


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A company I've dealt with do some fancy business apparently, the dye in some dye bombs has some uniquely "chopped up" plant DNA in it meaning if you set one off and get nicked they can track the exact crime committed.

[Owenski]

I was more thinking a service where if a bike is nicked and left local for the theives to check it isn't tracked, pack the underside of the tank with 20lbs of something energetic and blast them into pate when they come to collect :)

Lol you still lose your bike that way though, I'd much prefer a method which involved dismemberment but meant I kept my bike.

[Galviniser]

Lol you still lose your bike that way though, I'd much prefer a method which involved dismemberment but meant I kept my bike.

If I can't have it, nobody can!

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[Galviniser]

Ov been offered £3800 for my bike from my insurance


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[TCochrane]

Ov been offered £3800 for my bike from my insurance


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you going to get another SV with that money or something else?

[Galviniser]

I want another SV, but I want a transalp for winter, I'm not into this zzr400, but I will definitely get another SV


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