Thieving Scum

[mac]

I was looking out of the window this morning ( my house backs onto some fields ) and could see what looked like a bike on its side in the hedge. Went out to have a look and it was an X reg bandit.

What would you do ?

Decided it would last 5 mins if left there ( either torched or nicked again ) so picked her up and wheeled her back round to my garage and locked it up.

Phoned the police straight away, and was told that i should have left it there ( quite a snotty women on the front desk ).

Anyway gave it a quick once over and apart from bent levers and some mud clinging here and there ( and all the ignition wires cut ) she doesnt look too bad.

Just waiting for the police to get back to me..............

[petevtwin650]

Personally I think you did the right thing removing it from where it could be further damaged or even retrieved by the scumbags. Police don't exactly rush to these incidents with CSI equipment.

If that were my bike, I'd shake your hand and buy you a pint.

[Scoobs]

Personally I think you did the right thing removing it from where it could be further damaged or even retrieved by the scumbags. Police don't exactly rush to these incidents with CSI equipment.

If that were my bike, I'd shake your hand and buy you a pint.

I'd accuse him of nicking it and punch him! :lol:

I think you did the right thing mate. Maybe not the correct thing, but the right thing.

[sharriso74]

Personally I think you did the right thing removing it from where it could be further damaged or even retrieved by the scumbags. Police don't exactly rush to these incidents with CSI equipment.

If that were my bike, I'd shake your hand and buy you a pint.

I'd accuse him of nicking it and punch him! :lol:

I think you did the right thing mate. Maybe not the correct thing, but the right thing.

Your just mean though :wink:

[fizzwheel]

I think you did the right thing, if it was my bike I'd rather somebody picked it up and locked it away safe and then let the police know they'd found it.

I think technically you've disturbed a crime scene, but realistically what are the chances of the police catching the scum that nicked that bike anyway...

[Samurai]

Nice one mate, they are only p*ss*d off because now they have to do some work, they would probably have left it there hoping that it would get nicked again.

cops are a useful as a chocolate fire guard when it come to stolen bikes in my experience.

Good on you mate :wink:

[Blue Flame]

Well done for being a good Samaritan. =D>

However I don't think I would have done that. The paranoid voice in my head would have asked me how things would have looked if the police had appeared just as I was wheeling it round the corner, or failing that, would they think that I had stolen it and placed it in my garage then got cold feet?

Better to phone the police and leave it where it is in my opinion. but then, as I say I get a bit paranoid with situations like this and the effect that any actions that I may take will have.

[mac]

Thanx for the replies ( was beginning to get a bit paranoid, after the women on the phone told me i shouldnt have moved it ).

But since then have had two phone calls (from police officers this time) thanking me for moving it,because they had reports of kids trying to pinch it again this morning .

Also had a nice visit from a very good looking police woman saying the same thing ( she was almost worth the hernia i gave myself lifting the bloody thing - lol ).

I didnt really stop to think of the legal side of things,only what i would like someone else to do if my bike was nicked.

Still the recovery truck is on the way, and im not in anyones bad books.

On another note, the turning circle on the Bandit is great ( it had Renthal flat bars on it ). It felt like it would turn on a sixpence ( thats a small coin to you younger folk on here )

[keithd]

i'm still trying to understand why anybody would want to knick a Bandit...... :D

[Beenz]

I've been on the receiving end many moons ago when my garage was done when I lived in the Midlands, the pond scum took my H plate CBR600F (when it was two years old, I did say it was a while ago, Sept 1992) and a less that year old KMX200 Kwak). The insurance bod virtually accused me of giving the things away but they did pay up months later, but not the true value to me. The police didn't seem to be bothered at the time even when told that some kids had been seen on the fields on the Kwak. I guess when all the IDs have been removed it's hard to find the owner.

The problem was that new insurance was very expensive after that with third party only cover offerred. Even insuring a small car cost a fortune for years after that. I'd have been over the moon to have a kind sole find em and return em. I recon you did a very good thing.

[Ceri JC]

You did the right thing.

[kwak zzr]

second that! what goes around comes around, you will be repaid for your good deed! and your right the police arnt intrested in bike theft it doesnt inprove there ratings. :evil:

[mac]

Well its gone now, the recovery firm just picked her up. The driver was saying they have three Bandits sat in the compound now, waiting to be picked up and that if they dont get collected within the time limit they " cube `em ".

The police didnt look at the bike at all, when they called round earlier it was to thank me for moving it.

I think i fancy a Bandit as a winter hack, going to keep my eyes open for a cheap one me thinks.....................

[jambo]

I think i fancy a Bandit as a winter hack, going to keep my eyes open for a cheap one me thinks.....................

Not bad advice that, tough they do like to corrode a bit and the exhaust collector box rots away if you try to use it through winter, stainless items are cheap.

Why not keep dibs on the one that's due to be "cubed" if uncollected and see if you could buy it off the pound cheap? (No idea if they allow this, they're beurocrats so I wouldn't be certain that logic would enter into it) :roll:

[Cloggsy]

The driver was saying they have three Bandits sat in the compound now, waiting to be picked up and that if they dont get collected within the time limit they " cube `em ".

My **** :!: They're stripped for bits & sold more like...

[Biker Biggles]

No what he mean't was bandits to the power of three means bandits cubed. :lol:

[Blue Flame]

If you find money on the street and it goes unclaimed you get to keep the money after a while.

Does this not apply to other items? IE if the bike is unclaimed/owner untraceable can ownership not transfer to the finder?

Or am I being stupid.

[Anonymous]

If you find money on the street and it goes unclaimed you get to keep the money after a while.

Does this not apply to other items? IE if the bike is unclaimed/owner untraceable can ownership not transfer to the finder?

Or am I being stupid.

That what i thought as well.

Some one somewhere must be making big money otherwise, by selling on stolen cars and bikes for spares or even as desent vehicles if they were not damaged.

[mysteryjimbo]

If you find money on the street and it goes unclaimed you get to keep the money after a while.

Does this not apply to other items? IE if the bike is unclaimed/owner untraceable can ownership not transfer to the finder?

Or am I being stupid.

Unless all the numbers are removed its unlikely. Chances are it'll go to the insurance company to sell on after a payout.

[Scooby Drew]

i'm still trying to understand why anybody would want to knick a Bandit...... :D

Quite :lol:

[kwak zzr]

i found a pushbike when i was a kid thrown in the canal, me and a mate got it out and my dad made me hand it in to the police! a fair few months later they rang me and said i could have it as been as no one had reported it stolen.

[Jelster]

i'm still trying to understand why anybody would want to knick a Bandit...... :D

Quite :lol:

Perhaps they felt sorry for the owner ? :lol:

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[kwak zzr]

bandits are good everyday bikes! ive had one, it just wasnt fast enuf! oh and the finish was usuall suzuki! :roll: