A reminder - thieving scum are out there...

[glsuk1970]

So I'm leaving the house for work this morning when my neighbour strolls across the road looking all serious and glum. Turns out that at 4.00am this morning, two urchins took it upon themselves to remove his beloved GSX-R600 from the garage along with his helmet and a crate of beer and begin making their way down the road.

Thankfully the security light woke him and when he peeped through the curtains he saw the garage door wide open and said scumbags pushing his bike down the road. Naturally he gave chase but they just dropped everything (including the bike - scratched exhaust, could've been worse) and legged it.

Being the decent biker that he is, he tipped off all other motorbike owners in the street to be on their guard and make sure our pride and joy is safe and secure and I though I'd do the same with the org.

They were probably opportunist thieves out for what they could get so don't make it easy for them and make sure your SV (and your beer :smt030 ) is safely locked up.

Goodnight and sleep well (Cue Crimewatch theme...)

Cheers,

Gary.

[DanDare]

I always understood opportunist theives to be ones that don't go out planning to nick stuff.

This sounded slightly organised. Have you a Ground Anchor?

Theiving scum.

I never have beer in my garage long enough though for them to nick...........Hic! :smt030

[glsuk1970]

I always understood opportunist theives to be ones that don't go out planning to nick stuff.

This sounded slightly organised. Have you a Ground Anchor?

I haven't, but after what happened this morning I'm going to make a few security improvements. Bike security at the moment is being parked in a locked garage with two cars in front and a disc lock.

Like my school teachers always used to say, must do better.

[PsychoCannon]

I know what I'd LIKE to do...but I have no idea what I'd actually do if I actually managed to get my hands on one of the dirty scroats.

[Rossi_C]

How much security is enough though? You would think an alarmed bike in locked garage would be good enough to keep most of the young swines away!

[PsychoCannon]

Alarm, Security Light and chained to an Imobile re-enforced Cement Post is enough for me to sleep at night but Idealy I'd have a tracker, CCTV and an almax as well.

...a couple of armed guards wouldn't go amiss either....

[Toypop]

A planned theft that can easily circumvent many expensive security devices depends on them knowing that bike X is kept at that location in the first place. That isn't easy for them.

If you live in a cul de sac then it is highly unlikely that a bike thief would be going up your road during the 30 seconds it takes to put your bike in the garage. I always recommend not leaving your bike parked outside on display.

As far as the casual thief goes, they may break into the garage and to their surprise find a nice shiny bike but they won't be able to remove most half decent security devices so it is best not to just depend on the steering lock but at least use a disk lock or chain in the garage.

[arenalife]

I have the 'lots of little things' approach in my security. There's 4 padlocks to get through, 2 separate alarms, an almax, locked off electric supply. None of them are un beatable but the time taken to do all of them should be enough for me to get up or **** them off I hope.

[wheelnut]

I only use a small chain to protect my bike.

At the end of it there is a massive staffy bull terrier with attitude :twisted: Im more bothered about the dog been nicked as he would eat the scumbags

[timwilky]

I always remember back in the early 80s a mate had his LC pinched from outside our local. At that time it was a very popular bikers pub. So we had a damm good idea of who was responsible. About 40 boozed up hooligans decended on the guys house. He came out and protested his innocence. Somebody in the meantime smashed their way into the guys shed to find not only the missing LC but about 4 other bikes that were obviously nicked.

By the time the police arrived the guy had had the fingers on both hands plus both arms broken. Now I don't condone violence but the instant justice appeared to work as the light fingered scroat never again came near our local.

It is just a pity that only last night I heard of a gang from this scroats area turning up in my village and attacking local youths. As the generations move on it is a pity that their replacements seem to be worse than the predecessors.

[kwak zzr]

scumbags :evil: i hate it when ppl mess with others property :evil:

[Alpinestarhero]

Thieving *******s! Least he managed to stop them; I'd prefer a scratched bike to having no bike. The former is cheaper to repair than to buy a whole new machine :shock:

I'm always vigilant of my bike, I'll get up several times in the night and peek out the window to make sure its still there. But i sleep better knowing its chained to a lump of concrete :D I need to get an alarm though; I don't want anything that's complicated, just something that makes a big noise (hopefully a painful noise) when the bike is moved. The bike did have an alarm/imobilizer...but the imobilizer did its imobilizing thing too well and the key fob couldnt disarm it, so it came out 8)

I got quite a few locks on the bike too, so it'll take a while for someone to get through them all. And they'll have to make a racket doing it.

Miss Alpinestarhero's dad just put in a wall anchor point at his house for my bike when I come to stay; he wasn't keen on me taking his eldest (and deaf) daughter out on the bike, so wasn't keen on the bike by extension, but once he saw me riding it he's been a bit more enthusiastic.

Matt

[Tiger 55]

...a couple of armed guards wouldn't go amiss either....

Nah, then you'd have to worry about an inside job...

[Dave The Rave]

I always remember back in the early 80s a mate had his LC pinched from outside our local. At that time it was a very popular bikers pub. So we had a damm good idea of who was responsible. About 40 boozed up hooligans decended on the guys house. He came out and protested his innocence. Somebody in the meantime smashed their way into the guys shed to find not only the missing LC but about 4 other bikes that were obviously nicked.

By the time the police arrived the guy had had the fingers on both hands plus both arms broken. Now I don't condone violence but the instant justice appeared to work as the light fingered scroat never again came near our local.

It is just a pity that only last night I heard of a gang from this scroats area turning up in my village and attacking local youths. As the generations move on it is a pity that their replacements seem to be worse than the predecessors.

True Crime and punishment! Well done!!!!

I sleep tight! With the bike being secured in my newly assembled bike safe. 3 external locks, 1 wheel clam (no room to swing a hammer to break it) and alarmed. Oh ...BTW .. does an alarm drain the battery badly? Panning 3 weeks holiday soon, can I leave the alarm on all the time without risking a flat battery?