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SVeeedy Gonzales
16-03-07, 01:15 PM
What a git.
I get the bike out this morning, start her up, get out into the alley, all ready to go, open the throttle and... nothing. Look down and both cables are severed, the cable is pulled out, the plastic coating cut in several places and the metal wrap between the plastic and the cable has been pulled out.
Wouldn't be so bad if this had happened while it was parked on the street but someone had to climb a 6ft wall or a 5.5 ft wooden gate, which although it's easy enough to do, you've got to have an aim once you've done it, so did the person do it just to cut the cables?
No other visible damage to the bike and general opinion is that someone was trying to nick it and got disturbed and cut them to keep it there or else they were just a spiteful git.
I'll post some pics of the damage later on. New cables on order and will be making sure the bike is well chained up until it's sorted.
Can't help but think it's some sort of revenge/vendetta thing - cutting someone's throttle cables looks like it's trying to send a message, but I can't think of anyone who I've upset recently who'd do something like that... maybe I'm reading too much into it.
Disturbed (in more way than one) moron thieves is probably the cause - suppose cutting the cables is as good a way of keeping the bike there as smashing the ignition these days.
have you informed the police?
fizzwheel
16-03-07, 01:33 PM
No other visible damage to the bike and general opinion is that someone was trying to nick it and got disturbed and cut them to keep it there.
I'll post some pics of the damage later on. New cables on order and will be making sure the bike is well chained up until it's sorted.
Thats what I'd say to. have you got a neighbour with a garage that you can push your bike round to and get it under cover as it were.
Jelster
16-03-07, 01:33 PM
Neighbours who don't like the noise maybe ???
Has anyone confronted you about noise or bikes in general ?
Dis you leave it parked outside before you wheeled it into the garden (it may have been done then).
Where in Medway do you live ? (I grew up there and still have family in Rochester & Chatham).
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thedonal
16-03-07, 01:35 PM
Bloody hell! That's terrible. Have you checked the brake cables too? Best be safe. What a terrible thing to do- on a par with stealing the bike in this case.
Carsick
16-03-07, 01:42 PM
^ Do you have brake cables on your SV? ;p
John 675
16-03-07, 01:46 PM
What a git.
I get the bike out this morning, start her up, get out into the alley, all ready to go, open the throttle and... nothing. Look down and both cables are severed, the cable is pulled out, the plastic coating cut in several places and the metal wrap between the plastic and the cable has been pulled out.
Wouldn't be so bad if this had happened while it was parked on the street but someone had to climb a 6ft wall or a 5.5 ft wooden gate, which although it's easy enough to do, you've got to have an aim once you've done it, so did the person do it just to cut the cables?
No other visible damage to the bike and general opinion is that someone was trying to nick it and got disturbed and cut them to keep it there or else they were just a spiteful git.
I'll post some pics of the damage later on. New cables on order and will be making sure the bike is well chained up until it's sorted.
Can't help but think it's some sort of revenge/vendetta thing - cutting someone's throttle cables looks like it's trying to send a message, but I can't think of anyone who I've upset recently who'd do something like that... maybe I'm reading too much into it.
Disturbed (in more way than one) moron thieves is probably the cause - suppose cutting the cables is as good a way of keeping the bike there as smashing the ignition these days.
Unless they were after your petrol? and looking in the completly wrong place?
Ground anchor? disk lock? BIG F**K OFF CHAINS? lol,
if its garaged - try a baby monitor if you want total peace of mind, my data tool is also my garage alarm,
petevtwin650
16-03-07, 01:51 PM
Well at least they didn't cut the brake lines, so it looks like they weren't out to physically hurt you.
Makes you wonder what sort of world we're living in.
Hope you get it sorted quickly.
Captain Nemo
16-03-07, 02:14 PM
id keep a real close eye on it, my thinking would be that they cut the throttle cable so that they could come back for it later.....
kwak zzr
16-03-07, 02:18 PM
why would someone cut your throttle cables to nick it? dont understand that bit? git bags anyway for messing with other peoples property! scum.
fizzwheel
16-03-07, 02:22 PM
why would someone cut your throttle cables to nick it? dont understand that bit? git bags anyway for messing with other peoples property! scum.
It makes it harder for you to move it. so hopefully when they come back to nick it later on they'll hope it still there. Its more common to knoble the ignition system though by breaking the ignition barrel or sticking super glue inside it so you cant start the bike to ride it away.
scorpion
16-03-07, 02:25 PM
I'd wire the bike up to the mains, then they'll get a hell of a shock when they touch it!
kwak zzr
16-03-07, 02:28 PM
silly me, makes sence really?
kwak zzr
16-03-07, 02:29 PM
leash a big dog to it and hide with a camcorder :)
leash a big do to it
"Do" as in "do do", i.e. "turd"?
kwak zzr
16-03-07, 02:38 PM
ooops edit :-$
scorpion
16-03-07, 02:44 PM
Hope the dog doesn't pull the bike over!:(
SVeeedy Gonzales
16-03-07, 02:45 PM
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Have informed the police; got a guy painting and decorating the house who used to be a crime scene investigator and is a biker. No evidence left...
Got to shoot in a bit but I'll come back and have a read of all this later - lots of comments!
John 675
16-03-07, 03:40 PM
yup they are cut up you can see where they pulled the top one! tie it down to something always, or buy an alarm.
kwak zzr
16-03-07, 03:59 PM
that looks just like vandalism to me.
oldjack
16-03-07, 04:14 PM
Like jelster says, have you got a loud exhaust and do you use it in an antisocial way, e.g. at 5 am ? If so, a neighbour is trying to tell you something, possibly.
Warthog
16-03-07, 04:15 PM
*Expletive deleted*
Like jelster says, have you got a loud exhaust and do you use it in an antisocial way, e.g. at 5 am ? If so, a neighbour is trying to tell you something, possibly.
Even if that were the case, it's bloody disgraceful. There's ways and means.
Like a note thru your letterbox.
Hope you get a good result on this one. And soon, for your peace of mind.
andyaikido
16-03-07, 05:36 PM
If it's vandalism it seems a bit strange. There's lots of things you can do quietly to a bike (slash the tyres and seats, scratch paintwork, bust steering lock).
SVeeedy Gonzales
16-03-07, 09:09 PM
Neighbours fine, both used to have bikes and reminisce sometimes. No complaints from anyone, no run ins, nothing like that. No loud exhaust, no rude manners, I’m always polite and don’t ride like a git.
It goes straight in when I get home and the gate is bolted and padlocked behind me. I would have noticed anything wrong before then as it’s a slope up into the garden and I go up in first gear.
I live near Medway hospital. It’s not the best area – had car tyre slashed, wing mirror ripped off, garden gates attacked, etc. but that’s opportunistic stuff that someone can do in passing – jumping over a wall with wire cutters on you is pre-meditated.
I’ve checked everything else, it’s fine, no damage, nothing at all – all points to a thief trying to make sure the bike stays where it is. I suppose the idea is to ensure it’s there today/tonight so they can try and get it into a van, though if they’d left it alone I’d be none the wiser.
If they did come tonight and manage to pinch it I wouldn’t be too upset; I quite fancy another bike – it’s just a shame they can’t just nick it, rather than poncing around with it first.
The bike has an alarm, and a sensitive one. Not sensitive enough to go off when cables are cut though – perhaps that’s why they favoured that over smacking the lock with a screwdriver, which would have set the alarm off.
The more I think about it, the less it seems like vandalism – you’d need to know a bit about bikes to go for both throttle cables, and besides immobilising the bike or advising me to slow down, it’s an odd thing to do. Why not just push it over, set it alight, scratch the paint, slash the tyres… all more brainless and pointless.
Ah well, I'll keep an ear out tonight. Next step is a higher wall and higher gates.
Spiderman
16-03-07, 09:55 PM
If they did come tonight and manage to pinch it I wouldn’t be too upset; I quite fancy another bike – it’s just a shame they can’t just nick it, rather than poncing around with it first.
:lol:
At least you can see the positive in this somewhere ;)
Still lets hope that they got scared off for good by whoever/whatever and leave your bike alone.
SVeeedy Gonzales
17-03-07, 08:49 AM
It's still there this morning - bah!
Now all you need to do is get them cables...not worth claiming on insurance is it? Not worth the loss of NCD...
Do you have a security light in the back where you keep the bike?
That should have gone on and alerted someone?
SVeeedy Gonzales
18-03-07, 09:15 PM
There's a PIR sensor in my garden and the neighbours, but they won't activate until something's within 50ft or so - too far away from where the bike is.
It'll be a case of raising the wall and adding new gates (already talked about for this year, now going to happen sooner) to put people off. No point doing more than that as they can still come over into the neighbours' gardens either side and then into ours from there (it's more to stop people looking into ours into the first place).
Someone tried to open the bolts on the gate on the night after (tried from the alley side) but they weren't clever enough to realise there's two bolts and padlock and a ground bolt on the other side. More stuff to add to the police report.
At least the bike should be back on the road by the end of this week.
thedonal
18-03-07, 09:19 PM
Sheesh- so it looks like they cut the cables so the bike would still be there when they came back for it?
C*********ts!
I do so hope the police catch the so and so's asap.... Two attempts must surely suggest a little bit more effort on the law's behalf.
take it squirrels would have chewed through em ?
SVeeedy Gonzales
19-03-07, 12:19 PM
Had an update from the police today - there was a "suspicious male" reported down the road at 5am and again at 7am on the day I found the cables were cut, hanging around someone else's garden... which also had a bike in it. Git. Said they couldn't do much more for now but possibility of police action if it became more widespread/happened again.
I reckon its one of Jelsters relatives...i mean, why else woudl he mention it ;):lol:
Not good. Anyway, just replace the one cable, the 'pull' cable, that way its cheaper
Flamin_Squirrel
19-03-07, 12:49 PM
take it squirrels would have chewed through em ?
We prefer nuts.
thedonal
19-03-07, 01:45 PM
Had an update from the police today - there was a "suspicious male" reported down the road at 5am and again at 7am on the day I found the cables were cut, hanging around someone else's garden... which also had a bike in it. Git. Said they couldn't do much more for now but possibility of police action if it became more widespread/happened again.
Jeez- what does instigate police action then? 2 incidents in the same place and a potential incident elsewhere? They really can't be @rsed, can they?
SVeeedy Gonzales
26-03-07, 11:26 AM
To top it all off, I had a close look at the bike this weekend (been out of the Country all week), thinking that I should eb sure that nothing else was cut along with the throttle cables, and there's a small and very neat incision in the plastic sheathing around the wires that run from the ignition down to the engine. I poked at it to see if I could see more and at that point the alarm gave a warning beep.
Now I'm thinking that someone clmibed over with the idea of cutting the ignition and hotwiring the bike, only when they realised it was alarmed they stopped, then cut the throttle cables either out of spite or with an idea to keep the bike there for later if they could get a van.
It's a scabby old SV that's clearly been down on both sides you chump! It's not worth anything, so why bother trying - and failing, badly - to steal it. Grrr. At least if this is the case then they won't be back now they know it's alarmed.
scorpion
26-03-07, 03:48 PM
They are cheeky f***ers aren't they?
I know it would cost a bit but have you considered a small security camera concealed outside. Then you could get the scrotes on video and make them famous;)
Jelster
26-03-07, 04:01 PM
I reckon its one of Jelsters relatives...i mean, why else woudl he mention it ;):lol:
Christ no, we wouldn't have the courage to venture that far out of Rochester without a Police escort :D
It's in my boy's blood though, he was born in that Hospital :smt017
Sveedy, hope you get it sorted mate, and start wiring it into the mains in future :thumright:
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You could always pin a little note for the dumb scroat declaring your preference for an insurance settlement and ask that he call back on a more convenient date.
Then lay in wait with a few friends, your neighbours and a couple of baseball bats. :twisted:
CoolGirl
26-03-07, 09:37 PM
Had an update from the police today - there was a "suspicious male" reported down the road at 5am and again at 7am on the day I found the cables were cut, hanging around someone else's garden... which also had a bike in it. Git. Said they couldn't do much more for now but possibility of police action if it became more widespread/happened again.
Unfortunately, in my experience, suspicion isn't good enough. A crime has to be committed before the police will act. So if you're being stalked, being murdered is the motivating factor that will get a response. As in your case of theft, it would be too little too late. Hope the scumbag gets caught red handed.
How about getting one of those cheap personal attack alarms, the type that need a plastic rod pulled out to alarm, planting it somewhere out of site, and sorting a type of tripwire thing above the wall and gate? That would scare the bejesus out if him/her/it if it came back! I'd be tempted to put up a sarky sign in my window too like "Don't give up the day job" to rile the mongrel. Then wait............
:smt021 :smt027 :plod: :smt068
How about getting one of those cheap personal attack alarms, the type that need a plastic rod pulled out to alarm, planting it somewhere out of site, and sorting a type of tripwire thing above the wall and gate? That would scare the bejesus out if him/her/it if it came back! I'd be tempted to put up a sarky sign in my window too like "Don't give up the day job" to rile the mongrel. Then wait............
:smt021 :smt027 :plod: :smt068
Come now, if we're talking trip wire systems we can do better than a rape alarm. Highly illegal, but even more effective, shotgun shells :)
SVeeedy Gonzales
29-03-07, 12:16 PM
RAC came and picked it up today; first sent one guy out to see if he could fix it, despite being told it just needed transporting, then an hour later sent the biggest lorry they had. Looked stupid with the SV on it, total overkill.
Took a bit of time but all done very safely and professionally. At the bike shop now and it ought to be a 1 hour job, tops. Hopefully get it back today, but at least it's there now.
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