So, what kind of **** stole my bike?

[N Dentressangle]

My beloved motorbike was definitely stolen last night by s:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



But what kind of s did it?

Not kids, surely? It's not exactly 'joyrider' material...

Organised crime? Not worth much as parts, and only £1500 or so whole...

To order? Why not just buy one? They're cheap enough...

So, I'm intrigued (and fking angry). What kind of person did steal my bike? Will I ever see it again? Police responses especially welcome!

[vincenz]

I once sold some motorbike parts on eBay, it was a Polish fellow who turned up, he had a van FULL of bike parts, he said every month he comes to the UK and buys loads of parts and takes them back to Poland to his bike shope where the second hand spares is very buoyant.

Not saying he was Polish as this feller was a nice guy, paid cash, polite, no messing etc. but don't under estimate its value in parts abroad.

Good luck with getting it sorted out

[davepoth]

How easy is it to hotwire? I'm guessing a lot easier than a modern car? Someone may just have wanted a ride home from the pub.

[14-7]

Joyide material?

They don't care what sort of bike they nick. Most bikes that are stolen are scooters. Hardly 'joyride material' but they are easy to nick.

Other than that, spare parts fetch a good price.

[Mr_annie_vxr]

It'll be somewhere local. Stripped and being used to fk about on. Probably be dumped after a week or so.

[spaximus]

It will be on it's way to Eastern Europe. Apparently lots of damaged bikes and cars are being bought and taken over there for repair and resale, talking with aguy who used to buy write offs he says that he knows of one guy who comes twice a week with a transporter for write offs to go to Poland.

[Mill Wheel]

You were prepared to work hard and spend £1500 on a nice bike - they weren't.

Same applies to those who kick your wing mirrors off on their way home from the pub!

[N Dentressangle]

And the winner is...

Mr Annie VXR!

Much respect to Avon and Somerset Police, who did a fantastic job keeping me posted and found my bike here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&a...

in the bushy bit next to the A4174. Hartcliffe - who'd have guessed, eh?

Bike is not so pretty:





but I hope a couple of hundred £ and some tlc will put things right again.

Again, thanks to the police for a job well done.

[14-7]

Good that they've found it.

bds that nicked it deserve castrating and beating severely.

[Hooli]

Couldn't agree more with the last comment, although I favour a light covering of petrol & a match to retrain them to respect property.

[smack]

Good news! The boots on that look like PR2's...

[Mill Wheel]

Hooli said:

Couldn't agree more with the last comment, although I favour a light covering of petrol & a match to retrain them to respect property.

Sharia law would see their hands chopped off! I'm all in favour of that!

[carreauchompeur]

Glad to see it's all in one piece-ish!

[Pothole]

£1500? Really?

[JustinP1]

N Dentressangle said:

My beloved motorbike was definitely stolen last night by s:

But what kind of s did it?

Bristolian s I'd say.

That's where I'd get the police to start.

[Fer]

Glad to hear you got it back. Hope it hasn't taken too much of a kicking. (Can't see your new pictures at work).

[N Dentressangle]

Thanks folks. SOCO came round yesterday morning and plastered it with fingerprint dust: reckoned there might be a couple of good 'uns, but we'll see... I've actually been really impressed by how much the police have done. From the kicking they get on here, you'd think you had to ride into a police station on Shergar carrying the body of Madeleine McCann before they took any notice.

Details of damage done here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Currently waiting on a replacement rocker cover and giving the battery a bit of charge before I can tell how fubar'd it is. It all depends how long they ragged it with no oil in...

[Jesus TF Christ]

Great news, hope you can get her back up and good as new(ish) soon.