Bike Stolen - Black Hayabusa - Wapping, London

[Sweller]

Unfortunately my P&J was stolen last night (Tues 29 July) while I was in Waitrose, Wapping/St Katherine's dock between 1938 - 1948.

Parked on the corner of Thomas More st and Nesham St.

Suzuki Hayabusa Black/Red HY10 CTO.

Apparently 2 chaps on a scooter in helmets just pulled it along the road, alarm going and everything.

Any information or sightings much appreciated. Not holding out much hope as the police said it was fairly common and the bikes get broken up...

[LiamB]

Absolute s hope they crash into a lamppost and kill themselves.

Bike theft really seems to be on the rise lately I never leave my bike out of my sight and if I do my alarmed disc lock is on it as well as the steering lock and a chain if I'm gonna be a bit longer.

Hope you hear something mate I'll keep an eye out as I'm in London unfortunately

[Swanny87]

I work at a certain newspaper publishing company nearby. I'll keep an eye out!

[creampuff]

That sucks the big time suck

Did you have the steering lock on? I guess that isn't that hard to break.

[creampuff]

Oh I just Google street viewed it. Were there other bikes parked there at the time or was yours the only one?

[DSS1]

I'll keep an eye out, I pass via The Highway to Marylebone every day, also got a friend who does the local D3 route so I'll mention it to him.

[Sweller]

Thanks for your replies everyone. There were other bikes parked next to mine in addition to people being about. A very nice young lady called the police whilst the theft was in progress but by the time they arrived, within about 5 mins or so, the crims had long gone.

[Deranged Granny]

Absolute King Canuts. Wouldn't really expect that in Wapping. Hope they drowned in the dock.

[RumpleFugly]

Sorry to read this.

To add, my mates Husqvarna 610 reg number VX55RZH was nicked in East London today from his work. Appreciate if anyone sees it.

Tis the season...

[Wacky Racer]

I know London's a big place, but it seems there's a bike theft epidemic going on at the moment.

[jovie]

Sorry to hear that mate.
My BMW S1000RR was stolen a couple of weeks ago and i am still fuming at the police response!!

[siamblue]

Need to set up a sting,a couple of my friends have had their R1's stolen recently in E London..

[siamblue]

both parked up in bike bays,one had a tracker fitted,same thing guys came along on a scooter and pushed the R1's away.

[siamblue]

both parked up in bike bays,one had a tracker fitted,same thing guys came along on a scooter and pushed the R1's away.

[LoonR1]

Wacky Racer said:

I know London's a big place, but it seems there's a bike theft epidemic going on at the moment.

At the moment? London has always been terrible for bike theft. The odds are something daft like 1 in 10 of it being stolen, hence why premiums are so high there.

[LoonR1]

siamblue said:

both parked up in bike bays,one had a tracker fitted,same thing guys came along on a scooter and pushed the R1's away.

Did the tracker work? If not that pretty well answers any questions about insurance discounts.

[creampuff]

If they get pushed away by petty crooks on scooters, it seems to me that a disc lock would reduce your theft risk by a lot.

[CAPP0]

LoonR1 said:

Wacky Racer said:

I know London's a big place, but it seems there's a bike theft epidemic going on at the moment.

At the moment? London has always been terrible for bike theft. The odds are something daft like 1 in 10 of it being stolen, hence why premiums are so high there.

Agreed, it's not an epidemic, rather, it's endemic. I've had a 6 month old sportsbike pinched from London before. Friend of a friend had an almost-vintage BMW taken last week. Although there are the occasional success stories, including on here, chances of getting anything back are fairly slim.

[Moily]

creampuff said:

If they get pushed away by petty crooks on scooters, it seems to me that a disc lock would reduce your theft risk by a lot.

Only if you have disclocks on both wheels. The scum round here are quite adept with a bit of scaffolding pole to bypass a lock on the front wheel.

The only half-decent security for public spaces is to chain it to something immovable with a chain that can't be cropped. The downside is that the thickness of chain you need to be invulnerable to cropping makes it almost impossible to carry around with you.

[Renn Sport]

I have decided that whenever riding into central london I must have secure parking. Otherwise I just wont take my bike.

My brother was parking his 2012 Triple on the street and I made him take a chain to lock it up. However I am sure chain he had could be cropped pretty quickly if the scum wanted.

The only other thing I have heard is ride an older bike and still chain it up! Maybe they wont move on a old bike? Maybe?