RJ Almost got bikejacked
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Spanglepants said:
Nothing sad about dealing with them. Ok it was a long time ago but me and my Dad dealt with someone who'd nicked my bike and we then caught him on it , Dad drove straight into him knocking him off then he was dealt with.
Just as well he wasn't the innocent 3rd party who'd just bought the bike in good faith. ... Or was he?Edit to fix quoting
Edited by black-k1 on Tuesday 10th January 10:25
Pretty sure I saw two of these f
kers yesterday morning turning right down Stamford Street from Blackfriars Bridge. But it was an old purple thing, I didn't get a good look, possibly an old VFR 750. No number plate as usual, zero fks given for any aspect of the highway code, as usual.
kers yesterday morning turning right down Stamford Street from Blackfriars Bridge. But it was an old purple thing, I didn't get a good look, possibly an old VFR 750. No number plate as usual, zero fks given for any aspect of the highway code, as usual. If you ride or park in London (or anywhere for that matter!) - for gods sake get yourself a cheap GSM/GPS tracker from eBay. I paid a fiver for mine and coupled with a £10 payg SIM you can at least send a text to the device and get it's current coordinates. Obviously it'll be better if the bike is in the open for a more accurate GPS signal, but they also use GSM triangulation so you get a rough idea.
Mine is located up inside a panel that is hard to spot - you don't need to pay a lot of money. My £5 eBay unit works just fine.
Just search GPS tracker on eBay or Amazon.
Mine is located up inside a panel that is hard to spot - you don't need to pay a lot of money. My £5 eBay unit works just fine.
Just search GPS tracker on eBay or Amazon.
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
If you ride or park in London (or anywhere for that matter!) - for gods sake get yourself a cheap GSM/GPS tracker from eBay. I paid a fiver for mine and coupled with a £10 payg SIM you can at least send a text to the device and get it's current coordinates. Obviously it'll be better if the bike is in the open for a more accurate GPS signal, but they also use GSM triangulation so you get a rough idea.
Mine is located up inside a panel that is hard to spot - you don't need to pay a lot of money. My £5 eBay unit works just fine.
Just search GPS tracker on eBay or Amazon.
That is only useful if you are willing to get it back yourself. Mine is located up inside a panel that is hard to spot - you don't need to pay a lot of money. My £5 eBay unit works just fine.
Just search GPS tracker on eBay or Amazon.
To be honest wasn't bothered at the time. ( 1983).
I had a friend who'd seen my LC regularly ride past his shop at lunch times and let me know. Also on more than one occasion I had left my house and actually heard it in the distance, that might sound BS but i just knew it was my bike.
Me and a friend (who's also had his LC nicked with mine) had told my Dad who said to get in his car and take a look where it was last seen. As soon as we reached the area we saw my bike coming towards us with missing indicators etc. Dad crossed the centre line and knocked him off then he was grabbed and knocked about. When we got his crash helmet off it was a lad we'd both been to school with - was a thief back then as well.
Begged us to let him go , if he'd known it was mine etc etc. Too late.
Police turned up as people in houses had only seen us whacking him - no mobiles then. He was arrested , I got my bike back albeit it with missing ignition barrel, indicators, no working lights.
I know reading this it seems like a lot of coincidences and it all seems to have fallen into place ( at the police station while i was giving a statement, on a white board behind the WPC was written an incident where someone had stabbed someone else - both ex school friends of mine).
Strange day but all true.
Bike was stolen again 2 weeks later from back garden, never got it back this time.
I had a friend who'd seen my LC regularly ride past his shop at lunch times and let me know. Also on more than one occasion I had left my house and actually heard it in the distance, that might sound BS but i just knew it was my bike.
Me and a friend (who's also had his LC nicked with mine) had told my Dad who said to get in his car and take a look where it was last seen. As soon as we reached the area we saw my bike coming towards us with missing indicators etc. Dad crossed the centre line and knocked him off then he was grabbed and knocked about. When we got his crash helmet off it was a lad we'd both been to school with - was a thief back then as well.
Begged us to let him go , if he'd known it was mine etc etc. Too late.
Police turned up as people in houses had only seen us whacking him - no mobiles then. He was arrested , I got my bike back albeit it with missing ignition barrel, indicators, no working lights.
I know reading this it seems like a lot of coincidences and it all seems to have fallen into place ( at the police station while i was giving a statement, on a white board behind the WPC was written an incident where someone had stabbed someone else - both ex school friends of mine).
Strange day but all true.
Bike was stolen again 2 weeks later from back garden, never got it back this time.
johnwilliams77 said:
Risky, surely not worth going to jail for a scumbag?
black-k1 said:
Just as well he wasn't the innocent 3rd party who'd just bought the bike in good faith. ... Or was he?
Edit to fix quoting
Edit to fix quoting
Edited by black-k1 on Tuesday 10th January 10:25
bogie said:
I guess if we lived in the USA or South Africa, we could protect our property and just shoot the 3 of them from the luxury of our bedroom window therefore saving ourselves a whole load of hassle. In the meanwhile in the liberal UK, there is no deterrent for these scumbags to go about their business in broad daylight. They know there will be no pursuit (in case someone gets hurt) and if they get caught a few months community service to do whilst they continue their chosen profession....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY0CSs2jRecThose s do whatever they want, check this video out:
https://www.facebook.com/BikerandBikeUK/videos/770...
s do whatever they want, check this video out:https://www.facebook.com/BikerandBikeUK/videos/770...
happyWanderer said:
Those s do whatever they want, check this video out:
https://www.facebook.com/BikerandBikeUK/videos/770...
The same video as in the previous post thats been doing the rounds for a few years; bike thief shot by cop in Brazil.s do whatever they want, check this video out:https://www.facebook.com/BikerandBikeUK/videos/770...
bogie said:
The same video as in the previous post thats been doing the rounds for a few years; bike thief shot by cop in Brazil.
Nope, two guys on mopeds throwing a brick through an open window with a caption 'Chat st get bricked'Smashing a mirror off a police car with a hammer,
taunting police bikers and few more bits.
sealtt said:
bogie said:
The same video as in the previous post thats been doing the rounds for a few years; bike thief shot by cop in Brazil.
Wasn't intending to show a new video just reminding what happens when guns enter the equation!It doesn't normally benefit the victims
bogie said:
Yeah, I do agree, no matter how much we *think* we would like to shoot bike thieves, Im sure none of us would really like to live in a wild west style society where you need to be armed to feel safe when you leave the house.....
Those aren't the only options: all you need is a police force not made impotent by having to protect criminals from their own misadventures Another video here; https://www.facebook.com/BikerandBikeUK/videos/770... looks suspiciously like our old friend big nose again...
creampuff said:
bogie said:
Yeah, I do agree, no matter how much we *think* we would like to shoot bike thieves, Im sure none of us would really like to live in a wild west style society where you need to be armed to feel safe when you leave the house.....
Those aren't the only options: all you need is a police force not made impotent by having to protect criminals from their own misadventures So instead our Police can do nothing to apprehend thieves on 2 wheels, which leaves us in the daft situation where we are now with these scrotes running wild in the knowledge no-one will give chase.
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