RJ Almost got bikejacked

[Biker 1]

Pothole said:

A 44% increase on 22000 thefts is still a lower number than 2001's total (and that increase is only in one part of the UK, so not fully representative)

Article here

OK, but the article talks about numbers. Are there not fewer bikes on the street today than in the 80's? I wonder what the actual percentages are like...

[catso]

CoolHands said:

Got one of th motherfkers! 1000 man-points to the geezer in the fluro.

Good now they should waterboard him to get the names of the others...

[pc.iow]

catso said:

CoolHands said:

Got one of th motherfkers! 1000 man-points to the geezer in the fluro.

Good now they should waterboard him to get the names of the others...

Is that next to a dunkin donut shop? Only, where did plod go that jumped out of the waggon? And where was the driver of plod van while the two members of public carried out their job.

[CoolHands]

met said:

A teenage boy charged following a robbery at a Westminster jeweller’s has been remanded in custody.

The 16-year-old boy appeared at Wimbledon Youth Court on Friday, 27 January charged with
conspiracy to rob following a robbery at Suttons & Robertsons jewellery store on Victoria Street, SW1E, on Thursday, 26 January.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Wimbledon Youth Court on Tuesday, 31 January.

I'm going to see if I can keep track of it. Bet he gets, what, 9 months in a young offenders? + I bet no insurance, no licence, stolen scooter etc are all not punished.

[myvision]

Do we think these are all legit bikes?
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hundreds-of-...

[308mate]

This was taken today in soho by a friend of a friend (a lady biker). As usual nobody batting eyelid.

[Iva Barchetta]

I can't see anything illegal going on ^^^^^....

[CoolHands]

They're nicking the street triple.

[SystemParanoia]

Been watching bike theft vids on youtube...

it seems impossibly to hold onto anything with 2 wheels in london
they dont even bother with bolt croppers.. its all battery grinders with plasma disks.

for example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw74y5xCd1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t0Qz_vrG-Q

as someone that would like to get a theif magnet one day.. how can i make sure i keep it? locks seem to pose no problem, and members of the public\security guards dont give a crap so crowded places are no deterrent.

would a chain seath made from this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ejn7wB9vM

help ? once the angle grinder is stuck in it they would have to abandon the grinder entangled in it.

Edited by SystemParanoia on Friday 3rd February 01:04

[Iva Barchetta]

CoolHands said:

They're nicking the street triple.

I wondered if that was happening but it's not obvious on a phone screen.

[myvision]

Anyone know what it's like around Fulham and Hammersmith for these tts I'll be parking on the street round there the end of this month.

[eybic]

SystemParanoia said:

would a chain seath made from this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ejn7wB9vM

help ? once the angle grinder is stuck in it they would have to abandon the grinder entangled in it.

Edited by SystemParanoia on Friday 3rd February 01:04

I'm not sure if it's the teeth of the blade that get entangled so maybe not as an angle grinder doesn't have teeth as such.

[CAPP0]

Iva Barchetta said:

CoolHands said:

They're nicking the street triple.

I wondered if that was happening but it's not obvious on a phone screen.

You can see Luigi's (or whatever his name is) foot on the rear peg of the Triumph.

[btdk5]

myvision said:

Do we think these are all legit bikes?
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hundreds-of-...

Why wouldn't they be?

[bogie]

eybic said:

SystemParanoia said:

would a chain seath made from this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ejn7wB9vM

help ? once the angle grinder is stuck in it they would have to abandon the grinder entangled in it.

Edited by SystemParanoia on Friday 3rd February 01:04

I'm not sure if it's the teeth of the blade that get entangled so maybe not as an angle grinder doesn't have teeth as such.

One would have thought if all we need is a kevlar sheath over the chain, then all the chain manufacturers would be doing that buy now. I guess a cutting disk will go through just as easy.

The only real answer is to deal with the root cause; chop the hands of thieves using their own disc cutter

[PurpleTurtle]

For once the Met taking it seriously. Nice work.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/dramatic-heli...

[CoolHands]

Oh yeah wel spotted. Also saw they did a raid on Tuesday and arrested 12 s linked to scooter crime

http://www.standard.co.uk/Front/police-launch-dawn...

Top work police

[Rollin]

I like the sound of 'authorised tactical contact'. Is this new?

[Volant]

PurpleTurtle said:

For once the Met taking it seriously. Nice work.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/dramatic-heli...

I heard all of this kicking off today. Helicopter around, plus a huge number of sirens. Didn't realise what was kicking off.

Thank fk.

Sadly we know what the justice system will deliver. Huge kudos to the police involved, looks like they did incredibly well. I'm sure they'll be as disappointed as we will at the sentencing.

[MADMAX-UK]

All good stuff to reduce crime but these news articles don't mention the police targeting organised motorbike thieves - it's gotta be next, surely.