Denying yourself nice bike because of theft

[BuzzBravado]

I'm finding myself wanting and being able to afford something much nicer than my old scuffed CBR600F, but there is one thing putting me off.....

vehicle theft is rampant in my area due to the Police Scotland being so stretched and the thief's know it. Neighbor had two R1's stolen two weeks apart and it has put me off changing from my undesirable CBR.


Surely i'm not the only one holding back.

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andburg said:

make sure its secured properly in a locked garage with an alarm and chained to a solid ground anchor?

The first R1 had a ground anchor that they used a stile saw to cut through.

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mckeann said:

What area of Scotland is this??? Just curious

Ultimately, if they want it they will take it. Unless you can hide it so well that no one knows it's there.

Edinburgh. There are groups of known thief's coming from the deprived areas into the nicer areas and taking what they want. It happened to me a couple a years ago with my Mini. It was found stripped in someones back yard in one the rough areas.

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Prof Prolapse said:

Edinburgh is a big place though.

You have three choices as I see it;

1) Move somewhere nicer (if you all get robbed regularly it isn't a good area regardlees of if the thieves are local or not).
2) Beef up security. Personally I find a fking big dog helps.
3) Live without a bike.

Only two of those work for me.

1) Having spoken to the police the nicer the area the more it is targeted. I live in on Milton Road at the Joppa end, which is about as nice as i can afford. Once i win the lottery i might stretch to a place in New Town.

2) I have a dog, he stays in the house. To have him chained up in the garage wouldn't be cricket would it. Dopey mutt would just wag his tail as they rolled off with it anyway.

3) That's crazy talk.

Edited by BuzzBravado on Tuesday 7th July 11:23

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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/y...

Police admitting they wont give chase to bike thief's.