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Anyone in the south east M25 area on Wednesday probably experienced the carnage from several accidents. Due to the heavy traffic I thought I'd unfurlough the GSX-S1000 to get home. Went shopping in Tesco only to find the bike gone when I came out.
CCTV shows a couple of scrotes on a scooter. Pillion scrote breaks the steering lock and jumps on. Rider scorote pushes pillion scrote on my bike out of the car park to never be seen again.
Gutted
CCTV shows a couple of scrotes on a scooter. Pillion scrote breaks the steering lock and jumps on. Rider scorote pushes pillion scrote on my bike out of the car park to never be seen again.
Gutted
Hard lines, had my ER6F stolen earlier this year*. All bikes need to be chained down at all times now I'm afraid. Really annoyed to lose my no-claims bonus.
- Parked at a defence contractor with CCTV and 24-7 security on site you would have thought a motorcycle would have been safe wit a disc lock.. nope!
Condi said:
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully the insurance will cover it.
The insurance doesn’t cover it, this is the harsh reality, I had two bikes stolen from my garage in 2019, I worked out it cost me about £5k when I added up excesses, new insurance price hikes when asked the dreaded “any claims in the last 5 years”, even my car policies pretty much doubled, existing and new bike policies, and one bike had just had a big service and two new tyres fitted (not sure if that counts in totting it up but it hurt! The one thing I learnt is the importance of good insurance and answering all question truthfully.
It’s crazy how many people there are just waiting for an opportunity to steal a bike.
Not that I think it makes much difference but I scan a car park for dodgy looking vans before stopping and I’ve ridden off a couple of times because I didn’t like what I saw. I only ever park up for 10 minutes or so as well.
Sad state of affairs.
Not that I think it makes much difference but I scan a car park for dodgy looking vans before stopping and I’ve ridden off a couple of times because I didn’t like what I saw. I only ever park up for 10 minutes or so as well.
Sad state of affairs.
MrGman said:
The insurance doesn t cover it, this is the harsh reality, I had two bikes stolen from my garage in 2019, I worked out it cost me about £5k when I added up excesses, new insurance price hikes when asked the dreaded any claims in the last 5 years , even my car policies pretty much doubled, existing and new bike policies, and one bike had just had a big service and two new tyres fitted (not sure if that counts in totting it up but it hurt!
The one thing I learnt is the importance of good insurance and answering all question truthfully.
Makes you sick that getting your bike stolen affects the insurance on all other vehicles you own for 5 bloody years. The one thing I learnt is the importance of good insurance and answering all question truthfully.
I know insurance fraud is widespread with people taking advantage wherever they can. ( I can't think now, but I may have myself in the past..) So these extra costs have to be calculated into premiums, but surely there has to be a better way of doing things?
Non fault claims should not mean that you get punished for the following 5 years ! It needs looking into, but you can guarantee that whatever they come up with, it will involve a bigger cost upfront...
“..but surely there has to be a better way of doing things?”
Yes, it would be catch thieves, (not hard), and f
king punish them. Second time they get caught double their punishment. Third time, triple. Etc. The state has to be mightier than the individual but at the moment the individuals are having the run of the land. See phone snatchers too.
Yes, it would be catch thieves, (not hard), and f
king punish them. Second time they get caught double their punishment. Third time, triple. Etc. The state has to be mightier than the individual but at the moment the individuals are having the run of the land. See phone snatchers too.The justice system is broken. No court capacity and no prison spaces. So even if the police catch them what are they going to do?
'restorative justice'?
I've reverted to Radio 4 around the place and as I was leaving yesterday there was some expert saying there are 10,000 foreign nationals in our prisons and if we could return them to where they came from that would free up 10,000 prison places.
I saw a a couple of young, black tracksuit attired men loitering around a small car park that has a dedicated motorcycle area last year. There were a couple of parking wardens there. Parked up was an L plated KTM RC125. When I was riding home in a home bus lane later that KTM may've gone past me filtering with two black clad people on it. I don't think they had helmets on but to be honest they were in my peripheral vision passing quickly and I was trying to keep moving in the bus lane behind a bus.
'restorative justice'?
I've reverted to Radio 4 around the place and as I was leaving yesterday there was some expert saying there are 10,000 foreign nationals in our prisons and if we could return them to where they came from that would free up 10,000 prison places.
I saw a a couple of young, black tracksuit attired men loitering around a small car park that has a dedicated motorcycle area last year. There were a couple of parking wardens there. Parked up was an L plated KTM RC125. When I was riding home in a home bus lane later that KTM may've gone past me filtering with two black clad people on it. I don't think they had helmets on but to be honest they were in my peripheral vision passing quickly and I was trying to keep moving in the bus lane behind a bus.
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