Bike thieves are low life
14-May-2008
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Bike thieves are low life and should be hung in public in my opinion!  September last year our Suzuki GSX 600F was stolen from behind a locked steel gate.  We were very fortunate to find the person who stole it.  It was taken by fourteen year old out for a bit of a joyride.

Anyway, we caught up with him and managed to knock him off it before he got away.  OK that caused a bit more damage, but at least we got the bike back.  He was prosecuted in the end, but it was the same old story, mum and dad are on the dole and drink all day so of course we got no compensation.

A GSX 600F, bike thieves are low life

Stolen bike was secured with a disc lock...

The day before yesterday I happened to look out of our dining room window to check on our bike parked outside the house.  The bike was secured with disc lock on rear wheel so we thought that it would be safe!  What I saw was the back end of our lovely bike disappearing into this rusty old white transit van.  I shouted to my husband Keith, but by then it was too late.  I managed to catch the registration mark of the van before they were out of site and got straight on the phone to the police.

They are now in the process of dealing with theft and trying to track down our bike (we hope)!  Meanwhile, we sit here gutted and agitated hoping we will get it back, although to be honest we don't hold much hope!  Losing our bike feels like winning the lottery and losing the ticket.

By: Samkfm


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I saved up for about 3 years and bought myself a Mk3 golf GTI, a car that I had always wanted. Installed lots of security devices. A group of teens, notorius for being skilled thieves, stole it one night and drove it a huge distance of 900 meters before torching it.

Luckily, I had installed a cctv camera and caught the little turds that did it, much to the delight of myself and the policemen that turned up to inform me of the situation.

When the police arrested the lads, 2 of the fathers....beer guzzling, (supposedly) disabled, benefit scrounging lowlifes knocked on my door and instantly assulted me, despite their claims that their sons were innocent, they knew where I lived and it hadn't been public knowledge about my car.

Result, 2 of the lads cautioned and smashed my front window during the night and the other lad recieved 50hrs com service.

Since that event 4 months ago, I have replaced 16 tyres all subject to slashings, window wipers ripped off and front windscreen smashed 3 times.

Police were powerless to do anything because the lads had resulted to wearing balaclavas and gloves, I found out through word of a friend that the fathers of the lads were bragging about it down the pub and that they were encouraging their sons to carry on.

I went round one night and did the same thing to their cars, nobody saw me, but guess where the police turned up the next day. Though nothing was done to me by the police, that knew full well what I had done.

One of the lads died 2 weeks ago after putting a stolen subaru into a lorry, even though I was in the same shop as one of the fathers last week, I laughed my head off.
*All good things come to those who wait.  04-Feb-2008 08:28

 
Kawasaki Z250 Stolen from North Avenue Bedworth, Warwickshire January 2007, it's red, very old, very noisy and not worth a lot but it was my only form of transport. Anyone know anything?
*Bike thieves are lowlife alright!  28-Jan-2008 15:09

 
The thing is today's society should take a lot of blame since we should be able to park in our own street outside our own houses and our bikes should be safe FULL STOP! When I was a kid my parents never had to lock up our house let alone our vehicles! Thieves should have their bloody hands chopped off!
*samkfm  28-Oct-2007 15:42

 
Hey guys cut the crap. I have motorcross bikes and live in a nice place.I dont trust anyone. Put it in a garage and weld it to the floor and they will still rob you blind. BRING BACK HANGING!!!!
*BRING IT ON  09-Oct-2007 18:49

 
If you could get the thief to court. You could argue this point.

My bike gets me around to the grocery, hardware, toystores ETC., just like a horse does.
My bike is my horse, therefore this is a horse thief, "Shoot him"!!!
*fm-usa  11-Aug-2007 06:41

 
Well, my mate spent 6 years saving to buy a Suzuki bandit to have it stolen. Two guys turned up in a transit and lifted it into the back depite the bike having 3 different locks fitted. These rats make me retch! No arrest, no trial, just 1 in the head with a nail gun!
*Gentle Ben  08-Jul-2007 18:26

 
Rent a lock up where nobody can steal your bike from. If you leave something on the street that can be pysically lifted by two people it is going to get stolen.
*Bob  30-Jun-2007 17:18

 
Bike thieves should be shot on site or hung and drawn. You take every precaution and they still manage to steal your motorcycle. BTW, I had a Suzuki GSX 600F too and it was stolen by some low life thief. My sympathies to you!
*Roger  22-Jun-2007 00:34

 
Actually, thieves of any sort are low life not just bike thieves. I know what it's like to have your bike stolen though. My Suzuki was nicked a few years ago and the insurance claim money didn't even touch the value of the bike. It never does
*Matt  11-May-2007 11:01

 
Here, here.

We should make a national event of it - store them for a year let them sweat it out and maybe even tell them we're considering releasing them, then hang all on one day through the country.

Car thievies would be the next lot as well.
*Hanging supporter  04-May-2007 18:19

 
I agree with you that bike thieves are low-life. In fact I honestly think that all thieves are!
The only way to stop that happening is to look at ourselves and scrutinise more carefully our own principles. Most people would willingly buy an i-pod for half price, or a cheap motorbike for that matter! It is that behaviour that fuels the business of professional theft. You will never stop the stealing for personal gain or for shear pleasure, but we can make a difference to stealing for profit or to order.
If everybody refuses to buy from the 'back of a lorry' or 'man in the pub' then these people will have nobody to sell to and no reason to steal. We create our own problems!
*Freddie  02-May-2007 10:22


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