Bike thieves are low life
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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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The first sentence of this gripe is very appropriate. The death penalty is far better a deterrent for harming somebody than a bloody ASBO.
*Terry  10-Jan-2010 19:00

 
Yeah I know how you feel. Yesterday I parked my bike right outside of a borders, U-Locked to a bike lock post. I came out and four my U-Lock cut and my bike gone. I can't afford another one and I called the cops but that wont do much. I seriously wish these low life looser gets hit by cars and die a slow and horrid death. If there was a push to restate capital punishment for such theft I will be first in line to sign and support!
*Pissed off  31-Jul-2009 12:35

 
Well done Steve J. If the police had caught them, and there's a big if, they would probably have got off with a warning or a slap on the wrist. It would also have been a total waste of time and public money.

It's a sad reflection on the state of things that usually law abiding citizens have to take the law into their own hands, thus transgressing the laws, but it seems the only way.
*MikeP  30-Mar-2009 09:56

 
Steve J. - You have my utmost respect. A heart warming story indeed :o)
*Theif Hater  30-Mar-2009 09:33

 
I can only sympathise, but I know what it's like to lose a vehicle... Luckily, the 19 year old low life cretin that tried to steal one of my bikes chose the wrong day...
I was visiting my elderly mother and disabled sister and had left my Honda CB750F2 (220kg) parked on the drive, with just the steering lock on, as it is normally safe and quite!

Wrong!!! It appears that any one of the low life sad sh***s can attack at any time.

Their attitude is "if it moves" I'll take it! And have some fun... One of the neighbours saw the lad sit on it and break the steering lock and that set the data tool alarm off!

He was caught by three other bikers, all whom I know and they dealt with him, in the old way ;-)
Let's just say he crawled home very slowly and bleeding.... I don't think he'll try that again.

I was lucky! others are not... There can only be one way of dealing with scum like these and that is too kick the sh** out of them, including their family ;-) If they do not pay-up!
*Steve .J (Mad Dog)  29-Mar-2009 23:31

 
I've been saving all summer for a motorbike, tomorrow I pay off the final installment for it, and yesterday it was stolen from right outside my front door. I'm gutted, insurance company aren't going to cover me either, because stupidly I had forgotten to put the lock on. These little f***ers haven't just stolen my bike, they've stolen my summer. I hope they crash the bike and die.
*Richard  04-Sep-2008 10:13

 
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


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