Beware, your WC GSA is VERY easy to steal.....
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The biggest problem about bike theft is the seemling unregulated sale of bike parts. The bikes are not disappearing into a black hole. People seem to be quite willing to buy bike parts on a street corner or have someone deliver the parts with no question whare it comes from. When I see an add for a certain part wanted I can imagine a end can or other part been stolen almost to order. I bought a 1200 bandet with a loud can many years ago. I wanted a standard one and put up a add. I got a call from a guy who wanted to meet me. When I told him I could collect it from his place he suddenly wasn't avaible and the exhaust might be sold anyway. JJH
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Come to think of it, I watched a video of a what I think was a focus RS being stolen in around 15 seconds. They smashed the window. Alarm goes off. They lean in. Next the door is open, the car is started and they drive off.
It must be a device they plug into the ODB2 port.
It must be a device they plug into the ODB2 port.
matchbox
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I belive the ODP2 port is under the saddle so seems unlikely this was used. Not sure from OP if thief was standing on the left and leaned over to the right side? Or the other way...
slipknot
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I have a friend that leaves an empty pistol case on his seat when he ventures into a shop for whatever. It works. No one in USA will risk it but I suspect in UK the thieves would think it was a tampon pouch.
As for amputation of hands it seems to work in towel head lands but they now have to keep their women locked up as they prefer a man that can at last pleasure them.
As for amputation of hands it seems to work in towel head lands but they now have to keep their women locked up as they prefer a man that can at last pleasure them.
Oh my god. Imagine the embarrassment...
Consciously deciding to not secure an expensive attractive bike to something immovable is a conscious decision to contribute to:
- Higher insurance premiums for everyone
- The continuance of bike theft
- Increased workload on police
- The dodgy parts trade
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Oh my god. Imagine the embarrassment...
Consciously deciding to not secure an expensive attractive bike to something immovable is a conscious decision to contribute to:
And all just because some lads can't be arsed to carry a chain because it interferes with their idea of what biking should be or what they want it to be...
- Higher insurance premiums for everyone
- The continuance of bike theft
- Increased workload on police
- The dodgy parts trade
have you every used a bike for nipping about, stopping at the butchers, then down the other end of the town for a hair cut - ops no horseradish to go with the roast beef, no problem I'll jump on the bike and nip down to Waitrose...
i'm blessed that I don't get to view the world and my responsibilities through your eye's - It's verging on a disability
Yep. Regularly and often. Then I had a bike stolen.
In your eyes, I might have disability, and you're blessed not to have it? I guess I don't take that as a personal insult. Or was it? Did I insult you for your position differing from mine?
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Burglars stole the butter from my fridge, making their escape on the back of an elephant.
well you did use a
but on here we have banter verging on insults but we get really upset if someone feels insulted because it was just banter. Thankfully we are not policed by those who like to take offence on behalf of others or we'd be feckedTo understand this do you need to read this through my positive glasses or are your wonky old negative ones OK
Gotcha - banter, not insult. 
I did use a, but it wasn't necessarily for you, but rather for all manufacturers of dairy products.
I reckon I got my specs in the Harsh Reality shop rather than the Naively Oblivious shop.
I just can't get my head around any argument - in the face of the fact that unsecured bikes are so easily and often stolen - in defence of deciding to not secure an expensive attractive bike to something, and then defend that decision and deny or dispute any personal responsibility.
Guess I'll just have to accept it and move on....
I did use a
, but it wasn't necessarily for you, but rather for all manufacturers of dairy products.I reckon I got my specs in the Harsh Reality shop rather than the Naively Oblivious shop.
I just can't get my head around any argument - in the face of the fact that unsecured bikes are so easily and often stolen - in defence of deciding to not secure an expensive attractive bike to something, and then defend that decision and deny or dispute any personal responsibility.
Guess I'll just have to accept it and move on....
WindyChuffer
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So; how did the thieves start the engine? This is the bit that intrigues me most.
ianm00
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I think this should be the main point of this thread, not all about the OP not chaining the bike!
Yep, me too?
It takes mere moments to get a shackle D lock or a chain and padlock from a tailpack or wherever it's stowed and then secure your bike.
I really can't understand your attitude and stance on this matter.
Locking/securing your bike is and should be just a simple reflex action......as fundamental as donning/removing helmet and other riding gear.
I chose not to have my life dictated by being a potential victim of scum bags...
Locks are not convenient but as I've said if I care to take my seat off I can retrieve a ulock if I feel it would be wise, the last time was parking the bike for the day in a bike bay open to the public while I caught a flight.
The day that my insurance company insist that I chain my bike (which means the need to carry a chain), is the same day that I sell the bike.
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How will the insurance company know what day you're selling your bike?
When he calls them up and cancels his policy I'd have thought 
In this CCTV film, the bod crouches by the side of the bike momentarily, whilst his mate snaps the steering lock or simply straightens the bars, you can't easily tell. It then might appear that he rides off on it. But he doesn't, his mate on the scooter pushes him along, using the pillion footrest; an old trick.
Had the CCTV been at a different angle and / or the bikes been parked differently, negating the need for the bloke to push the bike out into the road to turn left, then the natural (if disbelieving) first reaction of: "He's bent down and he's started the bike" may well have been even greater.
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Had the CCTV been at a different angle and / or the bikes been parked differently, negating the need for the bloke to push the bike out into the road to turn left, then the natural (if disbelieving) first reaction of: "He's bent down and he's started the bike" may well have been even greater.
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