I realise this is not a new thing on the WC but had mine stolen on Friday from finsbury circus . Checked another that parks along the road and his was gone as well. Dealer tells me there was a spate of clocks being stolen at the weekend. Have invested in guard from cymarc.
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Montydoesdallas
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Sorry to hear about this....but were will they sell them and to whom ?
Surely the only people that need them are the people they stole them from surely ?
Will they fit any other bike ?
I think those guards are ugly looking things...but i understand why you might want one now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-R1200GS-ADVENTURE12-14-Speedometer-Instruments-Clocks-SpeedoOEM-/121376687680?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item1c429d4640
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-R1200GS-ADVENTURE-WC-12-13-Speedometer-Instruments-Clocks-Speedo-R-1200-GS-/231200696440?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item35d4a2a878
Surely the only people that need them are the people they stole them from surely ?
Will they fit any other bike ?
I think those guards are ugly looking things...but i understand why you might want one now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-R1200GS-ADVENTURE12-14-Speedometer-Instruments-Clocks-SpeedoOEM-/121376687680?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item1c429d4640
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-R1200GS-ADVENTURE-WC-12-13-Speedometer-Instruments-Clocks-Speedo-R-1200-GS-/231200696440?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item35d4a2a878
Yellow Peril
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It's pretty sad design that the clocks are so easily stolen
I can relax, in the fact..................that nobody wants analogue 1150GS clocks
Thanks for the heads up - I park close to there on occasion might now stick to the train
When I spoke to Darren at Vines yesterday, he mentioned that they had to recover "several" bikes from London due to stolen clocks.
It's pointless stealing them as they won't work on any other GS, as they are coded to that bike.
I blame that Windychuffer for starting the stolen clocks thread, as the thieves obviously got their idea from here!
It's pointless stealing them as they won't work on any other GS, as they are coded to that bike.I blame that Windychuffer for starting the stolen clocks thread, as the thieves obviously got their idea from here!
Rest easy, Triumphs are also having theirs stolen. It's not personal.
Who buys them? Easy, bods who want clocks, who don't care where they come from... Providing they are not at rip-off stealers' prices. Them and Albanians, of course.
Who buys them? Easy, bods who want clocks, who don't care where they come from... Providing they are not at rip-off stealers' prices. Them and Albanians, of course.
I had a pretty interesting job last week with the met stolen vehicle squad. (series of warrants). In a nutshell, the job we were involved in focused around a huge series of fiat 500 and Ford fiesta thefts. The current climate is most definitely vehicle parts and not what we traditionally think of as vehicle ringing.
Thanks to the net, ebay, gumtree etc, a broken bike makes as much money as a rung one (without the hassle of forged documents). In our case, the fiat 500's and fiestas were being used to rebuild Cat D insurance write offs; one year / two year old cars being bought at a fraction of their market value (because of crash damage) and being rebuilt entirely with stolen parts.
Parts are now big business. Your stolen GS is very unlikely to be wrung now, it'll be broken within hours and the bits sent all over Europe ...
(and don't be fooled by 'the clocks won't fit another bike..' these people are clever and will get round nearly every security hurdle the manufacturers put in place ...).
Thanks to the net, ebay, gumtree etc, a broken bike makes as much money as a rung one (without the hassle of forged documents). In our case, the fiat 500's and fiestas were being used to rebuild Cat D insurance write offs; one year / two year old cars being bought at a fraction of their market value (because of crash damage) and being rebuilt entirely with stolen parts.
Parts are now big business. Your stolen GS is very unlikely to be wrung now, it'll be broken within hours and the bits sent all over Europe ...
(and don't be fooled by 'the clocks won't fit another bike..' these people are clever and will get round nearly every security hurdle the manufacturers put in place ...).
Maybe the thing to do to avoid their theft is to scratch your name in to the face of the clock?
That'll fuck em
That'll fuck em
luke scott
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Why dont you just take them with you when you leave the bike parked up if they are that easy to take off ? 
I'm with Johnny feeling happy about my clutch of 1150's 
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I'm with Johnny feeling happy about my clutch of 1150's .
Isn't the datatag supposed to stop this? If it's that easy to steal them BMW should come up with a solution!
It's the price you have paid for 'minimalism and weight saving'
When bikes had metal brackets, with fully shrouded clock mounts, there was little of this......................now it's rife
Go buy a 11/1150 GS and you can rest easy
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If the clocks are coded to the bike would a dealer be able to find the bike there were from and once its proven they are stolen the Police visit the eBay seller who sold them end of problem
Go buy a 11/1150 GS and you can rest easy
While you're riding it, as it'll send you to sleep!
WindyChuffer
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Oh bugger here we go again re stolen clocks; this just sucks. I'm just thankful that where I work now in central London, I have secure parking in the basement.
On the Hexhead, stolen clocks do indeed work on any bike, except that the mileage will flash the odometer reading of the "donor" bike. I have no idea about how useable stolen clocks are for the WC.
Recovery for stolen clocks is just daft. The bike still works just fine. Not quite up there with being recovered for a broken pannier lock though...
On the Hexhead, stolen clocks do indeed work on any bike, except that the mileage will flash the odometer reading of the "donor" bike. I have no idea about how useable stolen clocks are for the WC.
When I spoke to Darren at Vines yesterday, he mentioned that they had to recover "several" bikes from London due to stolen clocks.
I blame that Windychuffer for starting the stolen clocks thread, as the thieves obviously got their idea from here!
Recovery for stolen clocks is just daft. The bike still works just fine. Not quite up there with being recovered for a broken pannier lock though...
Apparently, if the bike has the alarm, and no fob, deactivation is linked to the clocks, and the bike won't start if the clocks aren't there.
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How would the rider know what gear they are in without the clocks or could you imagine the carnage of been in sport mode on a wet road
WindyChuffer
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Apparently, if the bike has the alarm, and no fob, deactivation is linked to the clocks, and the bike won't start if the clocks aren't there.
What tw*t designed that then? So if the clocks fail, you are fekked. Genius. I'd like to shove a pretzel and a few frankfurters up the blokes arse that was responsible for that gem.
I would wager, there are plenty of clever Puter bods / crocks who could get over the coded Clocks issue.
I'm pretty certain you are correct on that one. With the right kit you should be able to bypass the encryption in the clocks and reflash them to make them "appear" like a new set of clocks, then they can be added and coded to another GS.
I've done this on my own car, dealer said it's impossible, but bought an uprated dashpod from a local breaker, flashed the immobiliser to blank it (It's built into the dashpod on a Skoda), then added it to my car coding it as a new dashpod (retaining the car's mileage BTW so nothing dodgy going on)
BMW should be re-thinking the design
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