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Warlord said:
Well I'm due to go on a weeks riding holiday with my mates next month.

Decided now not to take my BMW. Going to take my Bandit 1250 instead. It will be more reliable being Japanese.

I'm just not happy leaving it outside multiple hotels overnight during our holiday. So a £3k scrapper is what I'll take instead.

I love riding any bike, so who cares, but I'm not leaving £20k of my property in the street overnight.

Not a chance.

I could not live with myself if my BMW that got stolen, broke down, corroded when it rained.
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Corrected :D
 
Scanners said:
I feel for you, OP. I has a bike nicked from around the back of Goodison Park many years ago. It is a horrible feeling looking at the empty space where your pride and joy was sitting. Good luck on the claim and subsequent insurance premiums. And if you ever find out who did it, torch their fecking house!
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I had my first GSXR nicked out of my mum’s garage but it kinda did me a favour cos I’d crashed it on a track day :blast

Forgot to mention that to the insurance so they bought me a new one :thumb2
 
malcopopolo said:
RE OP A week old they must have followed you home or is someone local? Feel for you Pal!
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Just a thought and not based on fact.

Years ago I heard a story whereby a rogue employee had access to all new registered vehicles and their spec. They would pass information back to an organised gang of thieves for a cash kickback.

These scumbags could be an actual rogue person employed at any of the associated companies who know about your new bike and where you live. The motorcycle dealers (admin, service, sales), DVLA, Finance or PCP company, Credit Search, Credit Card, Breakdown Recovery, Datatag, Tracker, Alarm Registration, Sat Nav Registration, New Model Farkles purchased from Suppliers, Vehicle Insurance, Vehicle Insurance Comparison Websites (and every single company registered with them 'claiming to quote you'), Manufacturer, Smart Phone Apps that know your location and are linked to your bike in some way. Or any other third party your data gets passed to (in the small print).

Or they could be a pro outfit who have paid access to hackers control for any of the above computer systems.

They didn't follow you home, they already knew where you live, and with a brand new registered bike waiting for them. Google StreetView gives them scouting information, Google earth gives them topology and escape routes plan, YouTube gives them the skills, confidence and exactly what tools to bring. The law won't back you up.

They've not even stepped outside yet.

I'll get my coat.
 
Warlord said:
Just a thought and not based on fact.

Years ago I heard a story whereby a rogue employee had access to all new registered vehicles and their spec. They would pass information back to an organised gang of thieves for a cash kickback.
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Gone In 60 Seconds, with Nicolas Cage....
 
Mr Bean said:
Gone In 60 Seconds, with Nicolas Cage....
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Yeah, but they worked on rare/exotic expensive cars for specific buyers.

Nowadays a new motorcycle is £15-£30,000 and you'll get 3-4 in a van in one night if you know where to go.

Scrotes want an easy life with an easy and large anonymous customer base. Ebay.

As someone said, even if they get caught, it's a suspended sentence and they walk free.

Unless vigilante law is applied.
 
If they want your Bike they will get it, but the odds are they don't want yours as there are easier pickings, Try and enjoy it...I upped my security a bit after i went Snowboarding last year, on my way to the Airport, I closed the Garage Door (well i thought i did:blast) and off i went, 3 Days later i got a call to say my Garage Door was wide open, inside before i went was a 1299S Panigale, 1100s Monster, BMW GS, and a Brand new never ridden Africa Twin...they could be seen from the Road as well...I told a friend to have a drive over to check the property and push the Door too and leave one of his vans in front to stop it opening ..i got on with my Holiday, when i got home all was well, good job i live in a shit ex mining village were they don't know a Ducati from Chinese Tat and yes i was lucky:D
 
skid06 said:
If they want your Bike they will get it, but the odds are they don't want yours as there are easier pickings, Try and enjoy it...I upped my security a bit after i went Snowboarding last year, on my way to the Airport, I closed the Garage Door (well i thought i did:blast) and off i went, 3 Days later i got a call to say my Garage Door was wide open, inside before i went was a 1299S Panigale, 1100s Monster, BMW GS, and a Brand new never ridden Africa Twin...they could be seen from the Road as well...I told a friend to have a drive over to check the property and push the Door too and leave one of his vans in front to stop it opening ..i got on with my Holiday, when i got home all was well, good job i live in a shit ex mining village were they don't know a Ducati from Chinese Tat and yes i was lucky:D
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Honey Trap.

The thieves probably had a melt down trying to figure out how it worked, calling their mates to avoid it at all costs :D
 
FD2 said:
My 1 week old GSA Rallye. Forced entry into garage by a gang that had targeted the bike. Gutted beyond words as my car was taken last year and I struggled to insure the bikes last time. 40 years riding... no idea why I’m posting this but go check your security - then add to it. You don’t want this feeling
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Thanks for posting.

What security did you have on the garage door? (deadbolts, extra locks, ground anchor, CCTV, alarm) or did you rely on the standard lock mechanism?

What security did you have deployed on the motorcycle? (steering lock, alarm, ground anchor, chains, disc lock, tracker) or did it have nothing deployed and was simply parked up.

Just trying to understand how difficult you made it for them? Or did they just bust the lock, walk in and push it away?

Cheers
 
Warlord said:
Thanks for posting.

What security did you have on the garage door? (deadbolts, extra locks, ground anchor, CCTV, alarm) or did you rely on the standard lock mechanism?

What security did you have deployed on the motorcycle? (steering lock, alarm, ground anchor, chains, disc lock, tracker) or did it have nothing deployed and was simply parked up.

Just trying to understand how difficult you made it for them? Or did they just bust the lock, walk in and push it away?

Cheers
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.............:D
 
I always leave the KTM closest to the garage doors so any would be thief takes the easily replaced one with the gap insurance rather than the 916, the Montjuic, the RS250, the LC350 or the H2 all of which would be a bit harder to replace.

I’ve never had a bike stolen when I’ve been away oh holiday but I’d guess that my insurance would cover me getting home so no real worries there either 😀
 
Weird Bob said:
That is so s**t.
What is going on with all the bmw theft? That used to be one of the benefits of ownership that they would be overlooked in preference to the fast Japanese and Italian bikes.
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That is just not true.... BMW's have been prime targets going back to the late eighties early nineties.
 
Get a baby listening device and sit it in garage at night......other bit by your bed...it even picks them up breathing let alone trying to nick ya bike.....
 
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