How easy is it to steal a big GS by lifting it into a van?

[Scarfall]

Hello,

I lock my 1200GS using a Roadlok that's attached to the front wheel's brake caliper and I've been parking it all over London's worst places for a couple of years without an issue. Bennet's reviewed this lock and couldn't break it, can't cut it with an angle grinder, can't destroy it, can't uninstall it.

The only way I see my bike could get stolen would be if thieves lift the front wheel really high (can't take it off center stand with the lock on as the front wheel doesn't move) and push it up a ramp onto a van with the front wheel lifted up.

I always thought this would be too impractical for thieves to attempt as the bike is heavy as shit. But is it really? Am I being naïve in thinking heavy adventure bikes don't get lifted on to vans? Do you know any big GS or big adventure bike that got stolen this way?

 

[Traffic893]

The right guys, probably 4 and 2 poles lifted into a van in about a minute. They aren’t bothered if it falls over in the van.

 

[Davey B]

I'd say 10-15 seconds....4 blokes, 2 short scaffolding poles thru the wheels.

 

[theoneandonly]

we used to move smashed bikes , with a dolly on the front wheel , and 2 of us , 3 if it was a real mess .

if a professional thief , wants your bike ...he will get it , even if he has to come back twice.

i lost a Jota , parked up against the house , 2 bikes parked next to it herringbone style parking , car across the back of the bikes , parked @ 2330 , i was up at 0700 ...outside was a dry patch where the bike wasn't. it was either many men or a hiab , and very quietly .

 

[siddo]

If they want it, they'll take it.
Nicked my mates GS by cutting the brake disc either side of the lock and this was at Bishopsgate, during the day.

 

[Smartbazza]

I had my 1100 gs lifted by 4 boys outside my Office during the day. Luckily a recovery lorry that was based in the same unit stopped and they literally dropped it and drove off.

Barry

 

[Rusty]

If they want it, they'll take it.
Nicked my mates GS by cutting the brake disc either side of the lock and this was at Bishopsgate, during the day.

They are brazen bastards arn't they ? Just the bloody cheek of it grips my shit.

 

[siddo]

They are brazen bastards arn't they ? Just the bloody cheek of it grips my shit.

Lol.
He got it back as he found it with the Monimoto tracker.

 

[casbar]

Hello,

I lock my 1200GS using a Roadlok that's attached to the front wheel's brake caliper and I've been parking it all over London's worst places for a couple of years without an issue. Bennet's reviewed this lock and couldn't break it, can't cut it with an angle grinder, can't destroy it, can't uninstall it.

The only way I see my bike could get stolen would be if thieves lift the front wheel really high (can't take it off center stand with the lock on as the front wheel doesn't move) and push it up a ramp onto a van with the front wheel lifted up.

I always thought this would be too impractical for thieves to attempt as the bike is heavy as shit. But is it really? Am I being naïve in thinking heavy adventure bikes don't get lifted on to vans? Do you know any big GS or big adventure bike that got stolen this way?

Yep. A colleague had his 1250gs lifted by blokes into a van outside a Southampton hotel 4 weeks ago at lunchtime

 

[Richie N]

If they want it, they'll take it.
Nicked my mates GS by cutting the brake disc either side of the lock and this was at Bishopsgate, during the day.

Same. My brand new gsa was lifted a couple of months ago in the middle of a weekday in a busy street just off Oxford street. Theft is out of control in London.

Last week my Akro was removed from the replacement bike..

 

[John RTW]

Not a GS but still a big bike at the time, my Yamaha Thunderace was lifted in front of my mates place within an hour of stopping for a cuppa. Alarm screaming away but the bastards use a freezer wagon to get away with it.

 

[Bigcats]

They are brazen bastards arn't they ? Just the bloody cheek of it grips my shit.

They are brazen because no one will do anything most of the time, or because of the way Policing has changed they could potentially end up being prosecuted themselves.

 

[Bigcats]

Not a GS but still a big bike at the time, my Yamaha Thunderace was lifted in front of my mates place within an hour of stopping for a cuppa. Alarm screaming away but the bastards use a freezer wagon to get away with it.

So either they had been following you and waiting for a opportunity or they literally were passing and took a chance. Did you get it back?

 

[Barnoe]

Your security like most of us is enough to stop the opportunist scroats.
The professional thief is another matter.

If you interrupt them, you will be attacked with the same tools they are stealing your bike with (bars, grinder etc)
they seriously dont give a fuck.

 

[Rusty]

Same. My brand new gsa was lifted a couple of months ago in the middle of a weekday in a busy street just off Oxford street. Theft is out of control in London.

Last week my Akro was removed from the replacement bike..

Utter BASTARDS

 

[Arsey]

Same. My brand new gsa was lifted a couple of months ago in the middle of a weekday in a busy street just off Oxford street. Theft is out of control in London.

Last week my Akro was removed from the replacement bike..

David Beckham probably


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[John RTW]

So either they had been following you and waiting for a opportunity or they literally were passing and took a chance. Did you get it back?

No more Thunderace, I was tempted to by another one many years later as it was a lovely big old bike.

Six bikes parked up and mine was at the end of the line after our usual Sunday ride out, maybe they had sussed us out before and stopped by and got lucky. The old Bill said that bike theft had gone up in the last couple of weeks, and said don't hold up any hope of getting it back. The R1 came out the following month so a bit of a blessing in disguise.

 

[Bigcats]

Same. My brand new gsa was lifted a couple of months ago in the middle of a weekday in a busy street just off Oxford street. Theft is out of control in London.

Last week my Akro was removed from the replacement bike..

I just wouldn't be able to sleep if I lived in London if my bike had to be out in the street.
I live in Portsmouth and on my street is a guy who had a Triumph Tiger and more recently a new BMW F850GS and he has never had any lock etc on them or even bothers covering them no matter the weather and it stresses me out!

 

[JJH]

A lot of small vans have tail lifts nowadays. I’d say the centre stand down wouldn’t deter anyone. As others have said if someone wants it they will have it. JJH

 

[stick]

Do you think we could get away with remote self destruction device fitted.
They nick it , drive away out of a Geo fenced area ....BOOM.. loss of a bike which is a shame but may put the scum off with the threat of a body bag ... or am I just hoping.