Weaponised GSA

[Wapping]

Sell yer feckin' bike.

Don't go out.

Film it all.

Do whatever it is you want to do.

The most stupid meandering thread this section has ever seen.... and it's a pretty deep pool of shite.


PS

Some very clever people on here..... If one person mentions a single good idea (even if it sounds daft) and saves one bike and the misery of losing it. That's got to be worth it......etc etc etc

Did it cross your mind, even for a brief moment, that there might be very clever bods with some excellent suggestions (real outside of the box, blue sky, pushing the envelope stuff..... or even just some plain old simple common sense) that do not come anywhere near the 1200 WC section? People that just might be able to put your mind at rest or hit on a whiz-bang plan to revolutionise personal bikermate safety for years to come? No? Well, now's your chance to remedy that unfortunate oversight.... ask your question again, this time in the pub section...

PPS Putting a simple lock on it when parked up, would at least delay if not entirely negate the 'Snap the steering lock, push it away' thefts that are most common. A simple enough suggestion that causes outrage in some quarters. If they can't or won't at least try to help themselves; then so be it.

 

[brut33]

What about a pointed stick?

 

[thumperbob2002]

Im just lucky I use my bike for quick country road blasts and touring civilised countries.

 

[Warlord]

Sell yer feckin' bike.

Don't go out.

Film it all.

Do whatever it is you want to do.

The most stupid meandering thread this section has ever seen.... and it's a pretty deep pool of shite.


PS



Did it cross your mind, even for a brief moment, that there might be very clever bods with some excellent suggestions (real outside of the box, blue sky, pushing the envelope stuff..... or even just some plain old simple common sense) that do not come anywhere near the 1200 WC section? People that just might be able to put your mind at rest or hit on a whiz-bang plan to revolutionise personal bikermate safety for years to come? No? Well, now's your chance to remedy that unfortunate oversight.... ask your question again, this time in the pub section...

Got to start somewhere. If this thread is at the bottom of the deepest worst thread in the world section, tough shit.

It's time to explore it more as it affects us all in one way or another. So fuck off and come up with some better ideas.

It's like you're in favour of the dark side winning this debate.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Im just lucky I use my bike for quick country road blasts and touring civilised countries.

Me too

2 weeks ago, I rode through Strasbourg city centre, down the boulevarded streets on my awesome GSA steed at 8.30am, morning rush hour

There were people crossing the lovely tree lined boulevards, scooters and hustle & bustle etc

It was manic.................but never once did I feel threatened that my awesome steed would be stolen in an ambush

Warlord does have anxiety issues

 

[Warlord]

What about a pointed stick?

Good idea, how long and how pointy?

 

[Warlord]

Warlord does have anxiety issues

I must be the only one on here it seems.

Oh well, can't say I didn't try. At least my mates have listened so we've already made an improvement.

Good luck to everyone else

So your options are

1) Do nothing and ignore threat
2) Observation and Defensive Riding
3) Lemon Squeezer and Pointy Stick
4) Claim on Insurance
5) Unleash Hell and go to prison for assault

Great.

 

[brut33]

Good idea, how long and how pointy?

I never gave the finer details much thought, but I took my inspiration from this...You being the PTI...

 

[Warlord]

I never gave the finer details much thought, but I took my inspiration from this...You being the PTI...

Haha very accurate

Got to love England and the British haven't you

We're so fucked....

 

[roamer]

Maybe contact colin firth with your vision of a weaponized Gsa,

 

[Wapping]

Oh well, can't say I didn't try...

So your options are

1) Do nothing and ignore threat
2) Observation and Defensive Riding
3) Lemon Squeezer and Pointy Stick
4) Claim on Insurance
5) Unleash Hell and go to prison for assault

Great.

Yup, bods will select one of those five, with option 4 being their ultimate and generaly pretty reliable non-judgemental fall-back, though many will persist on seeing it as a rip-off and an afront to their masculinity, second only to being asked to take their crash hat off.

Looks you've got it condensed down and nailed, mate....at last.

 

[Tarka]

All my GS mates are now tooling up with Locks, Chains, Alarms, and we're locking up everytime now.

Which they should have been doing from their first day of ownership.
If your mates and all the other bikermates had been locking their awesome steeds everytime from day one,the bike theft epidemic and general scrote view of bikes as easy pickings wouldn't have happened.

 

[MikeO]

I think thats a fair comment.

So the plan is to hand over your keys and let them ride away with your bike.

A) Then claim on Insurance for a new one.

B) Then hand over your keys and let them ride away with your bike.

Repeat A & B

How many times would you accept that playout with you and your mates before you decided to change your plan?

Never? Once? Three times?

Or will it never happen to you?

Up until now motorcycle theft has been a nuisance, but now it's becoming a high value income earner and high profile. New bikes are very expensive and desirable. Scrotes in London are at epidemic stage, the same story is spreading around major cities across the country. So you suggest nothing should be done about it. Just claim on Insurance and be happy? It's people just like you that the thieves are treating as fools. They are laughing at you every day publicly while they take what they want.... and you are content with that.

But then again, it'll never happen to you. So keep your head in the sand where its safe.

Go and ask the widows of those 'have a go heroes ', or the guys who have lost their eyesight to an acid attack if they would have done something different if they'd thought of the consequences of their actions.
I have considered my reaction - and that is to let the bike go. Nothing else makes sense. I don't get attached to inanimate objects - there are things I'd risk my life for - defence of friends and family for example - but a vehicle? Doesn't appear anywhere on the list.

 

[Wreford Miles]

My concerns...

The thread contains, words like tactical, tooled up and of course weaponised - I'm worried that we are in for a spate of military acronyms and de badging


Re the risk...

Circa once a month I ride into Stoke Newington to see my son for dinner and I'd say on every trip over the last 6 months I've seen scrotes on illegal scooters, has this changed what I do? - Just a little

It's a bit like when I'm on a motorway in a car or on a bike I'm always considering my options and keeping an eye on the rear view particularly when needing to brake and ensure I'm not jammed up behind another with nowhere to go.

I'm conscious now when riding in London that on occasion, normally on the out of rush hour at night rides, that I leave room that would allow me to quickly move on in that lovely Grunty way that a GS can do.

The other protection I have is a big ugly Yellow top box, nobody wants a bike with that on and it would be pretty quick to spot so it would be better to move onto another. Plus I ride with the posture of a military man and with all badges removed my aura screams out black ops

....and if it does go wrong the feathermen are only bird call away.

 

[Warlord]

Which they should have been doing from their first day of ownership.

If your mates and all the other bikermates had been locking their awesome steeds everytime from day one, the bike theft epidemic and general scrote view of bikes as easy pickings wouldn't have happened.

That's partly true, but the environment has also changed.

Value of bikes and components are way more than they used to be, so it's becoming a higher risk target.

Stripped down parts make more money than trying to sell the whole bike, and its way easier.

With any other vehicle you'd have to get rid of the carcass once stripped down. But a motorcycle, they're so small there is nothing left once stripped and a thieving git could do it in his living room at leisure.

 

[Deleted account 200417001]

Go and ask the widows of those 'have a go heroes ', or the guys who have lost their eyesight to an acid attack if they would have done something different if they'd thought of the consequences of their actions.
I have considered my reaction - and that is to let the bike go. Nothing else makes sense. I don't get attached to inanimate objects - there are things I'd risk my life for - defence of friends and family for example - but a vehicle? Doesn't appear anywhere on the list.

I would rather die trying, than live every day as a coward.

 

[Wapping]

As Tarka says, it's a great, simple and reasonably cheap start, you've hit on, mate:

All my GS mates are now tooling up with Locks, Chains, Alarms, and we're locking up everytime now.

Maybe it's a little disappointing that it's taken you and (only) your GS owning mates a while to realise that some protection is better than none. But hey, that's the joy of bikermate living; every day, something new.

 

[Wapping]

I would rather die trying, than live every day as a coward.

You really are, 'Dah man, bro'.

 

[Warlord]

Go and ask the widows of those 'have a go heroes ', or the guys who have lost their eyesight to an acid attack if they would have done something different if they'd thought of the consequences of their actions.
I have considered my reaction - and that is to let the bike go. Nothing else makes sense. I don't get attached to inanimate objects - there are things I'd risk my life for - defence of friends and family for example - but a vehicle? Doesn't appear anywhere on the list.

Which is fair comment again and noted.

But not everyone is like you, and just because you've made your decision and are closed minded you don't need to discourage others from finding their own method.

Some people can't live with themselves for not doing anything afterwards. It's who you are.

 

[Deleted account 200417001]

You really are, 'Dah man, bro'.

what a dick.

calling me bro because i am black, funny you are