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[phil w]

Thievin Fackers. Makes my blood boil. Gutted for you Robster, was it not locked away out of sight??

[Robster]

Thievin Fackers. Makes my blood boil. Gutted for you Robster, was it not locked away out of sight??

Locked away yes, out of sight....kind of, but obviously not enough

How long did I have that? About 5 minutes or so?!

[Traveller]

Feel for you mate,
We've had two bikes stolen. First my daughters from outside a friends house then mine from the back of our house. The police caught both sets of thieving scum.

First ones got done for preventing the return on anothers property (same penalty as for thieving it) they said they found it in a ditch so it difficult to prove they had stolen it.

Second ones left a palm print, claimed it was from being given a lift and didnt know it was stolen. I gave a statement pointing out the carbs were in the garage and not on the bike. How did he get a lift on a non runner? Magistrates took a dim view of the story. As well as the penalty he was ordered to pay all my costs out of his own pocket. This is an attachment to earnings so every time he is paid, I get some of his hard earned cash.
They dont get it their way all the time.
Good luck.

[Steve C]

Feel for you mate,
We've had two bikes stolen. First my daughters from outside a friends house then mine from the back of our house. The police caught both sets of thieving scum.

First ones got done for preventing the return on anothers property (same penalty as for thieving it) they said they found it in a ditch so it difficult to prove they had stolen it.

Second ones left a palm print, claimed it was from being given a lift and didnt know it was stolen. I gave a statement pointing out the carbs were in the garage and not on the bike. How did he get a lift on a non runner? Magistrates took a dim view of the story. As well as the penalty he was ordered to pay all my costs out of his own pocket. This is an attachment to earnings so every time he is paid, I get some of his hard earned cash.
They dont get it their way all the time.
Good luck.

That makes me feel better

Sorry to read you've lost it Robster - nice bike. Let's hope it comes out like Traveller's story!

[Chad]

keep me posted rob and i'll see if i can come up with a big mutha of a ground anchor for your next one mate

in the mean time lets hope these ****ers die a slow and painfull death somewhere

[tendays]

sorry to hear this Rob

Any news yet?

[Sirachealot]

Not recovered , no leads yet, i have,nt claimed on the insurance as its my trade policy and although the bike was probably worth a grand or thereabouts the policy would go up more than that so i have,nt claimed. To be honest its not the money , i just want to know who took it, if someone has innocently bought the bike since, they are welcome to keep it as long as i get the sellers name.

I will then deliver some good ole fashioned justice and recoup my financial loss one way or another from the thief.

[Whealie]

Not recovered , no leads yet, i have,nt claimed on the insurance as its my trade policy and although the bike was probably worth a grand or thereabouts the policy would go up more than that so i have,nt claimed. To be honest its not the money , i just want to know who took it, if someone has innocently bought the bike since, they are welcome to keep it as long as i get the sellers name.

I will then deliver some good ole fashioned justice and recoup my financial loss one way or another from the thief.

You must tell your insurer.

Insurance is based on a contract called upmost good faith, whihc means you have to tell them everything they need to know. Unde the contract, not telling something mateiral is the same as lying about it.

If you do not tell your insurer you have had this bike stolen they are within their rights to cancel your policy when you come to make a claim later, because you have not told them all the information they need to accurately assess the risk.

All they will have to do is refund you your premium.

[Sirachealot]

I did,nt say i had not told them only that i had not claimed. Thanks for the advice though.

[Robster]

Update; A guy in the street that runs parallel to mine heard someone trying to bump start a bike on the night in question, a few minutes after my neighbour heard the chain being pulled through the wheel.

He didn't think anything of it until a day or two later when he found an ignition barrel out in the street.

Soooooooooo....it kinda rules out "professional" thieves as they'd have wheeled it straight into van and been away. More than likely it's local kids/pikeys/scooter chavs in which case it may well still be in the locality.

I've been walking the area looking behind bushes and up driveways etc but no luck so far. I'll keep looking though...you never know.