Stolen GS1150

[jvaughan]

Our Company Held an all employees conference yesterday at a posh hotel in MIddlesex. There are a few bikers in the company, and a few took their bikes to enable them to get away without havign to worry about traffic in the area....
Below is an email that was sent to the company following the closure of the conference ...

and there it was - gone

Took the bike to the conference yesterday. Parked in the hotel car park right in front of reception, everything looked totally fine and secure. I even shared a bay with my Alex’s FJR.

Came out at 5.10pm, Alex’s FJR was there but no GS... denial at first. Thought it had been towed away by hotel, but no. Hotel were very helpful - called the police, made sure I was comfortable etc.

Their security guy looked through their CCTV and described it all to me: At around 3pm a rider on a black GS(!) rides around car park and leaves. At around 1530, same black GS arrives, with a pillion this time and parks next to mine. He and pillion 'stand' around chatting. Seven minutes later, rider gets onto his bike, pillion gets one MINE and ride away as if nothing in the world could be more normal.

The hotel were really sympathetic, and the police gave me a crime number. Ive called Bennetts and they are sending me the claim form to sign.

I think, given that the thieves appear to be more of the professional kind that I wont be seeing my bike again. Good side of it is that at least it probably wont be recovered in a burnt out wreck from some farmers field, bad side is I never really realised just how attached I was to my bike until it was taken away from me.


Im going to miss it dearly, and to be honest, I dont think a similar second hand GS is what I want to get next as it just wouldnt be the same bike.

Its a: 1150 GS, grey with two pairs of fog and driving lights. It has a H&B Gobi top box and is otherwise free from dents, scratches etc. Its reg is HK52 FNW and is reported stolen.

I dont know how long these things take to sort themselves out, can anyone give me some of their own experiences?

Yours, standing on the side of the road helmet in hand,

Mike

[willb]

Poor bloke.

Ruddy thieving scum!

[Wee Jack]

You just can't trust those BMW GS riders !!! (SORRY Mike , poor humour in bad taste)

Seriously , you have my sympathy, that is a total bummer. When I hear things like this I worry about my own mental state, I seriously think I might be a psychopath !! . I would put scum like that into a tight corner and quite happily kick the **** out of them until they stopped breathing !!
With no feeling of remorse !! and that is as near to the clinical definition of a psychopath as you get !!!

Hell's-bells get the straight jacket (small) ready for Wee Jack !!

Here is a wee ditty to help you look on the bright side - my mate Fred got his Yam R6 swiped a few weeks ago - he was gutted , like you right now!! , but last sunday we were out with him on his replacement 2006, peachy R1 !!!! . and he's as chuffed to bits as you can get . So there is a bright side to all this , things will not look so bad in a couple of weeks. Get the claim form in , start scouring those classifieds - it's a good time of year to buy a bike - lots of bargains out there !!!!!

Cheers up bud.

[Robster]

Jesus. Nightmare huh?

Sounds very much like what I expect happened to my AT....and my mates AT. There's obviously a very lucrative business with knocked off Adventure Bikes for some thieving c***s around here. I'm really paranoid about the Vara going walkies too (cue some annoying "nobody's going to nick that" jokes), and I must say I'm with Wee jack. I could quite happily and with no remorse administer a fatal beating to the cretins.

Gets me thinking about setting up a "sting". Who's willing to put their bike up as bait and, Chad when are you free? Damn he's a big lad! Where's my ruddy crossbow and nightscope!

On the upside for the poor bikeless chappie, I was with Bennetts too and they paid up within a month as I remember and actually slightly more than I had the bike insured for once I listed by part and price the £1200 or so of accessories fitted. Small comfort though hey.

[Tarka]

Bad bad news........fecking lowlife scumbags.

Also proves the belief by many that bike thieves can also be bike riders...not just smackhead hoody wearers....so you just don`t know who to trust.


If you haven`t done so already,do you want me to post this on UKGSer and GSClub UK ???

[Cie]

That really does suck.

But... no alarm, no disk lock, no chain?

[Tarka]

OOPS..I`ve just seen that it`s already mentioned on UKGSer,ignore my earlier question about cross posting it for you.

Gutted for you as I am,as I said on the other site, you cannot really expect a bike to still be there when you come back to it if it`s been left with just the joke shop original fitment steering lock on it.


Sorry,mate.

[jvaughan]

Yes, Tarka, imagine my mate's shock as he realises his bike wasnt where he left it.

[DaveS]

Yep I learnt the hard way with my AT that if it isn't alarmed and locked to something solid it will walk.
Having said that though my thoughts really are with the chap who lost his GS and it feels even worse that the thieving scum are bike riders and even have a GS. Probably even members of ther GS'ers.
How angry does that make you feel.
Smash their heads in Chad. I'm right behind you bastards. Arrrggghhhh.

[Chad]

OOPS..I`ve just seen that it`s already mentioned on UKGSer,ignore my earlier question about cross posting it for you.

Gutted for you as I am,as I said on the other site, you cannot really expect a bike to still be there when you come back to it if it`s been left with just the joke shop original fitment steering lock on it.


Sorry,mate.

ditto may there balls turn square and fester on the corners the bastards